Examples of using Are debating in English and their translations into Russian
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We are debating a nuclear issue.
Of course, the government continues to ignore us when we insist that this is not what we are debating.
Jabba and Arok are debating how important Ziro's release is. .
Although it dates from 1966,it could validly be inserted into the draft resolution we are debating today.
For that reason, I say to you that today we are debating not the question of Palestine, but the question of Israel.
Today, we are debating two items on our agenda, but I shall focus my comments on the report of the Security Council.
At present, the Netherlands Government and parliament are debating how to improve our national contribution to peacekeeping.
Mr. Sangqu(South Africa): I thank the Secretary-General for the reports presented under the agenda items that we are debating.
We know that the scientists are debating whether this is due to global warming, with their arguments pro and con.
The experience of the past sixty years shows that there is only one such organization, the one in which we are debating today, the United Nations.
Member States are debating the guidance that they will provide on strengthening the architecture that supports gender equality in the context of United Nations reform.
In our view, the Charter contains provisions that are sufficiently clear with regard to the essence of the reform process that we are debating, and its implications for the institutional nature of the Organization.
Many industrialized countries are debating possible targets for GHG emissions and domestic policies and measures to meet these targets.
In democratic societies,if a law is as unpopular as the ones that gave rise to the draft resolution that we are debating today, it is common practice to either repeal or amend it.
The question of Palestine, which we are debating here in the General Assembly, can only be solved by the forum and in the venue that really count-- by the Palestinian people in the region.
At the same time, we believe that the promotion of the programme of educational outreach alone is not sufficient to dealwith tragic events of the magnitude, depth and historical import we are debating today.
Today, we are debating how to improve what we have built and how to have a good, effective Government, a well-trained army and police and a productive economy.
I believe, however, that we all suffer from the fact that outside this General Assembly Hall many people, including opinion leaders and politicians,fail to see the political relevance of what we are doing, of what we are debating.
We are debating the proposed United Nations initiative on opportunity and participation at a time when the issues affecting the economic future of significant parts of the world are about to be determined.
First, on disarmament, it is deplorable that a United Nations outcome document could contain not one paragraph on disarmament andnon-proliferation at a time when we are debating Iran's and North Korea's nuclear programmes.
It is perhaps timely that we are debating this item at a time when many States suffer annually from the devastating effects of natural disasters that are beyond the control of humankind.
Mr. Dos Santos(Mozambique): The delegation of the Republic of Mozambique feels honoured to be part of this Assembly,in which United Nations Member States are debating an agenda for further change, with a view to strengthening the United Nations system.
However, it is regrettable that,at a time when we are debating the best way to reform the United Nations and enhance its role, we are at the same time witnessing an attempt to move the Cyprus problem away from this Organization.
In the Secretariat, for example, the Offices of the advisers to the Secretary-General, the Peacebuilding Support Office, the Mediation Division and certain functional divisions of the Departments of Political Affairs, Peacekeeping Operations andField Support that deal with the questions that we are debating must be reassessed in terms of the quantity and quality of their administrative framework, their programmes and their financial and human resources.
The report of the International Criminal Court, which we are debating today, details significant progress in the journey of the Court towards proving its worth as a functional and effective institution.
At the same time, many States are debating the adoption of national measures that could undermine adherence to international human rights standards. The United Kingdom, for example, is currently debating the adoption of domestic measures against suspected terrorists.
And then I note that an issue that we are debating here- so-called"security assurances", both positive and negative- are an issue which does not only regard nuclear weapons but also chemical weapons.
Mr. Nakkari(Syrian Arab Republic)(spoke in Arabic): Today,we are debating the reports of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization(A/58/1) and on implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration(A/58/323) and-- on the one hand looking back on the achievements of the Organization and the challenges it has faced and, on the other hand, looking ahead to the future hope of implementing the outcomes of the Millennium Summit.
We're debating it because he hasn't done anything wrong.
We have to make her think that we're debating.