The Russian delegation is prepared to engage constructively in that work.

That was Israel's vision his delegation hoped that it could be realized.

It would be interested to see what effect these measures had in a few years time.

During the March meeting of military experts on the issue of ERW the Australian delegation undertook to review the matrices produced by the Swiss, British and French delegations.

The Cuban delegation reiterated its willingness to support all actions to that end.

I listened with keen interest to your opening statement, and the Swiss delegation agrees with everything you have said.

The Chinese delegation therefore supported the adoption of further measures to enhance protection of the safety of United Nations and associated personnel.

The Russian delegation noted that the budget was more concise and gave priority to strategic orientations.

His delegation was aware of the importance of international cooperation and the establishment of sustainable development partnerships.

EU officials were particularly pleased to meet with the Ambassador and his delegation during their recent visit to Brussels.

The Chinese delegation to the Conference is always cooperative with a view to pursuing this goal on a consensual basis.

Strengthened cooperation between the Iraqi and Kuwaiti delegations had permitted to identify a still limited number of persons who had been missing.

The Croatian delegation invites youth delegates and Governments of Member States to re commit themselves to the implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth.

Like the members of the European Union, I believe, at least those here in this forum, the French delegation supports your initiative.

A teacher intervened to explain. She takes off her niqab inside the class, but she only put it on when you and your entourage came in.

The Japanese delegation considered that the structure of posts in the Secretariat needed to be altered, since there were too many posts at the higher levels.

Her delegation also rejected the revisions announced by the representative of Mexico and said that the issue of terrorism should continue to be addressed by the Sixth Committee.

It welcomed the report of the Joint Inspection Unit (A 60 34) and the progress made by the Unit since the adoption of General Assembly resolution 59 267.

The Korean delegation welcomed the importance given to information and communications technology in the framework of the reform of the Secretariat and the United Nations system as a whole.

It agreed with most of the observations made by ACABQ on this issue, and recognized the need to strengthen the system of governance and decision making at the central level.

The Nigerian delegation had taken note of the proposal to expand the powers of the Secretary General to reclassify posts.

In that connection, she commended the activities undertaken by the Economic Commission for Africa in order to promote and facilitate transit transport cooperation throughout Africa.

Mr. Hama (Niger) (spoke in French) Allow me at the outset, on behalf of the Niger and the delegation accompanying me, to associate myself with the heartfelt congratulations extended to the Co Chairpersons, on their election to preside over our work.

His delegation wished to associate itself with the statements made by the representative of Qatar on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and the representative of South Africa on behalf of the African Group.

It supported the ACABQ recommendation concerning the re evaluation of the budget, and agreed with its comments on the post vacancy rate of and job reclassification.

However, the humiliation meted out to Farouk and the actions of the Wafd in cooperating with the British and taking power, lost support for both the British and the Wafd among both civilians and, more importantly, the Egyptian military.

Along with a number of other countries, the Russian Federation responded to the tragedy without delay by sending search and rescue teams, doctors, special equipment, and humanitarian aid to the areas of disaster.

Her delegation therefore welcomed the decision by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to hold an expert meeting on the design and implementation of transit transport arrangements to discuss the best available solutions.

The Jordanian delegation noted with satisfaction that the presentation of the programme budget had been simplified and that this document now indicated the objectives to be attained and the basic data to be used to measure the success indicators.

It also welcomed the creation of an Office of the Assistant Secretary General and Special Adviser on Africa, responsible for coordinating United Nations support for the New Partnership for Africa's Development.

In conclusion, the Indian delegation would like the Secretariat and the Advisory Committee to be very closely involved in the review of budgetary affairs, so that the Committee's debates would be transparent and constructive.

It was aware that the documentation was voluminous but felt that, at a minimum, the reports themselves should be translated into all the official languages, so that the authorities in the respective capitals could familiarize themselves with their content.

It therefore had reservations about paragraph 11 of the draft resolution, whose reference to the agreement entered into at the 2005 World Summit could promote recognition of the outcome document.

The Jordanian delegation agreed with the opinion expressed by ACABQ that such funds should be managed with the maximum discretion while respecting the Organization's financial rules and procedures.

His delegation understood the specific needs of single commodity exporting countries and landlocked developing countries with respect to new forms of international cooperation on transit transport.

The Jordanian delegation was even more concerned by the volume of resources spent on recruiting consultants and contractual staff, because the proposed programme budget did not give enough information to justify the sums requested.

It applauded the Secretary General's efforts to encourage implementation of NEPAD, and it welcomed the creation of the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa.

Pakistan also wanted greater precision regarding the effect of restoring appropriations for common service infrastructure, which had been eliminated when the programme budget for 2002 2003 was adopted.

The Russian delegation wanted to know how the supplementary resources that would have to be added to this amount to finance priority activities would be accounted for, and where the corresponding funds would come from.

The Chinese delegation noted that budgetary provisions for the biennium 2004 2005 amounted to a total of roughly US 3 billion, representing an increase of 5.8 per cent in relation to the previous period.

Nonetheless, it believed that the framework should be implemented progressively, fully respecting the rules and regulations governing programme planning. Accountability mechanisms also needed to be strengthened.

This paper presents a matrix that highlights the cumulative impacts of the Coordinator's papers, the German and UK papers on Fuze Design, the 30 Nations proposal and the Irish proposal.

The Jordanian delegation agreed with the remarks made by ACABQ regarding the presentation of outputs these should be improved to highlight the correlation with expected achievements more clearly.

The Indian delegation noted with satisfaction that the allocation of resources between different budget sections had made it possible to limit requests for supplementary appropriations, which only amounted to about US 15 million.

It took note of the simplified presentation of the budget which continued to be established using results based budgeting methods. The method would need periodic reassessment in order to improve its application.