Lbold'>bold'>ate last month, the Secretary General presented us with a bold'>bold and concrete set of proposals to strengthen the United Nbold'>bold'>ations.

bold'>Bold decisions must be taken.

Among G 8 countries, only the UK is makbold'>bold'>ing a bold'>bold effort to bold'>bold'>increase its overall aid budget and direct a significant portion to Africa.

Now is the time for a bold'>bold act of leadership.

Deep thbold'>bold'>inkbold'>bold'>ing needs to be followed by bold'>bold action.

Nbold'>bold'>ations everywhere are startbold'>bold'>ing to implement aggressive stimulus and bailout packages.

Al Qahtani is an outspoken human rights activist and journalist.

I put forward bold'>bold yet achievable bold'>bold'>interlbold'>bold'>inked proposals on development, security and human rights, as well as a series of bold'>bold'>institutional reforms coverbold'>bold'>ing the bold'>bold'>intergovernmental organs, Secretaribold'>bold'>at management and coordbold'>bold'>inbold'>bold'>ation of the wider United Nbold'>bold'>ations system.

Japan and Northeast Asia need bold'>bold bold'>bold'>initibold'>bold'>atives thbold'>bold'>at focus on the future.

Europe can stop this negbold'>bold'>ative dynamic now with bold'>bold action.

We urge Member Stbold'>bold'>ates to take bold'>bold and decisive action on this issue.

France has a president who understands the need for bold'>bold, far reachbold'>bold'>ing actions as well.

Both President Bush and the European Union have proposed bold'>bold democrbold'>bold'>atizbold'>bold'>ation bold'>bold'>initibold'>bold'>atives bold'>bold'>in the region.

bold'>bold'>Institutions and governments, like people, make bold'>bold resolutions bold'>bold'>at the begbold'>bold'>innbold'>bold'>ing of every year.

But leaders bold'>bold'>in both countries have been reluctant to move bold'>boldly for fear of destabilizbold'>bold'>ing growth.

The time therefore has come to rethbold'>bold'>ink the old agenda and to start lookbold'>bold'>ing upon thbold'>bold'>ings bold'>bold'>in a bold'>bold new way.

This is a bold'>bold idea, but bold'>bold ideas are needed now more than ever.

On this critical front, strong words must be accompanied by bold'>bold action.

Now is the time for the EU to use its relbold'>bold'>ative strength and take bold'>bold action.

When the stakes are so high, the response must be crebold'>bold'>ative and bold'>bold.

bold'>bold'>At the meetbold'>bold'>ing, the Panel will establish a bold'>bold yet practical vision for jobold'>bold'>int action on sustabold'>bold'>inable development.

This is bold'>bold diplomacy for which Chbold'>bold'>ina is given little credit bold'>bold'>at a highly sensitive moment.

We meet bold'>bold'>in the wake of the High level Plenary Meetbold'>bold'>ing, where bold'>bold decisions were made to promote implementbold'>bold'>ation of the Millennium Development Goals.

Changbold'>bold'>ing the course of European history requires bold'>bold action, particularly the adoption of a common language.

This realizbold'>bold'>ation has led to bold'>bold'>innovbold'>bold'>ative ideas and experimentbold'>bold'>ation with new laws, regulbold'>bold'>ations, and bold'>bold'>institutions around the world.

bold'>bold'>In a bold'>bold move, Myanmar President Thebold'>bold'>in Sebold'>bold'>in reshuffled his cabbold'>bold'>inet by appobold'>bold'>intbold'>bold'>ing non army officers and removbold'>bold'>ing controversial mbold'>bold'>inisters.

Rivers over 100 km long or havbold'>bold'>ing average discharge grebold'>bold'>ater than 10 m³ s are emphasized bold'>bold'>in bold'>bold.

WASHbold'>bold'>INGTON, DC The crebold'>bold'>ation of the euro just over a decade ago was a courageous and unique experiment.

But Lbold'>bold'>atbold'>bold'>in America is deeply troubled it needs decisive, bold'>bold leadership bold'>bold'>at home and imagbold'>bold'>inbold'>bold'>ative, unwaverbold'>bold'>ing support abroad.

Still, it is a bold'>bold bold'>bold'>initibold'>bold'>ative thbold'>bold'>at should be revived bold'>bold'>in view of Lbold'>bold'>atbold'>bold'>in America s bold'>bold'>incipient arms race.

bold'>bold'>In presentbold'>bold'>ing the present proposal, the sponsors have taken a bold'>bold step thbold'>bold'>at paves the way for real, meanbold'>bold'>ingful change bold'>bold'>in the Organizbold'>bold'>ation.

Likewise, sbold'>bold'>ince the mid 1990 s, Chbold'>bold'>ina s foreign policy has been cautious rbold'>bold'>ather than bold'>bold.

A bold'>bold and focused implementbold'>bold'>ation process to fulfil commitments undertaken on development issues is thus absolutely critical.

Their respective leaderships have taken bold'>bold decisions, often bold'>bold'>at grebold'>bold'>at political cost, to move the process forward.

bold'>bold'>In fact, we found thbold'>bold'>at, bold'>bold'>in the nbold'>bold'>ineteenth century, there was a Chbold'>bold'>inese emperor who launched 100 days of reform, durbold'>bold'>ing which he bold'>bold'>initibold'>bold'>ated many bold'>bold and ambitious reform processes.

So it has laid out bold'>bold plans not only to reduce thbold'>bold'>at gap, but to crebold'>bold'>ate a basis for bold'>bold'>independent bold'>bold'>innovbold'>bold'>ation.

So now is the time for a bold'>bold bold'>bold'>initibold'>bold'>ative the launch of a US European Union free trade agreement.

Israel is takbold'>bold'>ing bold'>bold, courageous actions to rebold'>bold'>invigorbold'>bold'>ate the peace process on behalf of all those bold'>bold'>involved bold'>bold'>in this drawn out conflict.

Third, we should set bold'>bold goals for the years ahead to spread prosperity and improve public health while savbold'>bold'>ing the planet.

French President Jacques Chirac has jobold'>bold'>ined Blair and Brown bold'>bold'>in a bold'>bold call for rich countries to honor their promises to the poor.

The Government is commended for all the accomplishments it has achieved and, together with the bold'>bold'>internbold'>bold'>ational community, it needs to contbold'>bold'>inue makbold'>bold'>ing bold'>bold strides bold'>bold'>in human rights.

It therefore took the darbold'>bold'>ing unilbold'>bold'>ateral bold'>bold'>initibold'>bold'>ative, on 13 June 2005, to relocbold'>bold'>ate itself from Nairobi to Somalia with mbold'>bold'>inimal help.

bold'>bold'>In assessbold'>bold'>ing the outcome of the Third Plenum, whbold'>bold'>at observers should really be lookbold'>bold'>ing for is evidence of a bold'>bold strbold'>bold'>ategy for political reform.

Surveybold'>bold'>ing the regional scene, Turkish Prime Mbold'>bold'>inister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has conceived of an audacious plan to enhance Turkey s regional standbold'>bold'>ing and extend his own political dombold'>bold'>inance bold'>bold'>at home.

Japan and Northeast Asia need bold'>bold bold'>bold'>initibold'>bold'>atives thbold'>bold'>at focus on the future.