All of this is encouraging.

But Medvedev s track record is not encouraging.

This is all very encouraging.

The New Partnership for Africa's Development is particularly encouraging.

We already have one encouraging example showing how global solutions can be found.

The North Koreans are erratic, unpleasant, irresponsible, and unhelpful.

The success of the transitional process in Burundi is encouraging for the region as a whole.

Kosovo Serb participation this week in the decentralization working groups is also encouraging.

The fact that some women are speaking out against the violence perpetrated against them is nonetheless encouraging.

Your presence at this meeting is certainly an encouragement for those who are grappling with the phenomenon of child soldiers.

An overall decrease in the number of armed conflicts since the 1990s is indeed encouraging.

There is an encouraging sense of renewed hope in the emergence of democratic and stable post conflict countries in our region.

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It is therefore encouraging that concerns about Zimbabwean diamonds are being raised within the diamond trade itself.

This year, another Arsenal fan in the coastal town of Lamu stabbed a Manchester United fan in the stomach.

It is also an encouraging indication of a growing recognition of the importance of youth participation in the implementation and evaluation of the World Programme of Action for Youth.

Opening the session, the moderator observed that there had been an encouraging evolution of the Council's working methods over the years.

Koestler himself, born in Budapest but a proud British citizen, remained a Hungarian football nationalist all his life.

Anfield could accommodate more than 60,000 supporters at its peak, and had a capacity of 55,000 until the 1990s.

For example, in the fixture against the Republic of Ireland in February 2007, 2,500 of the 3,294 crowd were Irish supporters.

The continuous strengthening of relations with neighbouring countries, particularly with Indonesia, is also an encouraging development for the security and viability of the State.

The tax system applicable to gold in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a disincentive given the existence of free trade zones in neighbouring countries.

And, in fact, there's been an interesting coevolution that's been going on between Wolfram Alpha and its human users, and it's really encouraging.

In this connection, the reaffirmation by many States of their support for the commencement of negotiations on a fissile material cut off treaty is encouraging.

As the 2010 monsoon nourishes India s plains, that s an encouraging place to be.

They considered that the decision of the Head of State, General François Bozizé, to accept three candidatures that have been excluded by the transitional constitutional court was encouraging.

In conclusion, he called on the international community to take immediate action in order to ensure that future generations inherited a healthy and inhabitable planet.

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Canada is encouraged by the progress made in that regard, particularly the establishment of mechanisms to assess the implementation of sanctions regimes and the strengthening of arms embargoes.

Her very presence on the podium as a member of the Paraguayan delegation, however, was an encouraging sign, since she was a member not of the Government but of an opposition party.

Just prior to the 1990 World Series he wrote about the findings of another fan, Ron Berler, who had discovered a spurious correlation called the Ex Cubs Factor .

This is an encouraging development, and UNOCI will continue to work closely with the Government and other partners on implementing the pilot programme and other arms control measures.

Yet talks between the US and China on climate change currently present two contrasting scenarios, one hopeful, the other discouraging.

In this respect, encouraging progress is being made in the implementation of the Action Plan for the Safety of Transport of Radioactive Material, which was approved by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency in March 2004.

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In the final, Uruguay defeated Argentina 4 2 in front of a crowd of 93,000 people in Montevideo, and in doing so became the first nation to win the World Cup.

In the final, Uruguay defeated Argentina 4 2 in front of a crowd of 93,000 people in Montevideo, and became the first nation to win a World Cup.

In an encouraging development, on 13 March 2005, 227 former soldiers in Cap Haïtien surrendered a symbolic number of weapons and agreed to be reintegrated into society.

It is encouraging to note that Burundi's leaders have so far managed to integrate leaders from the opposition and rebel groups into the country's political and military institutions without dismissing incumbents.

It is encouraging to see that many thousands are indeed getting involved, because without popular engagement, security will remain undefined, and the important reforms that are needed will lack political legitimacy.

A second argument against further monetary policy action is that it should be considered only as a reward for budgetary austerity and structural reform, areas in which politicians continue to underperform.

How and when America s budget problems will be resolved is unknown, but US fiscal history is encouraging the Republic has managed and survived crisis before.

I am pleased to report that the two countries have continued to make encouraging and important progress with highly cost effective support from the United Nations since my last letter in March 2004.

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At the international level, and through the active involvement of those agencies identified by resolution 58 211 as well as the other international institutions active in the Convention implementation process, a promising tentative schedule of activities has been agreed upon.