"We commit ourselves to spare no effort to end the unlawful recruitment and use of children by armed forces or groups in all regions of the world."
French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy, speaking at the end of a two-day conference in Paris where 58 countries signed up the first intergovernmental commitments on ending the use of child soldiers
"We are in an emergency situation."
Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla, speaking after flooding since February 2 had reportedly killed 29 people in Jakarta and made nearly 340,000 homeless in three days
"China is willing, in accordance with its strategy of sustainable development, to make contributions within its capacity to dealing with climate change."
Jiang Yu, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman, talking to the media after a UN report indicated the "very likely" involvement of humans in global warming, resulting from the burning of fossil fuels
"The prime responsibility in preventing further bloodshed rests with Iraqis themselves."
Ashraf Qazi, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon's special representative to Iraq, calling for unity among Iraqi factions to end the violence that is "tearing their society to pieces"
"It doesn't take a lot of capital inflows to create very bubbly positions, inflationary positions, financially destabilizing positions."
Bill Belchere, Asian economist at Macquarie Securities Ltd. in Hong Kong, warning that Asian economies' current measures aiming to control lending and reduce the inflow of overseas hot money may fail to prevent disastrous asset bubbles
"A drastic revaluation of the yuan may suit the interests of international speculators but could trigger a financial crisis
in China."
Lin Yifu, Director of the China Center for Economic Research at Peking University, rejecting the claim that the Chinese currency is grossly undervalued
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