All of those issues are at the very heart of our policies.

We must also make our own politics more democratic.

Indeed, we have strengthened our development policies based on solidarity.

Our policies and measures are directed towards environmentally sound development.

First, we believe that assistance policies are needed.

Now, what does this mean for our politics, for our public services, for our government?

But our policies most also be more consistent.

And we have to duke it out every day, so we resort to politics.

We have adopted the goals, targets and indicators as a reference framework for drawing up our public policies.

Our policies will be based on common sense and on protecting our people apos s interests.

The goals and priorities of our economic, social and foreign policies remain unchanged.

Our policies must always be inspired by those values.

And in this sense, calling ourselves job creators isn't just inaccurate it's disingenuous.

But the ripple effects of this are going to go out into our politics.

Attention to women's rights and the promotion of racial equality permeate all our public policies.

We have participated in and signed many Conventions, which have helped us to shape our own policies.

When the chemistry of the oil and water also hits our politics, it's absolutely explosive.

This is not due solely to our foreign policy, or even to dubious economic policies.

We believe that high priority must be given to these issues in our national policies.

In Bhutan, we have made serious efforts to integrate the principles and practices of environmental sustainability into our development policies and programmes.

I deeply believe that life is a much greater adventure if we manage to do politics without the trench between the left and the right wing.

We must all accept it as a fact, and our national policies must take account of it. quot

It is imperative that our policies be based on respect for the individual, rather than focusing on the family as a whole.

Zimbabwe believes in putting people, as individuals and as groups, at the centre of development efforts, not least in our population policies and programmes.

We get our monetary and fiscal policies right the same way that birds build their nests right.

If we are to get our policies right, it is crucial that we get our facts right.

Without a clear understanding of who gains and who loses from the status quo, it is difficult to make sense of our existing policies.

The soft issues of environment and climate will become the hard and strategic issues of the twenty first century.

If we are serious about our commitment to reduce poverty, we must ensure coherence in our own policymaking.

Our policies must flow from the logic of the African situation and from the fundamental long term interests of the vast African millions. quot

Disaster risk management, rather than ad hoc humanitarian issues, should become an integral part of our long term development policies.

Such an assessment was seen as an opportunity to provide our policymakers with accessible and authoritative information and advice as a basis for responsible decision making.

It demonstrates once again our vulnerability to natural phenomena and reminds us that we must incorporate disaster prevention and disaster risk reduction into our development policies.

It is imperative that our foreign and defence policies be even more closely coordinated and that we harmonize our legislation in accordance with the norms of the European Union.

In this connection, different sometimes arbitrary predictions have been made concerning the direction of our domestic and foreign policies, and even regarding their possible reorientation.

We're being critical of the West, the perception of the West about our identity about the image that is constructed about us, about our women, about our politics, about our religion.

I deeply believe that life is a much greater adventure if we manage to do politics without the trench between the left and the right wing.

Our agricultural policies and practices are tailored to expansion capable of feeding our people, exporting some of the produce and providing raw materials for our industries.

Rather, I have invested in my civic education, because I no longer think that the problem with our politics resides in the governments we elect, but rather in the type of citizens and voters we have produced.

Responding to that widespread and noble sentiment, my Government has made development cooperation one of its hallmarks and one of the paramount values guiding its policies.

We should, instead, renew our commitment, individually and collectively, to the MDGs and to their full integration into our national domestic policies, international development strategies, policies and actions.

The commitment of the Sri Lanka Government to ensuring the human rights of all our citizens is central to all our policies, and we will maintain our policy of candid cooperation with the United Nations.

I am pleased to state that we have reviewed our policies on South Africa in the light of recent events, and Parliament has unanimously set in motion legislative action to effect the necessary changes.

Each new wave of settlers has brought different forms of family life, and these differences are recognized in our policies of multiculturalism and support for the diversity of the family.

And we lost another 4 million before our policies were in full effect.