Mr. Shamaa (Egypt) We are sure that you do not take sides, Mr. Chairman.

Notwithstanding the constitutional provisions on the independence of the judiciary, its perception among the population at large is that of a partial, ethnically biased and politically dependent judiciary.

My understanding was and I am not taking sides here that, whatever the formulation was, this particular issue would be discussed in 2006.

I should like simply to point out that that statement was entirely biased and inappropriate, and contained remarks that are totally groundless.

He claims that the chairman of the Brno venkov District Court was biased against him and that the testimony of one of the experts, stating that the mother was capable of taking care of the child, was false.

Last year, in view of the changing circumstances in the Middle East, many delegations joined in voting against a draft resolution on Israeli nuclear armament that was one sided.

It should be recalled that these forces were deployed in Côte d'Ivoire at the request of the national authorities and in support of the peace process and not to impose a partisan solution to the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire.