In the Middle East, we are encouraged by the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.

We are encouraged by the renewed contacts on a high political level between Belgrade and Zagreb.

This generous support encourages us and strengthens our commitment to work with dedication and responsibility in the Security Council.

We are encouraged by the fact that the Security Council has been more consistently addressing the regional dimension of civilian protection.

In addition to the positive steps taken by each party, we are most encouraged by the resumption of direct engagement between them.

We are encouraged that that Security Council has been addressing the regional dimension of civilian protection more consistently.

We are encouraged by that new development and pledge our continued support for a just and lasting resolution to the dispute.

We are encouraged by the priority given to these issues by the Government of National Unity in South Africa.

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We are encouraged by the new attempt of the United Nations and its Secretary General to answer the social and economic call of the present era.

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The Asian challenge, particularly from China, should encourage us to reconsider the validity of the Scandinavian model.

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We are encouraged by the recent signing of the Declaration of Principles between Israel and the Palestinians, and the Agreed Common Agenda between Israel and Jordan.

In turn, we take heart in the adoption of this common agenda and hope that it will lead to further acceptance of mutually satisfactory solutions.

But we are encouraged that this meeting helps to reaffirm the international community's commitment to the protection of civilians in armed conflict.

We are encouraged by a number of positive developments that have taken place in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina since we spoke in this forum a year ago.

We are indeed encouraged by the intensive negotiations that are taking place in the Conference on Disarmament with a view to the conclusion of a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty.

We are encouraged that at the last General Conference member States identified some measures to be taken to combat this phenomenon.

We are also encouraged by the strong support for the UNFPA programmes and activities demonstrated at the recent United Nations Pledging Conference.

But, encouragingly, earlier this month Belize and Guatemala signed a new agreement under the auspices of the Organization of American States.

We are greatly encouraged that the deployment into Haiti of the multinational force took place under peaceful circumstances and that the spectre of a bloody confrontation was averted.

We are encouraged by the Secretary General s intention to provide additional resources from within the regular budget of the United Nations to strengthen the work of the Coordinator and the Centre for Human Rights.

We are heartened by progress towards the establishment of the Peacebuilding Commission and the decision to create a new Human Rights Council, which constitute major institutional reforms in their own right.

We are encouraged by the renewed commitment shown by the International Committee for the Development of Lumbini at a meeting held at United Nations Headquarters on 16 September 2005.

In this regard, it is indeed encouraging that we have received the latest report of the Council in time for our debate and that the period it covers is fairly up to date.

We are particularly encouraged by steps taken to increase managerial and policy making accountability within the Secretariat, as well as the simplification and streamlining of the decision making machinery.

From that perspective, we are indeed very encouraged that the Council has just adopted a resolution that will bring an internationally recognized follow up to the reported crimes in Darfur.

It is encouraging to note the growing membership of the United Nations each year. It is, in the words of the Secretary General, an explosion in United Nations membership.

This must encourage us both to provide the necessary support and to seek to ensure that elections in which the United Nations is involved are in line with democratic norms and standards.

In welcoming these conferences, we are encouraged by the important results from the International Conference on Human Rights. They are a great achievement in the promotion of respect for human rights and basic freedoms.

Elsewhere, we are encouraged by the resolution of the conflict in south Sudan, and it is with real relief that we hail the outcome of the peace negotiations in a number of regions of Africa and around the world.

We were and are encouraged by the support received, although it was not enough to bridge the still too divergent positions and priorities of the entire United Nations membership.

That should encourage us to bear in mind that the struggle to achieve development is also a struggle on behalf of women and that vulnerable groups are the main victims of underdevelopment.

We are, therefore, encouraged by the collective recognition by all the Member States of the United Nations that special needs and vulnerabilities attend small island developing States.

We are encouraged by the declaration of the Government in Rwanda that it will be guided by the spirit of the Arusha Peace Agreement as a framework for peace and national reconciliation and for its support for the regional initiatives on the problem of Rwandese refugees.

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We are certainly encouraged by the increasing awareness on the part of the international community and the Security Council, in the spirit of Article 50 of the United Nations Charter, with respect to the difficulties being experienced by Romania and other affected countries.

Instead of defaulting to our normal convergent approach where we make the best choice out of available alternatives, it encourages us to take a divergent approach, to explore new alternatives, new solutions, new ideas that have not existed before.

We are extremely encouraged by the progress in the negotiations taking place between the Government of F. W. de Klerk, Nelson Mandela of the African National Congress (ANC), and members of other political parties in South Africa.

Although we note that a good portion of the report is devoted to United Nations activities in the field of preventive diplomacy and conflict resolution, we are encouraged by the Secretary General apos s assurance that he has

We are encouraged by the fact that the question of space debris has been included on the Subcommittee apos s agenda, and we agree with its decision to focus on the acquisition of data on the problem of space debris and on better understanding the issue.

The meagre progress which the Conference on Disarmament has achieved so far towards the conclusion of a comprehensive test ban treaty does not encourage us to believe that such a treaty will be concluded very soon.

Concerning the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), we are encouraged by the efforts of the Prosecutor in formulating a more aggressive programme for tracking and apprehending fugitives and in requesting cooperation with Member States in that regard.

Never before in history have so many heads of State and Government been present and participated in the debates as during these three days. That encourages us.