Your candour is refreshing.

Yes, the city fortress flourishes ever since Shibata's forces arrived.

When Barack Obama was elected US president, there was hope for progress.

Hope was revived after the end of the cold war, especially after the conflict in the Gulf.

Tourism has largely rebounded in two of the three prefectures, but, once again, Fukushima still lags.

Confidence in these major debt problem countries improved correspondingly, and the net transfer was reversed.

The sustained interest in the concept of Antarctica as a natural reserve or world park has heightened our hopes for the future of that continent.

The hopes for peace of the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the world community were kindled by the forthright statements emanating from the new Administration in the United States of America.

Prices of beverages declined on average by 12.3 per cent in 1992, although tea prices recovered in 1992.

Now, both species were hunted to the brink of extinction by the early whalers, but the Southern right whales have rebounded a lot better because they're located in places farther away from human activity.

The prices of such products had been recovering, largely as a result of Chinese demand, which generally speaking contributed to the accelerated economic growth of the developing world.

The hopes raised by the announcement of Israel's withdrawal from Gaza were disappointed by its continuing policies concerning the settlement of the West Bank and the construction of the wall.

Now, both species were hunted to the brink of extinction by the early whalers, but the Southern right whales have rebounded a lot better because they're located in places farther away from human activity.

These compatriots who are victims of tragedies of the past three decades and who have been forced to stay in exile, seeking refuge in neighbouring countries here and there throughout the world, have had their hopes rekindled.

Five years later, however, the hopes raised in 2000 had given way to disappointment the implementation of the 13 steps had not even begun, owing to a lack of political will to meet those solemn commitments.

At the end of the cold war, and after the experience of the Gulf War, hopes were revived that a more confident, effective and strengthened Security Council could emerge as an important deterrent to aggression, and where aggression occurred, as an instrument to reverse it.

Consequently, while private financial flows to this Asian subregion have recovered strongly since the end of the 1990s, financial flows to Latin America have dwindled from a high in 1997.

In conclusion, I should like to express my firm belief that the United Nations will come to its anniversary revitalized and fully able to realize the rich potential embodied in the aspiration to peace and humanism that was enshrined in its Charter 50 years ago.

Indeed, the US stock market and many others have rebounded more than 100 since the lows of 2009 issuance of high yield junk bonds is back to its 2007 level and interest rates on such bonds are falling.

This volatility highlights the challenges of ensuring a smooth process of financial liberalization in China. After extensive government intervention prohibited some selling of shares and froze trading for the bulk of the market, prices rebounded.