Efforts should continue to reach agreement on a mechanism that ensures fair burden sharing between debtors and creditors.

The Truth about NATO Burden Sharing

Burden sharing must be made a reality.

What is a fair and equitable burden?

Greater burden sharing was a rote American demand.

We need to see more equal burden sharing.

Moreover, solving NATO s burden sharing problem is not enough.

Defense transformation is a key aspect of burden sharing.

No single measure can resolve the burden sharing problem.

The alternative is a poor intergenerational burden sharing choice.

More international solidarity and burden sharing is called for.

Totally fair burden sharing may not be possible, but a security organization like NATO undoubtedly allows us to come closer to it than any other approach.

We are doing our part in terms of burden sharing.

Burden sharing also implies that non G 8 donors should contribute.

One key issue is how to handle burden sharing among different donors.

(c) Acceptable burden sharing among donors and likely consensus among major contributors.

This sort of arithmetic has the merit of giving some indications about burden sharing, but it has also been shown that burden sharing cannot be fully captured in graphs and spreadsheets. How does one decide what is a fair contribution from a country of 50 million people compared to a country with only four million?

A formula for burden sharing would be needed that gradually increases domestic financing.

The Committee believes, however, that the principle of burden sharing should be maintained.

You'll be treated fairly. I'd hardly call your poilicy of sharing fair.

Burden sharing also means sharing political responsibility for shaping and taking decisions, and for ensuring that decisions and commitments are fulfilled.

For too long, the debate has been framed around the concept of burden sharing.

Regrettably, burden sharing has proved to be more of an ideal than a reality.

In this connection, Malaysia would not be averse to considering more equitable burden sharing.

The need for burden sharing, particularly between advanced and developing countries, will not magically disappear.

They worry about not only competence, but also the old transatlantic issue of burden sharing.

The UNHCR mission must be based on the principles of solidarity, responsibility and burden sharing.

The financing of the United Nations should be based upon the principle of burden sharing.

Instead of talking about economic equality, we will now talk about equal sharing of the burden .

A related issue is burden sharing among high and upper middle income countries contributions remain inequitable.

Further recognizes that more balanced burden sharing is essential to the long term financial sustainability of UNFPA.

Clearly, this concept implies burden sharing by all Asia Pacific countries to ensure the region s harmony and security.

But it would also be less easy to reject a call for greater burden sharing in the world.

Burden sharing is a sensitive issue, for both NATO and the international community, and passions sometimes run high.

The increased tax burden for all who are employed is analogous to the reduced hours in work sharing.

The current global refugee situation required an effective and equitable mechanism for ensuring international responsibility and burden sharing.

The European Union welcomes all initiatives to broaden the donor base and to contribute to international burden sharing.

And for that sharing activity to happen, we have to have well protected spaces of fair use.

Delegations may rest assured, however, that the United States delegation will bear its fair share of that burden.

I hope the conference will help build momentum for greater international burden sharing for Iraq's political and economic reconstruction.

His delegation therefore welcomed the Convention Plus initiative, which aimed to resolve refugee issues through responsibility and burden sharing.

automatic budgetary contributions. Governments currently finance international organizations through mandatory contributions based on explicit burden sharing rules and arrangements.

The importance of burden sharing could therefore not be overemphasized and the international community should provide the necessary assistance.

Proceeding in such a way was not in keeping with the spirit of burden sharing or with humanitarian considerations.

It is important that Member States view the arrangements for sharing the Organization apos s expenses as fair.