We are assuming that our societies are going to be based on mistrust.

First, it has to be assumed that individuals prefer to avoid risk.

We can no longer presume that its institutional arrangements reflect its citizens preferences.

Nevertheless, we should not take a positive outcome of the review as a foregone conclusion, nor should we assume that the subsequent launch of a final status process will be automatic.

And I'd like to thank you all.

But this assumes that our income relative to the income of others does not matter.

Let s assume, I said next, that Nicholas and John own two small firms that compete with each other.

So presumably he has a constructive vision for the Bank s future.

To illustrate, suppose that this reduction in the value of the pound is 5 .

I should now like to summarize them.

We need not assume that these goals cannot be pursued simultaneously.

One can assume that next year s total spending on military affairs will be even bigger.

But it is neither useful nor very plausible to assume that Kim Jong un and his military advisers are mad.

But it would be most imprudent to assume that the turning point is right now, and that things are as bad as they will get.

To them, one can only assume, the debates are nothing more than a personality contest.

It would be rash to assume that the outcome in Russia would be as benign as Ukraine s Orange Revolution.

Both will depend on the outcome of the review, and that outcome is in the hands of Kosovo's leaders, who should continue their progress in implementing the standards.

I should like to recall the major ones.

I would like to add a few additional comments.

I would like to make a few points in that regard.

But assume that China does revalue its currency sharply, by, say, 40 .

The concepts of intelligence and of race are less clear cut than we often assume them to be.

One would assume that Obama would prove even more unsettling to bin Laden.

On the contrary, it would be a grave mistake to assume that fanatical Islamism fully defines Saudi attitudes toward religion.

It is therefore inaccurate to assume China changed suddenly and all at once in the year 1644.

I would like to introduce the following revisions to the draft resolution.

I would add another, clearly essential point.

I just wish to address some of the points I have heard.

I should like to make a statement in my capacity as representative of Brazil.

Let me cite just one specific example.

Let me first deal briefly with the security challenge.

I wish to conclude my statement by expressing a regret.

I would like to make a few points.

It would be dangerous to assume that after Tunisia, democracy in the Arab world is just around the corner.

Yet it would be a grave mistake to assume that the ECB can deliver lasting economic peace.

Of course, relaxed and happy people can still become depressed, and stressed and unhappy people may not be depressed, but it is a reasonable hypothesis that happier people are less likely to become depressed.

I would like to share the voices of two groups of Australian young people.

I wish to thank the staff of the Commission for their excellent work.

Let me say a few words on some specific issues.

I would like to express my deep appreciation to all the sponsors.

Let me emphasize the responsibility of the international community as a whole.

Let me now say a word about settlement activity.

I would like to assure you of my delegation's full support.

I would point specifically to the statement of Japan.

I would like to make clear again a couple of points.