Still,North Korea, also known as the DPRK, set no date for sitting down to talk about implementing its nuclear disarmament commitments.

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But several other NATO members, notably Italy,Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia have reportedly agreed to boost their troop commitments.

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He welcomed its commitments to reduce barriers to foreign investment in services, high-tech goods, energy saving products and high-end manufacturing.

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So we hope the government takes serious actions to fulfill those commitments in the very near future,".

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She said commitments of additional troops must be met by greater efforts by Mr.Karzai to improve governance.

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"And we want to support the Afghan government for the end of meeting those commitments and delivering those things to the Afghan people."

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Rasmussen noted that all 28 NATO members are taking part in the mission and that non-U.S.troop commitments have risen by 9,000 in 18 months.

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"As hard as it may be to sustain in these economic times, your commitments have never been more needed, they have never been more inspiring,".

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"We're looking at a process where we can take national commitments and have those enforced,"

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The United States and India have disagreed on their commitments to reducing greenhouse gases, with the climate change summit taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark next month.

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"And that's one of my fundamental commitments as president, both at home and abroad.

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The leaders are expected to discuss a number of key issues, including European commitments on fighting climate change, ahead of a December climate change summit in Copenhagen.

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The Obama administration has already promised to double the non-military U.S.foreign aid budget to $50 billion a year by 2012 and Clinton's speech offered no new commitments.

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"The most important part of this trip are the relationships that we have built, the commitments that we have discussed, the problems that we have honestly explored,"

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But the European bloc did not commit to any sums and said the amount the European Union would provide will depend on financial commitments by other countries.

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She promised that Germany would continue to fulfill its commitments in Afghanistan.

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Fund Executive Director Michel Kazatchkine warned in a news release even this reduced funding level may not be sustainable unless wealthy countries and other donors increase their commitments.

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"At the moment every country arrives at the negotiations seeking to keep their own emissions as high as possible and never to make commitments unless someone else does first.

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Declarations,commitments and speeches don't feed hungry people, He says the scale of the challenge is significant. There are more than one billion poor and hungry people in the world today.

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John Pershing,Washington's deputy special envoy for climate change, says President Obama supports U.S.emission reductions comparable to the European Union and Japan, but wants legally binding commitments from other countries as well.

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The U.N.chief said his role would be as an advocate for the world's poorest people, who he fears will suffer the most if donor countries reduce their international assistance or do not fulfill their aid commitments.

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Mr.Ban said he has written to the G-20 members, outlining four areas where he thinks they must show leadership, including producing a "very substantial" international stimulus package in addition to their national ones, meeting their existing donor commitments and taking a firm stand against protectionism.

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The Obama administration and the new German government that took office late last month are reviewing their military commitments in Afghanistan and both are serving notice on President Karzai that they expect major reforms now that his new term in office has been assured.

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North Korea said Tuesday it found the U.N.Security Council condemnation of its missile launch an unbearable insult, and said it was withdrawing from the Chinese-sponsored six-party talks on its nuclear program and moving to reopen nuclear facilities shut down under aid-for-disarmament commitments.

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Mr.Ban said he is encouraged that negotiations are proceeding well in Copenhagen,and he hopes the summit can achieve, among other things, ambitious mitigation targets for developed countries and their commitments of financial support to assist developing countries adapt to the impact of global warming.

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U.S.officials said they were hopeful the 7,000 figure for new allied forces would be just a starting point, and that additional commitments could come as soon as a NATO force-generating meeting set for next week in the Belgian city of Mons.

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