Yet real signs of crisis are emerging.

There have been very encouraging signs in terms of bilateral and multilateral cooperation.

Over the past few months we have seen encouraging signs in the Middle East.

Happily, there are signs of further progress.

In the region s international relations, there were both promising and discouraging signs.

I am encouraged by the participation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the current consultation process.

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Are these harbingers of a robust recovery for the financial sector, or just urban myths?

At the first sign of suspicious behavior, they immediately notify the police and local officials. This helps prevent even worse consequences.

Democratic security has allowed investors to regain their confidence, and we have begun to see early signs of declining unemployment.

There are already signs of disturbance that could lead to grave disruptions of institutional stability.

But, as the opening of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority shows, there are signs of hope.

There are now encouraging signs of change at the IMF, but this should not reassure us.

The United States, in an act of generosity and vision, provided the shattered European countries with economic help and a security guarantee.

Twenty years ago, in the weeks that preceded Iraq s invasion of Kuwait, many observers saw signs of a looming crisis.

A major realignment of forces in the region is looming, and, with it, a new round of Asia s old Great Game.

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I am also encouraged by the enthusiasm shown by Sierra Leone's political parties as they start preparing for the elections to be held in 2007.

Those are welcome and encouraging signs, as the magnitude of the remaining stockpile of chemical agents in Russia is indeed impressive and the pace of destruction so far has not been nearly as sustained as would have been expected.

There are forces at the heart of our unsustainable way of life that resist change, but we also see signs of hope, some of which we identify in section III of the present report.

Even beyond the formal processes of APRM, there are encouraging signs that the African Union (AU) and regional bodies are playing an important role in dealing with potentially disruptive national crises.

Despite recent signs of improvement in overall levels of ODA, not all the channels through which ODA is transmitted have performed equally well.

With the presence of US led ISAF forces and tentative signs of stability in Afghanistan, the number of refugees decreased sharply in the years that followed.

For example, many countries that were tightening their monetary policy when the first signs of turbulence emerged have either put interest rate hikes on hold, or, like Brazil, have already started to reduce rates.

The present report provides evidence of the beginning of a trend towards a greater recognition on the part of Governments and other stakeholders of the value added by volunteerism and of the need to ensure a favourable environment within which voluntary action can flourish.

One hopeful sign is that Russian officials have recently acknowledged the impracticality of the sectoral BMD plan that Medvedev proposed at last November s NATO Russian Council summit.

Elsewhere, that will become clear in the first half of 2010 in Russia, signs of recovery, if they appear at all, will lag well behind the rest of the world.

Before the recent Italian election, financial markets showed signs of optimism, encouraged by the European Central Bank s policy of guaranteeing eurozone members sovereign debt, expanding its balance sheet, and lowering interest rates.

Later in the reporting period, Major General Paulino Matip, leader of the Southern Sudan Defence Force, sent encouraging signals following Mr. Kiir's accession to the leadership of SPLM A and his inauguration as First Vice President.

Twenty years ago, in the weeks that preceded Iraq s invasion of Kuwait, many observers saw signs of a looming crisis. But Arab and Western players somehow managed to convince themselves that things would not get out of hand.

With respect to Republika Srpska within Bosnia and Herzegovina, while there are encouraging signs of cooperation, that cooperation remains insufficient because of the failure to provide information that could lead to the arrest of Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic.

In a welcome sign of progress in the area of human rights, the Special Criminal Court on the Events in Darfur (Special Criminal Court), which was established by the Government in June 2005, delivered its first conviction for a serious human rights violation on 15 August.

Nonetheless, the eurozone periphery shows little sign of recovery GDP continues to shrink, owing to ongoing fiscal austerity, the euro s excessive strength, a severe credit crunch underpinned by banks shortage of capital, and depressed business and consumer confidence.

Will debtor countries be able to stick to tough reform programs, or will their citizens reject austerity? And will donor countries avoid the sort of populist backlash at home that might push them in a protectionist direction?

Electricity consumption fell 6 in November from a year ago, and freight traffic has decreased by 20 . Even the Ministry of Economics recognizes that Russia has entered a recession that will last at least six months.

This diversion of the energy of war can take place at any stage of the cycle of escalation, but if preventive peace building is not launched at the first sign of trouble, and problems remain unaddressed as the conflict intensifies (especially if it turns violent), some type of intervention will be needed.