65. The opportunity to continue the constructive and frank dialogue with the State party is welcomed.

She welcomed the opportunity to underscore the importance of the Committee s work and to encourage it.

The opportunity to continue a constructive and fruitful dialogue with the State party is particularly welcomed.

Mr. González (Chile) welcomed the opportunity for an interactive dialogue on the item, which was very important for developing countries.

In conclusion, he welcomed the first session of the Commission as a good opportunity to exchange experiences with other countries.

The representatives welcomed the opportunity to engage with the treaty bodies and hoped that it marked the beginning of sustained cooperation.

States welcomed the opportunity to engage in consultations with the chairpersons and reiterated their support for the work of the treaty bodies.

Also, the European Union would have welcomed the opportunity for informal consultations on the draft resolution before it came to the plenary.

The Government welcomed this adversary procedure, which gave it an opportunity to put forward its arguments to the Group on an informed basis.

The Committee welcomed the opportunity to review the provisional calendar of conferences and meetings and to provide, as appropriate, its recommendations thereon to the Council.

Country missions undertaken by the Board were welcomed as a valuable opportunity for the exchange of information, ideas and views on matters of mutual importance.

70. Leaders welcomed the opportunity to meet with Leaders from Japan at the South Pacific Forum Japan Leaders Summit held at Tokyo in October 1997.

We welcomed the appointment by the Commission on Human Rights of Professor Maurice Copithorne as Special Representative and perceived it as a good opportunity for extensive cooperation.

NGOs welcomed the opportunity to discuss matters of common concern and their interaction with human rights treaty bodies and follow up to treaty body recommendations at the national level.

The Conference was an opportunity to strengthen confidence in the multilateral process and find solutions that would be acceptable to all Parties and be welcomed by the people of all nations.

Mr. Laurin (Canada) welcomed the opportunity to look at the state of protection of human rights in the world and to underscore the linkages between human rights, humanitarian issues, development and security.

Viet Nam also welcomed the resumption of negotiations between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel, and hoped that it would provide an opportunity for a lasting solution to the Arab Israeli conflict.

While that decision was widely welcomed as an opportunity to foster tourism on St. Croix, the Government was criticized for having committed to guarantee the airline a certain level of revenue.36

Therefore, during the months leading up to the present session, the Bahamas welcomed the opportunity to engage constructively in consultations to ensure a successful outcome on the question of management reform of the Organization.

She welcomed the recent regional seminar held in Madang (Papua New Guinea), which had provided an opportunity to review progress made and setbacks encountered and formulate imaginative strategies through the exchange of ideas.

The Committee now had an opportunity to assume its responsibility for providing the necessary basis for a strengthened and unified security management system, and he welcomed the fact that a compromise had been reached.

participation in and exposure to armed conflict, UNHCR has welcomed the opportunities to comment on the optional protocol in its previous drafts, and appreciates this opportunity to make its contribution to the current draft.

164. The opportunity to continue the constructive dialogue with the State party is welcomed and appreciation is expressed concerning the readiness of the State party to provide the additional information which had been requested by the Committee.

It now welcomed the support of the International Monetary Fund for the concepts of opportunity and participation embodied in that initiative, which, inter alia, called for those countries which possessed natural resources to participate in economic development.

Mr. Eliasson (President of the General Assembly) welcomed the opportunity to take stock of the progress achieved by the Committee with regard to the revitalization of its work and, in that context, welcomed the proposals contained in the non paper approved by the Committee (A C.4 60 WP.2), in particular the use of question and answer sessions and interactive dialogues.

His delegation welcomed the political declaration adopted at the forty ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women and looked forward to the fiftieth anniversary of the Commission, which would provide an important opportunity to reflect on its achievements.

II. SUMMARY OF RESPONSES RECEIVED FROM STATES 6. The Government of Australia welcomed the opportunity to comment in the process undertaken by the Secretary General but, at the time, had no comments to make regarding General Assembly resolution 50 96.

Several delegations welcomed the Chairperson's suggestion.

The Advisory Committee welcomed that development.

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Her delegation therefore welcomed the draft programme of action for the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (A 60 270) and the historic opportunity to link the programme to the Millennium Development Goals so that the two could be mutually reinforcing.

Like the representative of Chile, he welcomed the opportunity for an interactive dialogue but noted that, at the fifty ninth session of the General Assembly, discussions of the benefits of space technology and on the outcomes of UNISPACE III had been poorly attended.

He welcomed this development.

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HLCP welcomed the main thrust of the strategy.

She welcomed the establishment of the Coordination Committee.

Mr. Caruana also pointed out that he had welcomed publicly statements by the Spanish Foreign Minister and the opportunity which the new Spanish Government had offered of dialogue aimed exclusively at issues of local cooperation with no sovereignty implications for either side.

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75. The amendment of the Equal Opportunity in Employment Law, prohibiting discrimination in the labour sphere on the grounds of national ethnic origin, country of origin, beliefs, political views, political party, affiliation or age, is welcomed, as is the revision of the National Insurance Law.

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