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.
"(MSI) believes it would not be able to reach a consensus on the valuation with the directors, " said the statement.
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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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Labour leader Ed Miliband said he would be willing to have cross-party talks to try to reach a consensus on the issue.
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.
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.
"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 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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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.
With this in mind we have worked with the Welsh Government and all parties in the Assembly to reach a broad consensus on how we move forward.
The breadth of a plan to narrow China's income gap, and the fact that it came out at all, heightened the sentiment that China's leaders may take on powerful interests quickly rather than trying to reach a broad consensus first.
While no effort was made to reach a group consensus, it was clear that the majority of panelists and participants appreciate the growing interaction of international developments and global currency, equities and credit markets -- a reality that obliges U.S. business and government leaders to monitor such political, national security and economic developments around the world with ever greater care.
Instead, the government will want to try and reach a consensus with industry and the unions about the best way forward.
Rival Lebanese leaders have been unable to reach agreement on a consensus candidate despite intense mediation efforts by European envoys and the U.N. secretary general.
Storm suggested that any move to dissolve the current elected government would be counterproductive, since a unity government would find it difficult to reach consensus on reforms.
When it comes to breaking up, if you can't reach consensus, Mr. Gerber recommends turning to a third-party arbitrator, such as an attorney or accountant.
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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.
As there are often dozens of creditors, all with their own priorities, such a consensus is hard to reach.
Kerry promised to disentangle the various proposals, iron out a straightforward plan and get both sides of the aisle to reach consensus.
And where we do, having a group like this that can reach a bipartisan consensus and then push Congress to act I think can make an extraordinary difference.
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