The protesters of Occupy Albany issued a powerful consensus statement recently, which reads in part

The Declaration voted upon today is a weak, non binding political statement that does not reflect anything approaching consensus within the General Assembly.

On the basis of the informal consultations and the statement delivered three days earlier, it should be possible to achieve a consensus on the draft before the Committee.

Therefore, in introducing the draft resolution proposed by Uniting for Consensus, I will first of all recall the statement that I delivered on 1 July, which I am again circulating today.

I would humbly suggest that, in the spirit of consensus, cooperation and multilateralism, and in the spirit of my earlier statement and the Under Secretary General's statement, and also in terms of our responsibility as members of the Commission, we focus our attention on where we go from here.

Mr. Yáñez Pilgrim (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish) Our delegation did not oppose the consensus on A 60 L.43, but it believes it necessary to make the following statement.

We support the statement made by Jamaica, as Chairman of the Group of 77 and China, which offered a detailed assessment of the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus and proposals for further progress in this process.

(j) Report of the independent expert appointed by the Secretary General on the situation of human rights in Haiti (statement agreed on by consensus by the Commission, and made by the Chairperson on 21 April 2005, para. 7)

(a) Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights containing an analysis of the situation of human rights in Colombia (statement agreed on by consensus by the Commission and made by the Chairperson on 22 April 2005).

I wish to conclude this statement by expressing our fervent hope that, on 27 February 2006, the Special Committee will meet once again to conclude, by consensus, the elaboration of a comprehensive convention for the elimination of international terrorism.

A Berlin Consensus?

Ms. Taj El Dine (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish) The Mission of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela joined the consensus on the resolution. However, we would like to make a statement with regard to certain points in that resolution.

Statement

Statement.

Statement

This is not a completely tautological statement it's a reasonable statement.

Europe s Elusive Growth Consensus

Mission statement

Written statement.

Oral statement

Several alternative texts were proposed with a view to achieving a consensus, although a consensus was not reached.

A Global Consensus Against Terrorism

The Perils of Economic Consensus

The Monterrey Consensus is working.

Solutions need a global consensus.

São Paulo Consensus, paragraph 87.

Mr. Spatafora (Italy) The statement made by Ambassador Rock, the Permanent Representative of Canada, on behalf of the group of States known as Uniting for Consensus provides a forceful and meaningful illustration of the principles and values on which our draft resolution is based.

Statement of purpose

Statement of purpose

Written statement (Annexed).

Statement of needs.

Statement of needs.

Statement of needs

The São Paulo Consensus mandated UNCTAD to convene sectoral reviews of dynamic sectors of world trade (São Paulo Consensus, para.

I think there's consensus on this.

I think architecture is about consensus.

Is There a New Washington Consensus?

The Death of the Globalization Consensus

The Rise of the Beijing Consensus

Those decisions were adopted by consensus.

It is not a consensus document.

On others, consensus has been reached.

Part II The São Paulo Consensus

A new consensus is being sought.

Those decisions were adopted by consensus.