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Yet there is reason for hope.

Ten Reasons for Europe

The fourth reason for hope is linked to Europe s creativity.

The people because of their desperate need for survival

Cairo s Tahrir Square has become a symbol for both hope and people power.

It is time that we start building living monuments to hope and possibility.

Our support was, in the words of Samuel Johnson, a triumph of hope over experience.

If America would only follow that advice, it might really be a beacon of hope and a shining example.

But this renewal of idealism is as much a product of hope as of fear.

The lack of a solution to the complex issue of Security Council reform is a disappointment to many.

Throughout those 60 years, the United Nations our United Nations has served as a point of continuity and a beacon of hope.

Thus, despite the widespread impression that the climate change agenda has stalled, there are grounds for hope.

It also symbolizes hope, perspective, dream, energy in Japan and it unites all the natural elements like water, earth and air.

Expecting the Warsaw climate negotiations to deliver a major breakthrough would be a triumph of hope over evidence.

With an annualized 1.9 quarterly rise in GDP in April June, growth was twice as high as in the first quarter (0.9 ).

So I thought this morning I would try to be the optimist, and give reason to hope for the future of the Internet by drawing upon its present.

The first reason for hope is that statesmanship is returning to Europe, even if in homeopathic doses.

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An unpleasant surprise cannot be ruled out at this point, it might be Europe s greatest source of hope.

1. Welcomes this global and historic celebration in Bethlehem and the onset of the third millennium as a symbol of the shared hope for peace among all peoples of the world

Nevertheless, the distinct possibility that stimulus and restructuring may work is further cause to hope that the deepening recession will not morph into a full blown depression.

These countries, once models of economic hope and democratic promise in Latin America, have become examples of democracies without legitimacy or credibility.

What I saw during those hours were, despite my personal condition, the most comforting and hopeful signs that I have encountered in the entire region in many years.

Alexander Dubcek, the leader of the Czechoslovak communists and the symbol of the Prague Spring, personified hope for democratic evolution, real pluralism, and a peaceful way to a state governed by law and respectful of human rights.

Keynes reckoned that we would hear much more about this kind of unemployment in the future. But its emergence, he thought, was a cause for hope, rather than despair.

As we assess these 60 years of our Organization's history an anniversary we celebrate with joy we view this summit and this General Assembly as an opportunity for hope, change and renewal.

Despite these challenges, there is much reason to hope that this time an agreement will be reached.

Scientists are expected to be beacons of hope in the search for knowledge and clever enough not to try to get away with cheating.

One of the most hopeful and refreshing aspects of the Arab Spring has been the retreat of Arab radicalism in the face of real people anxious to address real problems.

It was a remarkable speech. And it provides room for hope that, faced with the current crises in the EU and in Eastern Europe, German foreign policy may finally be finding its feet.

If so, there would be no denying that we continue to face grave problems, including of course the threat of catastrophic climate change. But there would nonetheless be some reason to hope for moral progress.

During the mid 2000 s, there was a brief window when some argued that currencies had become more stable as a corollary of the Great Moderation in macroeconomic activity.

But there is reason for hope. The new Commission, which its president, Jean Claude Juncker, has restructured significantly, could provide Europe with the strategic leadership it so badly needs.

But it is misleading when officials tout simple, if not simplistic, policy proposals as the basis for hoping that we can avoid a long period of difficult economic adjustment.

If these two peoples can find common ground to create two states, both democratic and free, after decades of bitterness and bloodshed, the region would have an enormously powerful model of hope.

In these troubled times, the world perhaps needs a bit of cheer, and what better than the bright, sparkling colors of Holi, the festival of Spring, to renew our optimism, hopes and joy.

Leila Nachawati Rego, a Spanish Syrian contributor and member of the GV Advocacy Steering Committee, wrote of reasons to remain optimistic about Syria. Using the town of Kafranbel as a symbol of hope against tyranny, Nachawati Rego writes

She gave up the dream of Greater Israel in favor of a two state solution. If she becomes prime minister, her term may prove to be a window of opportunity, perhaps a last chance, to enact this least of evils settlement for the region s future.

Expecting the Warsaw climate negotiations to deliver a major breakthrough would be a triumph of hope over evidence. Yet the talks provide a platform for practical action and for governments to demonstrate leadership by example.

So we have grounds to hope that as the millennials begin to outnumber those still running Volkswagen and other major corporations, ethics will become more firmly established as an essential component of maximizing the kinds of value that really matter.

There are grey areas in the Turkish experiment with moderate Islam, and, beyond Iran s Mullahs, there are reasons for hope in the vibrant and resilient character of that country s civil society.

Provided that there is no recurrence of the severe external demand shock of 2008 a likely outcome unless Europe implodes there is good reason to hope for a soft landing to around 8 GDP growth.

But the October Revolution also has its apologists, for whom it marked the beginning of a new era in history, a breakthrough to freedom from a world of slavery and oppression, a salvation for Russia and Europe, and a source of hope for Asia and Africa.

The Executive Director commented that while staff safety and security was one of the UNICEF Core Commitments for Children, the General Assembly's decision not to fund security entirely from the United Nations regular budget was disappointing and presented considerable difficulty.