This is the only way out of the current unworkable predicament.

The current stalemate represented a denial of this essential right and put regional stability and security at risk.

It is important for us to look forward rather than to ruminate as to how we got to the present impasse.

Aware of the urgent need for revitalized and active international involvement to support both parties in overcoming the current dangerous impasse in the peace process,

So the idea that they offer an easy way out of advanced countries current predicament is a fantasy.

In an effort to break the current impasse, Africa will continue to hold consultations with all interested groups, regions and individual Member States, with a view to finding a solution satisfactory to all.

However much we may hope so, the current rut in which the US finds itself could prove to be a problem for the rest of the world.

It is not entirely far fetched to assume that an Obama effect is having an impact on Israel s current international predicament.

The French Cul de Sac

One ray of hope is that moderate Arab leaders, including Egypt's foreign minister, have openly blamed Hamas for the current Gazan predicament.

Firstly, the initiative presented by Ambassador Chris Sanders, the  food for thought document, which puts forward interesting procedural and substantive proposals with the aim of breaking the current impasse.

Aware of the urgent need for revitalized and active international involvement to support both parties in overcoming the current dangerous impasse in the peace process,

That said, this does not free us from the obligation to explore ways of adapting that machinery, if we see a possibility to do so, which could help us to get out of the present impasse.

My delegation lends its full support to the unrelenting efforts of President Mbeki in instituting the African Union's (AU) plan of action to resolve the impasse among the Ivorian parties.

Such a move is not only a requirement for fairness in Cyprus, but is also the only way to create another window of opportunity from the present impasse that the Greek Cypriot side has created itself.

Syria s Sectarian Stalemate

Mr President, our delegation appreciates your candour, and agrees with you that the current stalemate is a reflection of insufficient political willingness in a number of capitals to negotiate treaty law.

There had been calls from across the political spectrum that the only way out of the current impasse is to establish a new political party capable of staking out the middle ground between the NDP and MB.

It is crucial for us all to work together to try to end the current impasse in the negotiations of a comprehensive convention on international terrorism, so that we can conclude the convention as soon as possible.

I can help Tom out.

There are no signs of this impasse going away because there is no political will amongst key actors to remove it.

The Conference therefore has a particular and special responsibility to resolve the present impasse and to lead the international community in resolving the challenges facing non proliferation, disarmament and arms control issues in the world today.

America s quandary is that it is both part of the problem and part of the solution.

Layla threw Sami under the bus.

Sami threw Layla under the bus to save himself.

Sami threw his mom under the bus.

The food for thought paper presented during the presidency of Ambassador Chris Sanders, which was further developed during the presidency of Ambassador Tim Caughley, represents brave efforts to take us out of the present stalemate.

Obama so far seems unable to break this fiscal logjam.

We urgently need a breakthrough.

The current impasse on economic reform highlights a larger point subsidy and tax regimes cannot be reformed without first redefining the underlying social contract, which has long exchanged welfare distribution for political acquiescence.

I believe that this exercise is useful and timely, especially because many of us, having very fresh memories of the seventh NPT Review Conference in New York, are ready to explore every avenue to overcome the ongoing stalemate in the CD.

The only way out is to accelerate the institution building process significantly.

Neither side can talk its way out of this predicament.

For those reasons, I deeply regret the fact that this year the Commission is facing the same impasse.

In fact, this negative verdict barely scratches the surface of France s predicament.

Mindanao is not Cambodia or Lebanon, but the essential dilemma is the same.

His Excellency Bingu wa Mutharika is aware of the predicament I am in.

In order to escape this impasse, we have helped to launch the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate.

Exports are the best way out, but the US needs help.

In the end, an adviser to authoritarian leaders cannot escape the dilemma.

It s the only way out of a dangerous impasse at a dangerous historical moment.

He depicted the dire humanitarian crisis prevailing in Darfur and the reasons for the persisting stalemate observed on the ground.

Until that occurs, the vice now gripping Asia will only continue to tighten.

The possible implications of this Catch 22 are troubling to say the least.

But one thing is certain if the present impasse continues, the situation will only get worse.