Dima Al Khatib speaks to Al Jazeera about Chavez following his death on Tuesday.

That's why this year China will become the world's largest English speaking country.

In my opinion, Global Voices is the most important blog in the English speaking world, bar none.

The Chairperson, speaking as an expert, noted that Gambia had not placed any reservations on its signature of the Convention and was therefore bound to implement all rights fully.

One speaker stressed that some Asian developing economies were already significant investors and some were emerging as investors, such as China and India.

The Chairperson, speaking in a personal capacity, welcomed Ireland's efforts to eradicate gender discrimination and promote equality and commended the Government for ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention.

I've been spending a lot of time traveling around the world these days, talking to groups of students and professionals, and everywhere I'm finding that I hear similar themes.

According to news site Agência Brasil, more than 150 indigenous languages are spoken in Brazil with Tikuna, Guarani Kaiowá, and Kaingang being the three with the largest number of speakers.

On Tuesday, 27 September 2005, a spokeswoman for the United States Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced in El Paso, Texas, the hasty decision of Judge William L.

Ms. Udo (Nigeria), speaking on behalf of the African Group, said that the language of paragraph 19 could perhaps be brought into line with that of Security Council resolution 1590 (2005).

Ms. Klein (Luxembourg), speaking on behalf of the European Union, said that although a number of improvements in the past two years had been made, much remained to be done.

For instance, coverage of the anime appeared on the front page of the Hong Kong free newspaper am730 on May 27, 2013, concerning its popularity within Hong Kong as well as China and Taiwan.

Ms. Rivero (Uruguay), speaking as Chairperson of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, drew attention to General Assembly resolutions 58 126 and 58 316 on the revitalization of the work of the Assembly, which provided both for the pre session election of officers of the Main Committees and the exploration of ways to improve the working methods of the General Assembly.

On another issue relating to replenishment, the representative of the United Kingdom, speaking on behalf of the European Community and its member States, introduced a draft proposal concerning the fixed exchange rate mechanism for the replenishment of the Multilateral Fund.

I have fed at its trough many times as a personal guest as an advisory board member of Stop Badware, an NGO it sponsors and as a speaker at its events.

Ms. Taylor (Australia), speaking also on behalf of Canada and New Zealand, said that UNMIS should be established as early as possible and given the logistical, financial and management resources to operate effectively.

Ms. Taylor Roberts (Jamaica), speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, said that she noted the comments of the Acting Chairman of the Advisory Committee, in particular his reference to the absence of the comprehensive review requested by the General Assembly.

It's so important at a time when so many international voices are denied free speech by their governments and, in the United States, a very few, English speaking, first world media conglomerates dominate and determine the ownership, distribution and content of news.

Ms. Chen (Canada), speaking also on behalf of Australia and New Zealand, said that the reports of the Board of Auditors were valuable, but the serious delay in making them available had prevented the members of the Committee from putting them to full use.

Ms. Taylor Roberts (Jamaica), speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, said that the Group acknowledged the efforts of the Under Secretary General for Safety and Security and his Department to create a strengthened and unified security management system for the United Nations.

Ms. Taylor Roberts (Jamaica), speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, said that the comments which she had made at the Committee's 23rd meeting concerning the turnstiles project related to procedure rather than to the technicalities of the installation.

Speaking at a London girls' school, Michelle Obama makes a passionate, personal case for each student to take education seriously. It is this new, brilliant generation, she says, that will close the gap between the world as it is and the world as it should be.

And I'm not very good at this, so I guess I'd better go play video games or get into sports, or something like that, because I obviously don't belong here.

The representative of Ethiopia (speaking on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Group of African States) welcomed the entry into force of the Firearms Protocol and called upon all Member States that had not done yet so to consider either ratifying or acceding to it.

Ms. Mills (Jamaica), speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, said that no consensus had emerged from the informal consultations held on the draft resolution on international trade and development (A C.2 60 L.18), submitted by the Group of 77 and China at the Committee's 25th meeting.

The representative of Ethiopia (speaking on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Group of African States) welcomed the entry into force of the Firearms Protocol and called upon all Member States that had not yet done so to consider either ratifying or acceding to it.