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We remain in talks about what should be decided there, and what the role of the United Nations should be.

We're going to Dunedin to win the Tri-nations, not to defend it. We do not want to wait another week to see what will happen in the match between the All Blacks and the Wallabies. It is probably the worst thing in the world to wait and see if you are going to win the trophy. We must make sure we retain the title ourselves.

United Nations: Where America feeds the hands that bite it

United Nations should be brought into full play.

United Nations security had a general concern about the secretary general's visit to this region. But in the end, the chief of staff advised the secretary general to make the trip anyway.

United Nations is an organization of global neighbors. I really wanted to be here to raise our voices together to our leaders to do more for our brothers and sisters who are poor.

Unfortunately, many First Nations communities still lack the basic infrastructure to connect to the Internet,

with North Korea reneging on a key issue of the new disarmament agreement, U.S. negotiators are trying to keep the six-party talks going because nuclear brinksmanship makes all nations nervous.

We know as players that we underperformed in last year's Six Nations. The great thing about the Six Nations tournament is you do get an opportunity to put things right and that's what we've got this time around.

Wales shouldn't pick Gavin next week in Dublin, it's too much pressure for him. After more games maybe he'll get in for the last Six Nations match.

UK Sport and the government have delivered and there can be no excuses now. There are not many nations in the world that have the same backing. It's scary because all the obstacles have been removed and there is nothing for us to hide behind.

We are a European nation - must stay one.

Happy is the nation without a history.

Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.

Here rests the soul of our nation - here also should be our conscience.

With the world divided, the United Nations divided, our country divided and our party divided, it would be inexplicable if we did not have a debate on this crucially important issue.

[Martin Luther] King subpoened the nation's conscience . He was killed for it.

A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal.

A nation cannot afford to do a mean thing.

There was never a nation that became great until it came to the knowledge that it had nowhere in the world to go for help.

When trust is lost, a nation's ability to transact business is palpably undermined.

This is not about what party you're part of. This is about right and wrong, ... the conscience of this nation.

It is known that the best nations have always been those which concede the greatest amount of liberty to women.

A good nation I will make live.This the nation above has said.They have given me the power to make over.

We'll be fighting for a top position among the nations and our competitors have put high expectations on themselves.

The fortune of nations has often depended on accidents . . .

As a nation, we have never embraced aging,

The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.

The nation was not founded by habitual groupthinkers. But it stands a fair chance of being destroyed by them.

what we hold dear in this country and in other civilized nations throughout the world.

There are millions of people all over the world, right now, who are looking to the United Nations for protection and redress against the violation of their rights and deprivation of their freedoms.

The only way to escape from the present downward spiral lies through ending the violence and resuming negotiations aimed at comprehensive peaceful settlement based on relevant United Nations resolutions,

There are few colonial nations anymore. Instead, we are colonized by financial institutions beyond our political control. We are colonized with pens and papers and millions of little digital bursts transferring billions of dollars all over the globe in the blink of an eye.

The export trade is bound to expand to include other new importing nations like Egypt and the Middle East.

I'm a one-nation Tory.

History teaches that nations do not learn from history.

A nation for a continent, and a continent for a nation.

Unpopular speech is absolutely vital to the health of our nation.

We have instructed all Cuban firms to start using the euro as of the first of June of this year in transactions with the 11 nations of the European Union as well as several others.

We have helped to organize the United Nations. We believe it will stop aggressor nations from starting wars. Because we believe it, we intend to support the United Nations organization with all the power and resources we possess.

We're going to work with the members of the Security Council in the days ahead to make it clear to Saddam that the demands of the world and the United Nations will be enforced,

This proposal must simply be rejected. There are moments in the history of nations and parliaments in which nothing less than democracy is at stake.

Few secret undertakings ever did any nation any good.

... vulgarity has no nation.

Binding emissions targets for the developing nations are out of the question.

We are a great nation because we are a good people.

When mother is happy, family is happy. When family is happy, nation is happy.

When they want to seek our vote, they know where to reach us. But I don't see most of them here with us. They know we exist when they need to be elected, but after the election they become blind and deaf when it comes to our problems. ... We demand the government to use its power, as one of the greatest nations in the world, to end police brutality, to end racial profiling.

There are times in the life of nations when they feel confident that they can take on the world, that they are capable of meeting any challenge. One reason such a mind-set is important is that it creates an intolerance for laziness, for shoddy products, for open corruption, and for the usual excuses. When people have a strong conviction that they can achieve the possibilities of the future, it makes them less tolerant of impediments in their way to it.

Israel is the Jimmy Saville of nation states,

Lifting sanctions is a goal we have supported for a long time, ... Now it is up to the United Nations to define the modalities of the lifting of sanctions.

made it quite clear that the United Nations cannot condone the Turkish incursion into northern Iraq.

Let me be absolutely clear: the United Nations does not want to take over, police or otherwise control the Internet,

Last year, the nations of the world spent over $1 trillion on armaments.

Leprosy is a symptom of a more serious and vaster ill, which is poverty. For this reason, following in the wake of my predecessors, I renew the appeal to leaders of nations so that they will unite their efforts to overcome the grave imbalances that still penalize a large part of humanity.

Many other nations, not knowing who their president might be, I think might be in a more difficult situation. But this nation has a strength, it has the ability to come together to work through issues. And, as the night unfolded, and then as we've addressed 'What next,' I'm so impressed, again, with how strong democracy is, but how we must never take it for granted,

Scott has told us that he wants to stay in Wales, but he has some issues to sort out in Australia and he has kept us informed about his position. We have agreed to meet at the end of the Six Nations to thrash out his contractual position.

Some consuming nations - if not the market - are still asking OPEC to increase production, so I consider it highly likely that they will raise the quota by at least 500,000 barrels per day.

Similarly, if the summit outcome doesn't include the need to control small arms, which are the real weapons of destruction, and does not include the need for all developed nations to spend 0.7 percent of gross national income (GNI) in overseas aid, this historic chance for reform will result in failure,

Simply put, what the United Nations wants is what the U.S. also wants: a reformed United Nations that is effective, efficient, leaner and relevant to the tasks that member states want to set for us, ... The world has changed and we have to change, we have to adapt and I have given my commitment to the president that I will pursue reforms.

Since Burma (Myanmar) is a member of the United Nations, it has the obligations to follow the recommendations of the General Assembly, the independent agencies and the secretary general,

Since at this place, those who have devotion have gathered and people of all nations have come, I cannot but tell you one fact.

Since Franklin Roosevelt's leadership in setting up the United Nations and the Nuremberg trials, the U.S. has promoted universal legal norms and the institutions to enforce them while seeking, by hook or by crook, to exempt American citizens, especially soldiers, from their actual application.

Mike Tindall was missed by England in the last Six Nations and he is one of those players that is influential in the way we play and is a leader in the team.

Mike was a vital member of our squad during the Six Nations last season, when Gareth Cooper was out injured,

Mr Bush went to the United Nations , I think that that had a lot to do with the influence of the British.

One of the things we need to assess as we look at the India proposal is the impact on Iran and North Korea and other nations that are looking to expand or start their nuclear programs and whether this encourages nuclear proliferation or not.

One of the surest signs of our sincerity would be to withdraw a few brigades. It would convince the nations in the region that we're not there to stay, not an occupation power. Second is the notice to the Iraq government that they're going to have to start shouldering more responsibility, that our presence there is not infinite.

One of the surest signs of our sincerity would be to withdraw a few brigades, ... It would convince the nations in the region that we're not there to stay, not an occupation power. Second is the notice to the Iraq government that they're going to have to start shouldering more responsibility, that our presence there is not infinite.

One morning, just like 9/11, there's going to be a disaster. I have yet to see the United Nations do anything effective with either Iran or North Korea.

Of course, one must love all mankind; all are children of God. One must not emphasize the differences between Nations or between castes and creeds. Cultivate Universal heartfelt Love.

No one can say how long the process of human extinction might take, but as it proceeds, the same global order will prevail that always prevails: rich nations will find ways to protect themselves and make themselves comfortable, while the poor nations and the poor people of the planet will suffer.

One would expect them to be respectful of United Nations standards in their conduct at home.

MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine, and now engaged in supplying art with an excellent pigment. He is handy, too, in museums in gratifying the vulgar curiosity that serves to distinguish man from the lower animals.By means of the Mummy, mankind, it is said, Attests to the gods its respect for the dead. We plunder his tomb, be he sinner or saint, Distil him for physic and grind him for paint, Exhibit for money his poor, shrunken frame, And with levity flock to the scene of the shame. O, tell me, ye gods, for the use of my rhyme: For respecting the dead what's the limit of time? --Scopas Brune

Now you have to shoulder your responsibility to pave the way for a peaceful political future for your nation - a way which reflects your society's diversity and traditions and which will be acceptable to all Afghans. It is up to you the representatives of the Afghan people to seize this historic moment, ... Germany, the EU (European Union) and the international community led by the United Nations stand ready to help now and in long term.

Negotiations that lie ahead won't be easy, ... But we are all in the same boat, headed for the same harbor. We will charter the voyage, but there is a consensus among the six nations that it's much better to sail together than jumping off the boat.

NATO nations have assumed their collective responsibilities toward Turkey, a nation at the moment under threat.

NATO is planning to increase its operations further, and will work closely with the Pakistan government and the United Nations in this regard.

Never in history have we seen an example of nations voluntarily deciding to exercise their sovereign powers jointly in the exclusive interest of their peoples, thus overcoming age-old impulses of rivalry and distrust,

Obviously, it's up to Indonesia to provide for the security of its own people in East Timor, as well as United Nations workers and other foreigners in East Timor,

Nobody has the right to act on their own in the name of the United Nations and even less to pretend to be the judge of the entire world,

Rev. Stephen Tong?s evangelistic ministry goes all around the world to reach out to all nations. We go to wherever that needs to hear the Gospel, from South America, Europe, South Asia and all to way to East Asia.

Phil could yet feature in the Six Nations.

Politically, this is the biggest meeting that brings together the major nations of the West and Islam,

New threats make no distinction between races, nations or regions. A new insecurity has entered every mind, regardless of wealth or status.

On relevant countries' development of missile defense system, China's stance is: We think it will affect global stability, international strategic stability, relations between nations and regional security.

I wish to stress that the United Nations is eager to be at your side in the efforts to resolve the problems of your country and the region on the basis of universal principles of peace, justice and human rights,

I would expect the summit to come up with a program of action not just for the United Nations but also for the members states,

If we don't all have the spirit of compromise, ... then we shall lose the momentum, we shall lose the spirit of coming out with a document that unites the United Nations and unites all of us.

I don't believe that the U.S. needs to take a police role. I think it needs to support African nations that have said they want to become a part of the solution.

I do not think China will take the bold course of doing that. But this persistent speculation could encourage Middle Eastern and other Asian nations to race to diversify their dollar holdings.

I come as an advocate of a strong United Nations. If you believe in reform, it's going to be very hard if the guy leading the charge is stained.

I am disappointed by the tepid manner in which the United Nations has spoken out in defending the program against the scandalous accusations.

But there's a lot of pressure on governments to increase aid now to help meet the ( United Nations ) Millennium Development Goals in 2015,

But the reality is H5N1 activity in a certain place does not mean that we will see a pandemic start there. It could start anywhere. And as always, poorer nations are more vulnerable to disease than wealthier ones.

Because of the fast and fierce spread of the virus in so many European countries, I wouldn't be surprised if other nations found cases in the next few days, or if more animals in other German areas become infected.

Because thousands of brave men and women from 22 nations put their lives on the line, the face of Asia was changed dramatically for the better,

China, with her five thousand years of history, her vast territory and her enormous population stands like a mountain peak among the nations of the world. Her contribution to the civilization of mankind is imperishable. She has been a keen lover of peace; she has had a deep respect for international justice.

China wants to have strong backing at the United Nations, especially when taking a position against the western powers that have used their muscle for years to secure the support from the developing world.

China sits in the United Nations and they are the determining influence of our foreign policy,