A conviction is a settled belief that brooks no argument.

My delegation strongly believes that more should be done by way of an in depth review of the working methods of the Council.

My Government strongly believes that the cessation of violations of the airspace of the Republic of Cyprus could be a significant step in the right direction.

It is Brazil's firm belief that the promotion of a culture of peace, to which we are all committed, must contain all the elements I have mentioned.

We firmly believe that women should play a unique role, helping the region to take advantage of this new era of hope.

We are equally of the strong conviction that the authority of the General Assembly should be reasserted, to ensure that its resolutions and decisions are binding and enforceable.

And in our society, we have a strong belief that synthetic happiness is of an inferior kind.

Some day and this is more than a fond wish and is indeed a strong belief a draft resolution on this item will carry the sponsorship of each and every delegation.

At the same time, like several other countries, Singapore firmly believes that the legitimate security concerns and the right to self defence of any State cannot be disregarded.

We strongly believe that the protection of children should be a priority in small arms programmes and action plans, and that that would increase the security of children affected by conflict.

It is our firm conviction that conflict prevention, peacekeeping and peacebuilding are so closely interlinked that it would be more effective to pursue them simultaneously rather than sequentially.

Concerning the General Assembly, Namibia holds the strong view that that organ, which provides a genuinely democratic and representative platform for all Member States to be heard, should play a critical role in the entire reform process of our international Organization.

In this way, both the Israelis and the Palestinians share a secret fear for some, a belief that each has no intention of accepting the other s right to a country of their own.

The Army's hostility to reform is deeply ingrained.

By contrast, developed country policymakers default stance seems to be that proactive or preemptive measures require a high degree of certainty, owing to a deep seated belief that financial markets are stable and self regulating.

It is my firm belief that, based on the proposed programme of work and timetable that is now before members, the Committee will be able to efficiently consider all the agenda items allocated to it within the available time and to conclude its work by Tuesday, 1 November 2005.

We firmly believe that the responsibility for protecting populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity lies first and foremost with the State itself, as articulated in the World Summit Outcome (General Assembly resolution 60 1).

The position of the Chinese Government on the question of Taiwan is firm and clear.

But that is a dangerous, defeatist belief.

This is wrong.

Without a viable legal system, foreign investment will remain elusive.

If humanity heeds the call of its primordial nature with firm resolve, justice will follow.

Action relating to terrorism must be firmly based in existing law.

It is also obviously wrong.

For Plato, knowledge is justified true belief.

What should be the main outlines of such an alternative? First, a progressive political economy must be based on a firm belief in capitalism that is, on an economic system in which most of the assets are privately owned, and markets largely guide production and distribute income.

We have the kind of the flash of insight, the stroke of insight, we have epiphanies, we have eureka! moments, we have the lightbulb moments, right?

The liberalization of the Indian economy, and of the Indian political mind, has proved irreversible.

The principle of equal remuneration of men and women for equal work is established in the Wages Act.

Some are believed to consist of diamond fields.

Early election was also thought to enhance cooperation.

Society has always retained a basic faith in the power of education to change human behaviour.

We have four computers. We have two parachutes.

And suddenly we had Netscape, and we had Yahoo and we had, indeed, the entire dotcom bubble.

Girls shake their booty, according to this boy.

Didn't have the time. Didn't have the technology. You know, I didn't have the right manager. Didn't have the ...

It is not a democracy, and there is no established routine for changing governments.

What this requires is a sustainable consensus that includes all the parties involved.

Similarly no firm basis has been given as to the projection of the number of sessions required or their duration.

Measures to improve security must be accompanied by an unequivocal commitment to the development component.

They say, well, we have a thing in a box, and we have its inputs and its outputs.

We have agency.

We have two ears.

We have guests.

We have a problem.