This is all very encouraging.

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

All of this is encouraging.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

But Medvedev s track record is not encouraging.

Please don't corner me at the party tonight and go, What are you? An Apple fan boy?

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

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.

That's an order.

That's an order!

This is absurd.

Is that an order?

That is essential.

This prospect is hardly encouraging. If abuses and repression in the provinces continue no matter how attentive the central government, or how assertive the press might have become, what then?

The United Kingdom shares the Secretary General's assessment that progress in implementing the standards for Kosovo in recent months has been tangible and is encouraging, and the view of the Special Representative that the new Prime Minister and his government have shown impressive commitment and energy in striving to achieve the standards.

So those are great.

That's an order, Tom.

That's something you need to remember.

But this is impossible.

That is essential.

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

It's really important. Using applications is OK, but programming is absolutely fundamental.

I think that's wonderful.

this is easy, 1.10.

It's news to me.

Is this feasible?

But this is understandable.

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.

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

Unbelievable. This is like crazy.

We feel that this is essential.

That is laudable, and some results have become manifest.

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.

To deny this is both unreasonable and illogical.

But this is more than far fetched.

Fortunately, this is possible.