Informal consultations are useful, necessary and indispensable for the effectiveness of the work of the Council.

Consultations with troop contributing countries are crucial for the effectiveness of the Security Council apos s work.

Afterwards, members of the Council held informal consultations.

16. Informal consultations have become an ongoing and everyday practice of the Council.

Unfortunately, the Council apos s current method of working relies heavily on the permanent five and on closed informal consultations.

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Informal consultations now represent the bulk of the Council apos s work and figure prominently in the adoption of its resolutions.

The consultations were just a means to improve the work of the Committee.

169. The Committee held informal consultations among interested Council Members.

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We welcome some of the recent initiatives undertaken by the Security Council towards transparency and consultation with non members of the Council.

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The Security Council apos s practices should be reviewed.

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Inter sessional consultations could prove to be a useful tool in expediting the work of the Ad Hoc Committee.

That council's composition and mandate should be the subject of further intensive consultations.

The Prosecutor has continued his work on the Tribunal's completion strategy in consultation with the President (see paras.

(a) Establishment of the work plan (performance tasks), by the supervisor in consultation with the staff member

My last point has to do with the Council's working methods.

In addition, the Council's effectiveness must be safeguarded.

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There is a need for increased transparency in the work of the Council.

Transparency does not limit the effectiveness of the Council.

The initiative for not continuing with the work of the Council came from the Spanish participants.

Effective consultations should contribute to the enhancement of the Security Council apos s decisions and their implementation.

45. Mr. Chopra should be aware that the talks that had been held had been serious and that during those talks consultations had been carried out with three members of the Security Council.

The League of Arab States, through its specialized councils and the League organs concerned, has reiterated its unqualified condemnation of terrorism in all its forms, irrespective of its motives its support for international efforts against terrorism its rejection of the confounding of terrorism with Islam, which calls for tolerance and forbids the killing of innocent persons and the confounding of terrorism with the legitimate right of peoples to resist occupation.

Fourthly, Security Council reform should result in the improvement of the Council's working methods.

As the Council's report attests, both the volume and the scope of the Council's activities continue to increase.

The attached programme of work for 2006 has been prepared by the secretariat in consultation with the Bureau, based on statutory requirements of the Executive Board, requests arising from specific decisions or discussions by the Board, as indicated, or proposals by the secretariat.

With respect to the issue of working methods, we believe that broad consultations would help in the drafting of proposals to improve the Council's actions in exercise of its mandate.

In order to improve the effectiveness of its work, the Security Council should also try to consult more actively on specific conflicts with concerned States which were not members of the Security Council.

During the period under review, the President updated the Tribunal's completion strategy in consultation with the Prosecutor.

Consultations with the relevant organizations of the system have also been held in the context of ACC.

It goes without saying that the staff member should be consulted at the time the work plan is being prepared.

(g) Hold regular consultations with the Presidents of the General Assembly and Economic and Social Council

quot This tentative forecast of the programme of work of the Security Council has been prepared by the Secretariat for the President of the Council.

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Recommendation 6 Make the work of the Council more visible and accessible