Problem prevention was preferable to problem solving.

His delegation considered that the second variant was preferable.

As such, a peer to peer exchange, rather than a donor recipient scenario, is preferable for sustainability of innovations.

However, it is preferable to underline the positive elements and state that we will not forget the people of Haiti.

It is my understanding that it would be preferable for the Assembly to consider the report at its sixtieth session.

It would therefore be preferable to envisage the drafting of an additional protocol.

In addition, grant aid in the social sector is preferable to loans, as the latter would drive the nation into heavy debt.

It is rare in history that such widely different but plausible paths stem from a common point. It is not difficult, however, to determine which one is preferable.

We believe it is preferable to emphasize the interdependence of the global community, which brings about greater contact between diverse cultures and peoples.

It would be far preferable for Member States to take this vital decision by consensus.

If imprisonment must be used to sanction offenders, it is preferable that the sentence be discharged in the community rather than in an institution.

According to the analysts of the EU competition law rules, showing during the auction overall ranking instead of prices is preferable from competition law prospective.

The hard to do is preferable to the unacceptable and the unthinkable. Still, there is little indication so far that the two reform laggards are up to the challenge.

Every day, 24 hours, that pump is at your side, administering medicine directly to your heart, and it's not a particularly preferable medicine in many senses.

It might be preferable, for instance, to avoid using the parallel terms States Parties and Contracting States .

A condensed version is considerably preferable to simply reading a full text at very high speed, which gives the interpreters a lot of grief and is not fair to them.

So meritocracy seems preferable, at least at first sight. But, on closer inspection, things are not so simple.

It is preferable for the parties to appoint their own mediator, but it is also possible for the court to rule that it considers mediation necessary for the resolution of the conflict.

However, there is a clear need to develop this idea further in order for us to be able to conclude that it is preferable to a Commission on Human Rights with universal membership.

A fairly applied, consistent merger regime was preferable and would be unlikely to harm small and medium sized Jamaican firms.

It appears therefore preferable to hold the organization already responsible and thus allow the third party that would be injured to seek a remedy even before the act is committed.

A powerful prime minister seems preferable. One of the chief weaknesses in Russia's constitutional design is that power is separated from accountability the president has the most power, but the government is held accountable for policy results.

It was felt that such a provision under draft article 9 was preferable to a general exclusion under draft article 2.

It was thought that the contractual place of receipt and the contractual place of delivery were preferable in terms of predictability.

Advocates of monetary stimulation sometimes argue that it is preferable because it is more neutral in its distributional effects, and that its benefits are spread more widely. But monetary stimulus is often in reality just as selective as bailouts.

The group also agreed that while it is preferable to hold LEG meetings in LDCs, a meeting need not necessarily be organized in an LDC Party if it is more appropriate and effective to conduct it elsewhere.

The CHAIRPERSON thought that it would be preferable to consider any changes to the order of the operative paragraphs after discussing the text.

In Ukraine, the US and the EU seem to have decided on a sensible course of action or, rather, on a realistic two track response that is unlikely to produce spectacular results, but is certainly preferable to passivity.

For the US, however, the utility of multilateralism is purely situational. Above all, multilateralism is never preferable to a good bilateral solution a view that has reinforced behavior that undermines, rather than strengthens, the capacity for effective international action.

That would be preferable to that carrying out such activities through offices in other countries that are far from the actual areas needing assistance.

In this context, the eurozone s most heavily indebted countries will have to force their creditors to accept a restructuring of public debt. The preferable alternative would be growth boosting devaluations that is, a eurozone breakup.

We also agree that, even if it would be preferable for action to be taken by consensus, that must not become an excuse for postponing action.

It has been deemed preferable to have the rule depend upon and be linked with the case of a conflict between the two categories of obligations.

Which categories of environmentally preferable products could be included in WTO negotiations on EGs, and what should developing country priorities be for negotiations in this area?

It would be preferable for Kazakhstan, as it would for many other States, if consensus on Security Council reform were reached before the summit in September 2005.

Another advantage was said to be that the concept of volume contracts was preferable to that of OLSAs, as it was a broader and more universal concept.

Mr. Nordlander (Sweden) said that, having heard the statements by the representatives of the United States and Singapore, he thought it preferable to retain draft paragraph 1 (c).

For that purpose, the Commission considered that it might be preferable for the Working Group to postpone its discussions regarding the writing requirement and the New York Convention.

It was suggested that developing such an instrument might take a considerable amount of time and that it was preferable to begin the process earlier rather than later.

Despite the recognized difficulties of establishing a new working group, Ms. Hampson stated that this would be preferable to having a Special Rapporteur to do such work alone.

For that purpose, the Commission considered that it might be preferable for the Working Group to postpone its discussions regarding the requirement of written form for the arbitration agreement.

Although it would be preferable to proceed with the harmonization as a first step, the harmonization effort should not prevent the consolidation of payroll systems from taking place simultaneously.

He also stated that it was preferable, for reasons of public perception and cultural sensitivities, for a State to prosecute alleged perpetrators rather than having international courts do so.

As regards the posts that it was intended to create, Ghana believed it would be preferable to employ temporary staff to undertake specific tasks, such as making up backlogs.

His delegation believed that, in specific cases, such as sovereignty disputes, bilateral negotiations should be seriously considered as a viable way forward they were far preferable to any unilateral action.