Gignoux said OPEC is "trailing balloons" in an effort to reach a consensus among its members.
But an effort has been made to reach a consensus on how best to help Colombia.
Until they reach a consensus, you have three options for obtaining vitamin D: food, sunlight, or supplements.
The delegates cannot reach a consensus on how to share power between the states and the federal government.
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Meanwhile, China hopes the G-20 meeting will reach a consensus on how to deal with the global crisis.
"(MSI) believes it would not be able to reach a consensus on the valuation with the directors, " said the statement.
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Instead, the government will want to try and reach a consensus with industry and the unions about the best way forward.
But he conceded that the delegates might not be able to reach a consensus on the subject before the summit ends.
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Worst of all, even if the group could reach a consensus, there is no requirement that Congress ever vote on its plan.
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Labour leader Ed Miliband said he would be willing to have cross-party talks to try to reach a consensus on the issue.
The Low Pay Commission has proved that this approach works and that people representing very different interests can co-operate and reach a consensus.
Why should we expect climate science, unlike other disciplines, to reach a consensus when we do not expect this of other fields of scientific inquiry.
The sticking point, from FIFA's perspective, was that the executive committee couldn't reach a consensus on whether it should be an age limit or a term limit.
But the Security Council was unable to reach a consensus on the matter, and a U.S.-led army invaded Iraq in March without the blessing of the United Nations.
How can they reasonably be summarized into two or three indicators to be communicated effectively, he asked, and how difficult would it be to reach a consensus within the Fed.
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That, in turn, made it possible to determine how long it took each group to reach a consensus, defined as concentrating more than 90% of activity around a single patch.
Countries must reach a consensus on the production of biofuels -- one of the many causes of rising food prices -- and reduce subsidies to those that produce it, Ban said.
To be effective, it must include all the stakeholders involved and reach a consensus that will make implementation -- whether in laws, increased education or other policy changes -- a given.
"I say in all clarity that the initiative I presented - that is to say, a government composed of members not belonging to any political parties - failed to reach a consensus, " he said.
For example, the controversial Volcker rule remains unfinished, as the SEC has been unable to reach a consensus with the other regulatory bodies involved, including the Federal Reserve and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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Although no effort was made to reach a consensus or to adopt specific recommendations, the general sentiment appeared to be that the post-Cold War era is increasingly characterized by portentous challenges and ominous instability.
If the chief and the Council cannot reach unanimous decision on an important issue, a village meeting is called and the issue put before the people, who will debate it until they reach a consensus.
The Assembly could reach a consensus agreement, such as postponing the decision, rather than forcing a vote because, as Professor Heymann puts it, "nobody wants to see the World Health Organization lose power" if its rulings are ignored.
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If ICANN has a contract with the U.S. government before the public meeting it will not have the incentive to reach a consensus on controversial issues in the bylaws, the BWG said in a letter to the Commerce Department.
The establishment of the G20 is a huge step forward, on the one hand the more countries around the roundtable the more difficult it is to reach a consensus, but on the other hand the better the decisions being taken.
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The BBC understands the commitment to hold the first elections to the Lords in 2015 will be included in the Queen's Speech but the changes will only go ahead on the basis Parliament can reach a consensus on the issue, which has proved impossible in the past.
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Finally, it may try to design a new system of global regulation of finance, but it would first have to reach a consensus on what the principles of regulation should be, and whether these should override existing rules, such as the Basel Accords, which regulate banking.
Citizens United was argued near the end of the term, in late March. (The last arguments are usually at the end of April, and the decisions are released by the end of June.) So there was not a lot of time for the Justices to reach a consensus.
But the complete failure of the delegates to reach a consensus on updating international telecommunication laws seems to hinge primarily on the push by countries like Russia open the internet to additional UN regulation, that could cover everything from security to the assignment of addresses (something currently handled by ICANN).
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Baker said the group was determined to reach a bipartisan consensus.
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