Threats have become much more diverse, subtle and unpredictable.

It is expected that if other donors were to adopt this approach, it would bring more stability and predictability to funding of priority areas.

The international community should endeavour to improve the functioning of commodity markets, with greater transparency and more stable and predictable conditions.

More predictable funding of United Nations operational activities should be pursued.

(c) To make projections of GHGs in a more consistent manner and

(d) Unpredictability of forecasting

Committing to pledge funding in a more predictable manner

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Scientists are therefore still searching for an accurate predictive test that is cheaper, quicker, and less invasive than PET scans or lumbar punctures. This year, two small studies of blood tests seemed to predict Alzheimer s 1 3 years before it occurred, but the tests are complicated and require the measurement of ten or more substances.

Finally, but no less important, we agree that humanitarian financing has to be more timely and predictable.

Everything is not predictable the stock market is, at least for me, not predictable, but most complicated negotiations are predictable.

There is also a need to secure more stable, predictable and flexible aid flows for the poorest countries.

The monitoring process is now changing, with potentially more qualitative monitoring as follows

Let me make a prediction for you, which is probably even more startling.

To make sure that national planning is substantiated by more predictable funding, we would encourage donors to make predictable multi year pledges.

They are changing rapidly, but not predictably.

The regular budget situation was much more uncertain than it had been at the Committee's 4th meeting, when he had forecast an available cash balance of 294 million based on expected payments of 400 million in the last quarter of 2005.

And it is not unreasonable to anticipate that strong recipient performance will lead to greater donor contributions.

Canada enthusiastically welcomes any proposal aimed at improving existing structures by making them more predictable and more accountable.

But our oxygen was going down faster than our CO2 was going up, which was quite unexpected, because we had seen them going in tandem in the test module.

The Committee is therefore concerned that a 17 per cent increase in projected income may not be warranted.

However, while the capacity forecast is more likely to be below the mark than above it, the reverse is true for the demand forecasts.

Projections to 2020 revealed a different pattern only two Parties (DEU, FIN) projected a decrease, while the other eight Parties projected an increase, five of them (CAN, ICE, NZL, SWE, USA) projecting an increase of more than 25 per cent.

That requires better targeted, timely and coordinated financial support and the predictability of assistance.

Projections indicate that extreme weather events will become more common in the future.

Of course, the inherent complexity and unpredictability of international affairs intensify politicians inclination to equivocate. And today, with the geopolitical environment more complicated and less predictable than ever, our leaders have even less incentive to offer the kind of boldness and clarity that effective policymaking demands.

They also considered that it would make Member States' annual assessments less stable and predictable.

They are predictable, widely known and consistently enforced, without discrimination.

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Shehu And from there we will be able to, hopefully, make better predictions and then we compare it to the graph and also make some predictions.

It is our view that the Office should benefit from adequate and more predictable funding.

Deregulated and open financial markets would not only increase the availability of investment finance both domestic and foreign, it would also help create a more stable and disciplined investment climate, and free deficit countries from the unpredictable politics of ODA flows.

He also called on States to give more predictable financial support to UNHCR than at the current time.

He also called on States to give more predictable financial support to UNHCR than at present.

Secondly, predictability.

Second, predictability.

10. But the report could have analysed more rigorously the different forms of preventive action which are available to the United Nations.

Official development assistance (ODA) should increase in volume and quality, become more stable and predictable and reflect the priorities of recipient countries, and United Nations agencies should make greater use of national project execution.

He expressed dismay at the withdrawal of certain major contributors from the Fund, which could seriously jeopardize its operations and undermine efforts to ensure more stable and predictable policies and the smoother functioning of commodity markets.

He pointed out that with the projected rise in the concentration of greenhouse gases, a corresponding increase in the global mean surface temperature was likely to trigger increased climate variability and greater incidence and intensity of extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and droughts.

There are lots of thing that the approach I take can predict, and there are some that it can't.

What may be unpredictable is the time frame within which decisions have to be taken.

Introducing these dynamic elements makes competition a more unpredictable process than the textbooks would have one believe.

Competition between sectors can be expected to become more intense.

16. UNICEF should improve further the accuracy of its income projections for unfunded supplementary programmes through more realistic budgeting and fund raising strategies.