The Doha Round s Premature Obituary

The title of my talk Shape shifting Dinosaurs The Cause of a Premature Extinction.

It is far too soon to predict another revolution.

Yet it is premature to proclaim an Asian Century.

In that context, however, it would still be premature to talk about substantive progress having been made.

A premature exit from conflict areas courts a disastrous slide back into conflict.

This brings us back to the premature withdrawal of fiscal stimulus.

It would seem that the development of binding legal standards is premature at this time.

Financial reform could still go belly up. But it is premature to write it off as a failure.

As a result of the premature decline of the manufacturing sector, unemployment is high in many Latin American countries.

It is too early to determine whether this represents a genuine effort to end the situation of impunity.

On the question of the Trusteeship Council, Iraq took the view that it would be premature to change the Council's status or to abolish it.

We continue to believe that, at this stage, it would be premature to discuss deleting the articles concerning the Military Staff Committee.

It is too early to tell whether this represents a genuine effort to end the situation of impunity in Darfur.

It is premature to invite Lukashenko to the opening summit of this initiative in Prague on May 7.

Most speakers, however, argued that it might be premature to begin negotiations on such a convention.

In late 1870 to early 1871, the workers of Paris rose up in premature and unsuccessful small scale uprisings.

But if these forecasts are right, then a premature exit from deficit spending risks pushing the economy back into recession.

While it is too early to predict the final outcomes, several important regional implications are already beginning to emerge.

So a real skyrocketing of chronic childhood disease that includes other things like obesity and juvenile diabetes, premature puberty.

In South Africa, since the national focal point has just recently been identified, it is too early to report on activities.

It is too soon to tell if Iran s desire to obtain nuclear weapons has been delayed.

At this stage, it is too early to determine whether Obama s policies will reinforce or undercut the effects of his words.

It is too early to inform about the outcome of the legislative process, and the State party will elaborate further upon this in the course of its next periodic report to the Committee.

The history books are not yet written, nor the victor declared. Financial reform could still go belly up.

Under the circumstances, the Advisory Committee is of the opinion that it is premature to consider resource requirements for the committee until the requisite policy decisions have been taken by the Assembly.

Although it is too early to judge, opinion polls suggest that the British people do at least like the look and the purpose of the current one.

Given this, an active surveillance program could be the best way to address the most serious consequence of excessive screening premature, overly aggressive treatment.

Premature rejection of bank nationalization has left us with the same two alternatives as in 1933 break up or regulation.

Still, the talks are far from perfect. Although it is too early to be critical of the effort, it is not too soon to highlight some potential concerns.

The Tribunal decided that it was premature to develop guidelines on the matter and that this view could be reassessed in the future in the light of the Tribunal's practice.

Premature fiscal contraction and or withdrawal of countercyclical measures threaten the public support that is essential to promoting recovery among those hardest hit by the crisis.

While the importance of export promotion is acknowledged, it might be premature to overemphasize it as the top priority at this stage of the Palestinian economy's de development.

Under the circumstances, and in light of the lack of significant positive developments on the ground, it would be premature to suggest further adjustments to the Force at this stage.

It is too early to suggest that politicians might make real progress toward implementing genuinely effective policies on climate change.

Another delegation said it was unaware of the finalization of the evaluation results of the Creating Learning Communities for Children programme and considered it premature for UNICEF to mainstream it into the education programme.

But these critics seem to presume that Europe will come out of the crisis in far worse shape than the US, and it is too early to make that judgment.

Premature marriage and premature maternity presents an obstacle to the economic and educational progress and has a negative effect not only on the lives of women, but also their children.

Some Member States felt that it was still premature to discuss the establishment of regional arrangement(s), when much more needed to be achieved first at the national level to safeguard human rights.

Another point of view held that it was premature to take a decision at the current stage, before the effects of reservations had been considered, on the question of validity, which could have an impact on the international responsibility of States.

Some other delegations noted that at this stage it was premature to take a decision on the final outcome of the work, while others reserved judgement until they had given due consideration to the draft principles.

One lesson is to avoid premature collapse of import competing industries that employ substantial numbers of people before sufficient employment opportunities have emerged in more productive industries.

It is too early to assess the historical effect of the Arab Spring, but if there is one conclusion that can be drawn today, it is that Israel and its Palestinian neighbors had little to do with it.

We raise that concern now because, although there are still five years left until we reach the final deadline set by the completion strategies, we believe that it is not too soon to call attention to it.

Preference erosion was likely to have serious adverse effects only for a few LDCs, and it was still too early to know with certainty what the effects would be.