Second, the Treaty makes the EU more democratic and brings government closer to Europe's citizens.

Let us hope that this summer of extremes is a last minute wake up call to policy makers, the corporate world, and citizens alike.

The core issue is burden sharing across bondholders, citizens of the deficit countries, the EU, and, indeed, the rest of the world (via the International Monetary Fund).

All people and regions of the country must participate, including the internally displaced and citizens in Darfur s rebel controlled areas.

Arab citizens of Israel and Jewish citizens of Israel interact with each other as equals when they are placed in a situation in which they can and must.

The position in UK nationality law is that most of those born in Northern Ireland are UK nationals, whether or not they so choose.

I assure the Council because I know that, for the leaders and citizens of Kosovo, the implementation of standards is not only a requirement for moving forward on the process leading us into status discussions.

Our hearts go out to those unfortunate Americans and citizens of other countries who lost everything, including loved ones, in the devastation that Hurricane Katrina has wrought.

Comment by the Administration. In order to compensate for the over representation of Europeans and North Americans among its staff members, UNITAR has endeavoured to promote the recruitment of staff from Latin America, Africa and Asia.

We hope that the unanimous adoption of this resolution will send the right message to the Iraqi public, the international community and the citizenry of each troop contributing country regarding the necessity of a continued presence of the multinational force.

While undoubtedly playing an effective role in protecting Israeli land and nationals, the erection of the barrier inside the Palestinian territories cannot be regarded as being in compliance with the relevant provisions of international law.

Until the Chinese government s treatment of its own citizens and those of other countries is guided by respect for basic human rights and the rule of law, China is unlikely to command the respect that it seeks on the world stage.

Mr. Kanaan (Observer for the Organization of the Islamic Conference) said it was regrettable that Israel continued to refuse to cooperate with the Special Committee its work must nevertheless continue so long as the Israeli occupation of Palestinian and Arab territories and the violations of the human rights of the Palestinian people and the Syrian citizens of the Golan continued.

A famous map painted by my friend and compatriot Saul Steinberg depicts the global village as seen from Manhattan the distance from the Hudson River to the Pacific Ocean is the same as the distance from Ninth to Tenth Avenue on the Upper West Side, and somewhere beyond the calm ocean float Russia, China, and Japan.