The launching of the electoral process and the national dialogue is a welcome development.

During those days, Kosovo showed the region and the world commendable respect for the judicial process.

There is little doubt that the culture of peace is an ideal worthy of pursuit.

The Asian Group requested the Secretariat to develop a new approach that would directly benefit poor regions.

The African Union mission has performed admirably under extraordinarily difficult circumstances and with limited means.

The high rate of response from the substantive branches in completing their procurement plans is commendable.

A noteworthy example was the Mine Action Programme in Afghanistan managed by the United Nations.

Natural disasters have grown in scale and intensity in recent years, and 2004 was especially noteworthy in that regard.

It may also be worthwhile for the Court to explore the possibility of providing travel assistance to developing countries to enable them to participate in the meetings.

The Programme is a commendable effort by the Government to address the root causes of food insecurity and should continue to be fully supported by the international community.

MINUSTAH and the National Police are working in close collaboration to disarm the gangs that existed in Haiti, and during the past year they have made noteworthy progress.

The arrival at post on 8 August 2005 of Antonio V. Monteiro, the United Nations Secretary General's High Representative for the elections in Côte d'Ivoire is generally viewed as a welcome and timely development.

As long as threats to international peace and security exist sanctions will remain an essential tool of the Security Council, and the ongoing search for their improvement is a worthy undertaking.

Venezuela's offer of stable fuel supplies on concessionary terms through the PetroCaribe Initiative is therefore a timely and welcome intervention for member countries of the Caribbean Community.

As one participant phrased it, putting the Council members in direct contact with the objects of their work was a worthwhile investment, even if it was expensive.

This paper offers two alternative approaches for UNOPS to achieve the goal of becoming, once again, a financially viable, client oriented operations management and service provision entity.

The inclusion of trade facilitation in the Doha Round of trade negotiations is a welcome development toward attaining globally binding rules to ensure the freedom of transit of landlocked developing countries, and to expedite the movement, release and clearance of goods, especially those in transit.

However, some government representatives pointed out that much had already been achieved in terms of the growth of ODA, that progress towards the 0.7 per cent target had been commendable and that the European Union especially had built considerable momentum on the issue.

For the Conference on Disarmament which is entering its ninth year of stalemate on a simple programme of work next year would be a most unwelcome jubilee of sorts if we do not succeed in having, at least, a meaningful and structured debate on the core issues at hand.