Be hopeful and brave.

But let us be optimistic.

These girls make me feel optimistic about the future of my country.

I hope he's feeling more cheerful today.

But prospects for political reform do not inspire optimism.

There was currently a sense of cautious optimism on the ground.

With a renewed sense of optimism also comes the hard reckoning of reality.

But I did not get strong assurances that things are going to change. But what I am now doing is just to be optimistic.

How can that not make you feel optimistic for the future?

However, the events of the last few years have tempered this sense of optimism.

3. We are encouraged by the relatively calm and stable situation in Cambodia.

Generally speaking, the Azerbaijani Republic is optimistic about the future of the United Nations.

I leave here today with a profound sense of optimism for the days ahead.

The Special Representative made a comprehensive assessment of the situation and said that he was cautiously optimistic.

The success of the transition augurs well for the future of Burundi and that of the region as a whole.

In those debates, Argentina and Honduras, which were members of the Council at the time, were filled with optimism and hope.

The broad sentiment that was shared in the round table was a sense of optimism for the future of the United Nations.

From Egypt to Lebanon to Iran, political passions are mounting, along with a renewed optimism.

Mr. Zaki (Pakistan) said that his delegation was encouraged by the renewed impetus in the negotiations concerning the two draft conventions.

This new liberalization is also a reason for us to feel optimistic that freer trade will contribute to the eradication of poverty.

In the remaining three countries where polio has not yet been eliminated Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria there were just 223 reported cases in 2012. This makes me optimistic that I will live to celebrate the day when this dreaded disease is stamped out forever.

We have increased fumigation to rid our country of the illicit drugs that finance terrorism, and we are optimistic with regard to manual eradication.

We were encouraged by the way the Israeli Government showed great courage in implementing the withdrawal from Gaza and the northern West Bank this summer.

While the demise of bipolarity may have brought down ideological barriers and created a sense of optimism, it has also brought uncertainty in its wake.

We were also encouraged by the recent agreement on the Rafah border crossing between the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority.

1. New Zealand shares with the Secretary General a sense of encouragement that there is growing interest in developing regional approaches to arms limitation and confidence building.

In respect of the Arab Israeli conflict, we are encouraged by the events that have been unfolding since the signing of the Peace Accord between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

Kenya was encouraged by the commitment of the United Nations to tackle transnational crime through the development of relevant instruments, the provision of technical assistance and the exchange of experience.

Malaysia was also committed to finalizing the draft comprehensive convention on international terrorism and was optimistic that the outstanding issues could be resolved.

In the year 2000, at the dawn of the new millennium, there was optimism for humankind, as the hope for change to a more democratic and equitable world appeared to be very promising.

74. The Committee is encouraged by the Government apos s willingness to define and appreciate the problems impeding the implementation of the rights provided for in the Convention and to search for adequate solutions to face them.

The summit has provided us with an excellent opportunity for candid exchanges, and I conclude by sharing the sense of optimism for the future of multilateralism and the role of the United Nations.

On this point, as on many others, optimism is hardly warranted, according to Mr. Mazowiecki, who considers that the safe areas exist only on paper.

None the less, we are optimistic since, as we see from the report to the General Assembly of the Preparatory Committee for the Fiftieth Anniversary, an intensive debate has already taken place.

There are clear grounds for optimism when we see that the adversaries of yesterday have become the allies of today, seeking together peaceful and mutually advantageous solutions to the international problems of the day.

Our delegation is optimistic that it will present the Council with an excellent opportunity to address some of the persistent concerns of Member States, such as the need for due process and transparency in the listing and delisting procedures.

In the Maghreb, the constructive position taken by the Kingdom of Morocco and the Polisario Front makes it possible to be optimistic about developments in the situation in Western Sahara and about the prospects for organizing a referendum under United Nations auspices.

Our sense of optimism has been further bolstered by the encouraging comments made by many Member States in our debate during this session, particularly by the representatives of Israel, Jordan and the PLO.

We are optimistic that the regional Summit held recently in Casablanca will also generate adequate momentum for coordinating assistance to the Palestinian Authority as well as to other parts of the Middle East.

Mr. Kyaw Tint Swe (Myanmar) said that he was encouraged by the overall downward trend in the cultivation of illicit opium poppy and the coca bush since the twentieth special session of the General Assembly.

Our sense of optimism is buoyed by the continuing efforts of the United Nations to facilitate the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), as well as specific measures taken or contemplated by our development partners.

As we observe the sixtieth anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations, Kuwait remains hopeful, confident and optimistic about the role of the United Nations and its capability to deal with international issues that pose a threat to world peace and security.

We feel very optimistic in this regard, given the near consensus among representatives concerning the need to devote a large part of the task of reforming the Security Council to improving its working methods.

I am optimistic that some nation will come to the rescue but we must not risk this happening too late, or not at all.

On the one side were liberals, a class of men sanguine in hope, bold in speculation, always pressing forward and disposed to give every change credit for being an improvement.