Puerto Rico was no more a colony than Alaska and Hawaii.

Our network is growing steadily and so does the budget.

Our action must be as urgent as the need, and on the same scale.

The rituals of acceptance or rejection were formal as was the way in which the arrangements were made.

Like most societies discussion of sexual abuse in the family, particularly incest is taboo in Pakistan also.

The oil technology story, like the one for exotic financial instruments, was very compelling and seductive.

Brazil, like the other BRICs, also faces a serious number of problems.

Along with the rest of the international community, Belarus welcomes the establishment of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD).

Like many developing countries, China was more or less dragged along in that process.

SMEs to continue to support their main customers overseas. It has allowed some Singapore SMEs to develop new markets in the host countries. As SMEs find it increasingly difficult to expand their market in Singapore, they begin to look for more business opportunities in the Asian region.

Germany (like China) views its high savings and export prowess as virtues, not vices.

Malaysia, like other nations, has not been spared the social maladies that accompany development and modernization.

This information, as well as that provided by the United Nations, is now available on the Unit's website.

This crisis, like so many others, would be a terrible thing to waste.

Mindful of the need to ensure Africa, like all the other regions of the world, effective representation in the Security Council,

The 13 practical steps adopted in 2000 remained important commitments, as did the CTBT.

America, like the rest of us, is vulnerable to climate change, pandemics, and terrorism challenges that require coordinated global solutions.

Dealing more specifically with the use of cluster weapons, it is designed to show that operational and humanitarian concerns are not opposed to one another but must be able to coexist more closely.

This is a tall order, however, given that Iran s labor groups, while deeply discontented, are just as amorphous as the Green Movement itself.

Like TFG, the opposition has been organizing along military lines with a command and control structure, combining militias and equipping and training them.

Like the United Nations, Israel had been born under the guiding principle that all peoples had the right to self determination.

Moreover, like many other countries around the world, Mauritius worries today about imported food and energy inflation.

Emergency responses, like national programmes, must be balanced.

Yet Poland, like many of the other new democracies in our region, remains stuck in the past when it comes to the humane treatment of drug users.

It would also help eradicate the culture of impunity, as justice would not only be done, but would be seen to be done by Rwandans in Rwanda.

Israel must be made to understand that it was not above the law and must fulfil its obligations under international law like every other Member of the United Nations.

The public below, just like the leaders above, cherish political stability the popularity ratings of both Prime Minister Putin and President Dmitri Medvedev remain above 70 .

Common previously checked childhood diseases and mortality rates are on the increase.

The best hope for further progress, it seems, lies in animal welfare becoming, like human rights, an international issue that affects countries reputations.

But, like all Governments and international organizations, the United Nations has enjoyed only limited success.

Research done for the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) was an important input as was the worldwide consultation in 2005.

Further to the previous reports, we can report that women have full legal capacity and may institute the same proceedings at law as men.

However, like many other countries, Kazakhstan believes that the issue of anti personnel landmines involves not only humanitarian aspects but also the legitimate security requirements of Member States.

A social science like economics is supposed to be free of partisan vitriol.

Its ongoing participation and commitment, as well as the political role that it is playing in facilitating the negotiations in Abuja, are of the utmost importance. We continue to offer the African Union our fullest support in that regard.

UNHCR, like other agencies, is faced with the issue of divergent requests made by different donors.

9. The undertakings enshrined in the Pact, like all agreements arrived at under the Governors Island Agreement, are subject to verification by the United Nations and by OAS.

New Zealand joined the Secretary General in calling for all States to become parties to the 1994 Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel.

On the contrary, Russia, like Turkey, will be welcome to take part in relevant activities within the Partnership s multilateral dimensions.

Like others, she would be interested in entertaining proposals for relevant work by UNCTAD in that regard.

6.17 Vanuatu, as is the case with most Pacific countries has ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Egypt, like dozens of countries around the world, is facing the extreme and largely unmet challenge of ensuring productive and gainful employment for its young people.

Haiti, like its next door neighbor, the Dominican Republic, once created jobs in port facilities, including production of clothing, baseballs, and other light manufacturing items.

Azerbaijan, like many other States, is concerned about the decline in the General Assembly's prestige and its diminishing profile in the Organization's activities.

Like many countries, Mauritania hoped to benefit from the winds of democracy that have blown across the world since the beginning of the 1990s.