I was more so encouraged since it was not too thick.

It further motivated me to also participate in the 2016 edition and that time I covered 7.3 kilometres.

I left my house in Mashru Dummar at 7am, along with my brother, who encouraged me to do this.

I have also been encouraged to see the strong political support given to the Conference by the foreign ministers who addressed your session last year.

I am encouraged by the progress achieved in implementing some of the recommendations contained in the Security Council presidential statement of 25 March 2004.

I was encouraged by the most recent report of the Secretary General (S 2005 88), because it has begun to make use of figures and percentages that is the only way that progress can be assessed.

I was impressed and encouraged that roughly four fifths of the 85 children were fully vaccinated.

I have been encouraged by the United States commitment to the MDGs, as stated by President Bush on Wednesday (see A 60 PV.2), and I believe this is the inspiration we need to move forward with the global development agenda.

About a year and a half ago, Stephen Lawler, who also gave a talk here at TED in 2007 on Virtual Earth, brought me over to become the architect of Bing Maps, which is Microsoft's online mapping effort.

I am encouraged that despite these serious difficulties, the parties were able to agree on the Declaration of Principles for the Resolution of the Sudanese Conflict in Darfur, and I congratulate the AU mediation team, led by Salim Ahmed Salim, for the successful conclusion of this round of the talks.