Bashir knows the tenacity and persistence of the SPLA.

Within those limits, he uses his power relentlessly.

Clearly, fixing the Security Council will require considerable time and political effort. In the meantime, there is important work to be done.

Blogging Beirut has equally been instrumental in providing online assistance to Egyptian protestors.

The historical evidence suggests that systemic risk is persistent and resistant to regulatory efforts to eliminate it.

Thanks to his perseverance and the media's investigation, the fraud was laid bare.

We have painstakingly worked with Member States and regional groups on a reform package that we believe will serve the interests of all.

The perseverance of the principal negotiators, First Vice President Ali Osman Taha, and the Chairman of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, John Garang, embodies the promise of a new future for the Sudan.

The process for larger, more complex project categories such as the performance based, multi year agreements similarly depends upon how proactive a country is.

Like the geriatric successions that preceded the collapse of the Soviet Union, the succession in Saudi Arabia seems to be only a step in an inexorable march toward political decay.

Less dramatic perhaps, yet persistent nonetheless, are the peace talks between Israel and President Mahmoud Abbas s Palestinian Authority.

The Security Council commends the perseverance and commitment which the parties in Sudan demonstrated in achieving the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the promise of a new future.

Such an unfair distribution of wealth based on economic exploitation, social injustice and political exclusion has caused silent but persistent resistance by Chinese peasants.

Even in an enlarged Union, only France and Germany can do that job, provided they make a determined effort to regain the trust of the other, mostly smaller members, old and new.

The Council underlined the perseverance of the principal negotiators, First Vice President Ali Osman Taha and the Chairman of SPLM, John Garang, and indicated its willingness to support the implementation of the Agreement through, among other actions, the deployment of a peace support operation.

First, the fight for human dignity and respect for life, as with any struggle for human rights, is set in motion and tenaciously pursued by members of civil society, by individuals more than by states.