They are convinced, according to recently published public opinion polls, that their new president will not keep some of his untenable promises, and they seem to accept this as inevitable.

Africa's development partners would need to meet their commitments to significantly increase aid flows in a predictable and coherent manner.

However there are no set requirements for a custom marriage in order for it to be valid.

National forest programmes have also become vehicles for meeting commitments under international agreements.

However, we can realistically do so only when we are certain that we can meet our obligations.

Such problems did not stop Benin from fulfilling its obligations, which it had, after all, freely undertaken.

The promises of the Millennium Declaration are not fulfilled.

Nor will this kind of policy in any way create more security, because it entails making promises that won t be kept in an emergency as we now see in Georgia.

We believe that we have reached the point where meeting public expectations for good global governance can no longer be deferred to some undetermined point in the future.

The pressuring of and threats against witnesses are unacceptable.

It is apparent that the satisfaction of the most elementary human needs cannot be taken for granted in a large part of the planet.

The total cost of these increases is estimated at 37,404,100, of which 3.6 million can be met through reprioritization of funds.

Thus Europe and the United States need to be very careful about making security commitments they are unwilling or unable to carry out.

Those commitments were made in good faith and must be honoured by implementation.

Yes, there are still enormous unmet needs.

There could thus be situations when Rotterdam capacity building needs cannot be met through the GEF under the present definition of the POPs focal area.

There is a high unmet need for contraception, and complications from unsafe abortion pose a serious public health problem.

Unpredictable human psychology also plays a role.

Unpredictable situations made management very complex.

The accomplishments of the United Nations should not be underestimated. Furthermore, the Organization has had to contend with difficulties that cannot be ignored.

DDT may therefore be used for vector control, provided that all the following conditions are met

The problem is that basic scientific research is mostly a public good that cannot be withheld from those who use it and which seeps into the body of scientific know how in unanticipated ways.

Of course, those promises were made by politicians who in all likelihood will no longer be in office when the time comes to fulfil them.

Of course, it is always easier to promise than to deliver a concern that is especially relevant in the EU.

The eventual need for the population to move is not merely predictable but inevitable, unless the process is halted or reversed.

(c) Provide a means of preserving assets out of which a subsequent award may be satisfied or

There are just so many uncontrollable factors in a war that cannot be predicted even with careful consideration of all the data we can pull together.

Notwithstanding those indications of good faith, my Government does not believe that any of the standards has been sufficiently fulfilled.

This may not be ideal, but it is better than prolonging a fight that cannot be won.

I shall, to honour my own commitments, try to keep my statement slightly briefer than the full text.

Ms. Dairiam referred to the delegation's observation, in its introductory statement, that non fulfilment of the obligations under article 5 would mean that Gambian women would continue to be dominated by men.

And there's no way that you can't look at that as an overwhelming success.

Equality guarantees cannot therefore be used to invalidate other rights expressly conferred by the Constitution. All parts of the Constitution must be read together.

This cannot happen unless the armed bands are disarmed in favour of the legitimate Government

The emergence of inextinguishable debt replicates other troubling aspects of contemporary life.

On one hand, this is due to lack of information and, on the other it is due to the fact that financial institutions do ask for guarantees that the woman is not in conditions to satisfy.

The committees cannot perform their mandates properly if national reporting requirements are not adequately met.

(b) The services and responsibilities to be satisfied through OIOS and those that should be satisfied elsewhere

Political change in Pakistan is assured, but it will come about in a way that cannot be foreseen.

The main objective is now for the new Independent Electoral Commission to define a road map with precise benchmarks that must be adhered to in good faith.

We are ready to assume responsibilities for targets that are sustainable and that we can actually meet.

Ms. Briones (Social Watch) The Millennium Development Goals will not be reached by 2015.

To insist that all contracts be fulfilled would cause a collapse of very large portions of the web, with serious economic and incalculable social and political consequences.

Their prior ability to deliver on promises and expectations has made today s financial markets take the forward pricing of the economy to levels that exceed what central bankers alone can reasonably deliver.

There is nothing worse than letting people believe that European integration is something that proceeds by stealth, a journey driven by invisible and uncontrollable forces.