The Committee shall make every effort to reach agreement on any decisions by consensus.

The Council shall endeavour to take all decisions and to make all recommendations by consensus.

Let us therefore be realistic and not make the absence of consensus an excuse for inaction.

The Committee shall make every effort to reach agreement on all matters of substance by consensus.

The Preparatory Committee will finalize the procedural arrangements and make every effort to produce a consensus report containing recommendations for that Review Conference.

A Berlin Consensus?

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

A consensus emerging in the international community indicated a readiness to increase efforts to make a collaborative approach work that would ensure better protection and assistance to internally displaced persons worldwide.

A Global Consensus Against Terrorism

Solutions need a global consensus.

That evidence had led to a broad consensus that more action was required now, and citizens around the world therefore expected the COP to make real progress.

In both cases, the inability to reach a consensus stymied the attempts of the many to make progress in achieving long standing nuclear disarmament and non proliferation goals.

Is There a New Washington Consensus?

It is not a consensus document.

A new consensus is being sought.

We all know that a very small number of countries are not prepared to join a consensus on that proposal, or at least to bring forward amendments to make it acceptable to them.

I see the Copenhagen Consensus as a process.

However, that suggestion did not elicit a consensus.

Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus a regional perspective

(a) Decisions shall, as a rule, be taken by consensus.

1bis. If consensus cannot be reached, the Council shall take all decisions and make all recommendations by a simple distributed majority vote, as defined in Article 2 unless this Agreement provides for a special vote

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 believe that an open, broad debate aimed at reaching consensus is the best way to make progress on the reform we are currently discussing.

Moreover, this is not the only sacrifice that we are being asked to make in order to secure consensus on the CD's programme of work.

We must continue the dialogue and build a consensus.

Can we envision reaching broad agreement, or even a consensus?

It reflects the existing consensus on a range of issues.

We hope that everyone can pool their wisdom, enhance a meaningful consensus, deepen the exchange and cooperation between the Internet and the digital economy, and make the development of the Internet a better place for the benefit of

1bis. If consensus cannot be reached, the Council shall take all decisions and make all recommendations by a simple distributed majority vote, as defined in Article 2 with the exception of matters addressed by Articles , where the Council shall take decisions by special vote if consensus is not reached unless this Agreement provides for a special vote, including on matters addressed under Articles

I make special note of that put forth by the African Union and that presented by the Uniting for Consensus movement, to which I will refer later.

The OECD Principles outline a general consensus as to the nature of shareholder meetings and the requirement to make shareholder participation as simple and effective as possible and ensure the equitable treatment of all shareholders.

I feel that, from the diverse opinions that have been expressed, a consensus is emerging on the need to implement United Nations reforms and make the Organization respond more effectively to the challenge of change.

We are currently working on finding consensus on such a decision.

His skill as a builder of consensus has indeed been exemplary.

It does not matter if consensus among all the parties cannot be reached quickly. The international discussion itself is a process for creating conditions for consensus.

He further claims that popular acceptance or belief cannot supersede human rights, and that the fact that there is a modern consensus reflecting the view that abortion is an acceptable practice does not make it tolerable.

It was a source of great satisfaction for us to actively participate in the discussions and to contribute to the negotiating process with other Member States to make possible the adoption of the Protocol through consensus.

2. Welcomes the opening of the Inter Congolese Dialogue on 15 October 2001, and calls upon all Congolese parties to make every effort to promote the process and ensure the success of a fully inclusive dialogue in a spirit of consensus

Efforts must continue with a view to reaching a political consensus on a taxation system.

My delegation feels strongly that the consensus we reached in the High level Plenary Meeting represents a good foundation for a greater consensus towards achieving the development priorities of the developing countries.

Norway will continue to seek a new consensus and to achieve results.

(a) To adopt the principle of consensus on all matters of substance

We must evolve a new consensus to achieve disarmament and non proliferation.

Efforts should be made, through quiet consultations, to explore a possible consensus.

The consensus that was reached 60 years ago was a strong one.