Yet we must admit that they are quite restrictive and exclusive.

The difficulties in determining cause and effect must be acknowledged.

But progress to date should be acknowledged, if not celebrated.

Yet it should be recognized that the Court s personnel are carrying out their duties.

However, we must concede that the main goal that of launching the substantive work of the Conference was not resolved.

For a start, we should recognize that there will be no political settlement in Palestine without including Hamas.

Five years later, we must acknowledge that the pace of progress towards meeting those goals is too slow.

Against that standard we have to acknowledge that the United Nations disarmament machinery is failing and is in need of an overhaul.

At the end of the day, a collective, burden sharing Europe is the only way out of the current crisis.

We must acknowledge the complexity of the economic issues before us and listen more in designing the necessary and appropriate responses.

On the sixtieth anniversary of our Organization, we must acknowledge the fact that collective security, economic development and full respect for human rights are closely and indissociably linked.

To fulfil that responsibility, we need to work together and address the challenges we all recognize challenges to development, challenges to security in its widest context and challenges to our working together as an international community.

In the end, we need to acknowledge the outliers the people who got diabetes by chance, not by fault. Yes, they may be a minority.

We must also recognize the high cost of ignoring fragile States.

We must acknowledge the importance of respect and understanding for religious and cultural diversity.

Did the Chinese government really want to hide Bo Xilai s story?

Again, if we are to overcome these difficulties, we the Member States must resolve ourselves as best we can to recognize the truth openly and be closer friends to it, however painful that may sometimes be.

We should, at the same time, recognize reforms that have already been achieved.

Here, it should be said that the Bank of Japan s manipulation of the yen s exchange rate has played only a minor role, notwithstanding Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann s strong condemnation of the policy.

The Kibaki government should be acknowledged for gracefully conceding defeat, but true credit goes to the Kenyan public for its unwillingness to allow the authorities to dispense with the rule of law.

Here, the experience of a previous regional exercise is worth acknowledging.

Under what conditions can one reasonably hope to restart a multilateral agreement on investment? To be viable, such an agreement must recognize the legitimate need for some regulation.

If we fail to keep our resolution, we will have to admit that we are less in control of our behavior than we had hoped, thus losing face in our own eyes and in the eyes of others about whom we care.

But, to be fair, oil is not the whole story.

The benchmark for this study is admittedly far from ideal.

In an initial assessment of this programme of action, we have to recognize a certain sluggishness in tackling certain issues, a lack of intensity in implementing the obligations assumed and a lack of attentiveness to the needs and realities of the developing world.

At the extreme end of the spectrum are terrorists, but the worldview goes deeper and wider than it is comfortable for us to admit. So, by and large, we don t admit it.

Admittedly, the past year has not been a proud one for policy reform in Europe. Recessions have never proven an easy time for European leaders to push forward with reforms.

We wish to acknowledge the invaluable role being played by the United Nations Mission in Liberia and by the troop contributing countries.

Many of our countries are targets of terrorism, which, eight years on from the attacks of September 11, 2001, we must recognize is down, but by no means out.

The difficulties in determining cause and effect must be acknowledged. Whether a patient s death or hospitalization is due to a particular drug, the underlying illness, or a combination of the two can be hard to determine.

While that record is one of accomplishment, we all have to acknowledge that the United Nations can do more to fight terrorism.

We can reasonably disagree with MacAskill s decision, but we should acknowledge that unless there is more going on than appears on the surface he was motivated by some of the finest values we are capable of exercising.

It is painful to admit that our predicaments are brought about by our own misconceptions.

One must also recognize that low labor costs are an essential component of China s competitive advantage.

We confess this list is subjective and that is why we have a second round where your suggestions will make up the choices.

We must recognize that the largest cluster of threats to international peace and security today lies in the broader Middle East.

We must recognize, however, that much remains to be done.

We recognize that reports alone do not stop the work of terrorists.

I am sure we all acknowledge those plain truths.

What the North African situation has taught us is that we must humbly accept that we may not always have had the right responses in the past. We must acknowledge the complexity of the economic issues before us and listen more in designing the necessary and appropriate responses.

As we do that, we should acknowledge that the framework and the substance of the reform package are both of the utmost importance.

In the light of the Niger's experience this year, five years after our solemn Declaration of 2000, today it has to be acknowledged with great bitterness that many countries, including mine, remain very far from achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

(e) We acknowledge the vital role the private sector can play in generating new investments, employment and financing for development

But progress to date should be acknowledged, if not celebrated. The recent successes demonstrate that with political will and sufficient resources, even the greatest of scourges can be beaten a lesson not only for South Africa but also for countries elsewhere in Africa and the developing world.