He turned out to be very welcome there were a hundred yellow ribbons.

All of this has underpinned a much welcome calm in financial markets.

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The Secretary General's initiative to establish a group of experts to consider this issue is most welcome and should be encouraged.

Not everyone will welcome these changes.

All of this is welcome, at least in principle.

To date, his dialogue efforts had been welcomed.

Thiago and Samantha are only not allowed to date but definitely not to get marry. Nonetheless, within the safe space of Aldeia Maracana, their forbidden love is welcome.

So the increased importance of the G 20 should be welcomed.

Information on the amount of such expenditures would be welcome.

Obviously, such deals will be unwelcome in the US.

Under current conditions, responding to China s rise with military force would be unwelcome.

The recommendation in the report to have an international financial mechanism to mobilize the necessary resources to implement international and national development strategies and programmes is very much welcome and timely.

In a world of scarcity, more always seemed better.

Of course, America's economic support for political reform would be welcome.

The American forces invading Afghanistan were originally welcomed as liberators, but NATO got involved without a proper plan of engagement, and after eight years the presence of foreign troops is no longer welcome.

Eurozone officials decision to reform the surveillance of governments and banks, and to boost the European Financial Stability Facility, is a welcome response, but, unfortunately, a partial one.

But China s looming slowdown is likely to be both manageable and welcome.

The announcement that the Darfur peace talks would resume in Abuja on 10 June was welcome news.

While that would be welcome, such efforts need to be accompanied by an expansion of benefits.

Although the focus on renewable energy sources is welcome, policies that distort food supply are not. America s subsidies for corn based ethanol contribute more to the coffers of ethanol producers than they do to curtailing global warming.

The inclusion of permanent members from various regions particularly from Latin America and the Caribbean and from Africa should be particularly welcomed.

More truthful accounts, such as Marcel Ophuls s magisterial documentary The Sorrow and the Pity (1968) were, to say the least, unwelcome.

Given the need to act quickly and given the slowness with which the developed world has been responding this new institution is all the more welcome.

On the question of observers, views were expressed that their participation should be welcomed inasmuch as it would enrich the deliberations of the Committee.

The smaller current account surplus in northern Europe that might result from this should itself be welcome.

Efforts like the G 20 are welcome, but they lack authority and capacity, in addition to suffering from excessive size.

The practice of providing periodic briefings to the Council on humanitarian developments in Africa is indeed very welcome and useful.

For their part, the regional economic commissions were an important means of promoting regional cooperation and the increased allocation proposed for them was therefore welcome.

That will not be welcomed by Europe s far right, from Hungary s Jobbik to France s National Front. They love Putin.

Investments that clear these controls benefit the US economy in numerous ways and should be welcomed.

So while net job creation will continue and the unemployment rate will maintain its downward trajectory both highly welcome the labor market s evolution risks fueling rather than countering already significant income and wealth inequalities, as well as poverty.

Thaksin s rural development policies were clearly welcomed by people who, for the first time, felt connected to the leaders they had elected.

Whether or not recent rumors of bilateral US Iran talks prove true, such initiatives should be welcomed.

The resulting growth of spending by businesses and households might be welcome at first, but it could soon become a source of unwanted inflation.

In this regard, the independent expert notes that support from the international community and NGOs working on prison conditions and treatment would be welcomed.

This patronizing view conveniently ignores the fact that in the last four elections, Thaksin and his allies won by lopsided margins. Thaksin s rural development policies were clearly welcomed by people who, for the first time, felt connected to the leaders they had elected.

The US, for example, should be made welcome to participate or continue to participate in peacekeeping and security cooperation.

As for the Darfur opposition, the recent efforts by some of its leaders to overcome fragmentation and re unify their movement are a welcome development.

In fact, large depositors are not unlike senior bondholders, and the proposed haircut was a small but welcome step forward.

Because she had negotiated Hong Kong s handover to China, she was a frequent and welcome visitor during my tenure.

In particular, he welcomed the fact that priority activities could largely be financed by reallocating resources.

At this important juncture in the work of the General Assembly, your continued cooperation and support as Vice President is greatly appreciated.

In a normal world, the dollar s weakening would be welcome, as it would help the United States come to grips with its unsustainable trade deficit.

While Turkey s lurch into the fray in 2010 may have been unwelcome, its interest in calming a situation involving an immediate neighbor is understandable.