Deadlock in Durban

Breaking the Climate Deadlock

It would therefore and furthermore also create a situation where we can avoid the apparently endless disputes and deadlock in the Conference on its programme of work.

But the deadlock has been broken.

We must try to break the deadlock.

Still, the CD remains in its ninth year of deadlock.

I regret that no progress was made in overcoming the deadlock in Western Sahara.

The reasons for the deadlock in the CD over a fissile material treaty are known.

In New York the European Union deplored the deadlock that the CD currently finds itself in.

The First Committee is an ideal forum in which to discuss possible solutions to the Conference on Disarmament deadlock.

While much had changed in the 18 years since he had first addressed the United Nations, the deadlock continued.

The possible solutions to the deadlock in international discussions over PAROS that has prevailed since the mid 1990s were examined.

The worst case scenario that I am willing to envisage would be political deadlock at the time of the October deadline.

It expressed its conviction that, given the new threats to peace and security, this deadlock should be broken as soon as possible.

Otherwise, how will we be able to put an end to a deadlock from which the Conference has been suffering since 1996?

On the contrary, we think the deadlock reached in negotiations about starting negotiations has occurred because an FMCT is all too relevant.

There is increasing concern that the continuing deadlock is undermining prospects for the timely holding of presidential and parliamentary elections in Côte d'Ivoire.

This, I might add, is particularly relevant in view of the deadlock that the Conference has experienced during the last number of years.

In Western Sahara, efforts continue to be made to overcome the deadlock so that the people can exercise their right to self determination.

There will be no possibility of removing the deadlock if a minimum of concessions which are mutually acceptable to all parties are not generated.

In addition, we have recently seen deadlock at the Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

Although the internally displaced persons and their leaders have not resorted to violence since the riots of July, the registration process remains in a deadlock.

Given the numerous efforts to break the deadlock, the increasing impatience of most of its members and current threats to security, its continued inaction was unsustainable.

We continue to urge other Conference members to display equal flexibility in our collective efforts to break the deadlock that has persisted for far too long.

When there is a serious deadlock at the political level, active delegations start wondering if there is something wrong with the procedures or the methods of work.

We should be inspired by the Secretary General's words in his recent article on breaking the nuclear deadlock solutions are within our reach we must grasp them .

This item of our agenda has been a key component of the respective initiatives aimed at breaking our working deadlock including, latterly, the food for thought paper.

The deadlock prompted the White House in April to shift 589 million in Ebola funding to the Zika effort, about two thirds of it designated for domestic use.

As I stand here before you, the process is practically at a deadlock and the presidential election planned for 30 October will not be held on that date.

So pessimism appears to be settling in, and the deadlock over Yasukuni appears to be deepening. But the past can bring us more than just troubles of this kind.

At the same time, it is necessary to solve the Constitutional deadlock. As already proposed by the Convention, this would mean separating constitutional matters per se from Union policy.

Apparently, the specter of government deadlock causing a humiliating default suddenly made the US resemble the European countries that really are teetering on the brink. Europe s story became America s story.

A few weeks ago, here in the First Committee, another six countries, my own among them, took an initiative to try to break the deadlock in the Conference on Disarmament.

His delegation called on both the Government of Morocco and the Saharan people, represented by the Frente POLISARIO, to redouble their efforts to find a way out of the deadlock.

But it is harder to explain that we keep these priorities hostage to each other, to the extent that we end up in a total deadlock and at an impasse.

While frustration stemming from the continuing political deadlock could be a factor in the deterioration of compliance that has been observed, it does not exonerate the parties of their responsibilities.

Canada is concerned about the negative implications for our own security, as well as for general security, of the Conference's nearly eight year deadlock in agreeing on a programme of work.

A reason often cited in the CD plenary for that deadlock is that a stand alone negotiation on FMCT or on persistent landmines would not address the priorities of every member.

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When we invite other space Powers to subscribe to our initiative, we proceed inter alia from the understanding that this would help us to start emerging from deadlock and moving in the right direction, while duly bearing in mind the realities of the situation, including the reluctance of some capitals to engage in negotiations on a legally binding instrument on preventing the deployment of weapons in outer space.

It's more a social situation than a musical situation.

Focusing political attention on the Conference on Disarmament's deadlock and its negative consequences for our individual and collective security interests is one way to get us out of the rut we are in.

In conclusion, South Africa remains ready to work with you, Mr. President, and all other delegations to break the deadlock which the CD has found itself in for the past number of years.

The EU urgently needs to democratize its procedures and reorganize its institutions to ensure that this year's enlargement does not lead to bureaucratic deadlock. The draft Constitution provides acceptable answers to many questions of governance.

After all, the deadlock has ominous implications for international security the longer it persists, the graver the nuclear threat from existing arsenals, from the proliferation of such weapons, and from their possible acquisition by terrorists.