Is that still good, or is it bad?

Mr. Leonid E. Bidnyi (Russian Federation)

CHINA Mr. Baoliu Wang, Minister, Special Adviser on Economic Issues, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The post Rio period has registered a welcome shift towards the broadening of international cooperation in addressing environmental issues.

As long as the debt was in the private sector, most policymakers assumed that its impact was either neutral or benign.

It will certainly be a worthy achievement if, at the dawn of the twenty first century, mankind can enter a new age of universal peace and harmony.

The subregional concept initiated by UNDCP is another laudable example of international cooperation in the fight against the scourge of drugs.

If the world economy s center of gravity shifts substantially toward developing countries, this will not be a smooth and possibly not even a benign process.

After the Communists seized power in China in 1949, the US openly viewed Chinese Communism as benign, and thus distinct from Soviet Communism.

For New Zealand, which has been concerned about the risk that the major accomplishments of the Convention could be gradually eroded as long as the Convention does not achieve widespread ratification, this would be a most welcome development.

While some countries have made commendable progress in enrolment growth rates in the past 20 years, they would need to improve that performance by up to 3 times over the next 10 years.

While this is a welcome development, the proposed involvement of the UNOCI special protection group in the security plan developed by the South African mediation team will need to be clarified in order to ensure the optimal deployment of personnel.