Drosses from continuous galvanizing processes where aluminium is the alloying agent do not contain lead.

However, ashes, skims and leftovers from hot-dip galvanizing processes will typically contain lead in hazardous concentrations if Prime Western grade zinc is used, or if lead is used on the bottom of the bath.

The role — indeed, the responsibility — of the international community is to galvanize that modernization process.

However, lead and cadmium levels in ashes or drosses depend on the levels in the zinc, which are generally minor or trace, with much of the zinc used in continuous galvanizing processes producing ashes and drosses passing any Annex III test.

The international Year of Dialogue among Civilizations is coming to an end shortly, but it was of course meant to galvanize an ongoing process to whose success we all have a unique opportunity to contribute.

He hoped that a new United States administration would galvanize the peace process, and that his Government would find a partner equally ready to negotiate in good faith on the Israeli side.

UNIDO was the institution that was best equipped to galvanize the mainstreaming process and it was against that backdrop that the Board's discussions should be critically examined and evaluated.

We continue to believe that the United Nations itself can and should lead by example in order to galvanize this process and that the posts of Special Envoys and Special Representatives, as well as other senior operational positions, are of crucial importance in this respect.

The Consultative Council, which has five regional offices throughout the Kingdom, has played an important role in galvanizing the process of promotion of human rights, inter alia by making recommendations that have served as the basis for structural reforms, such as the review of the Code of Criminal Procedure, of prison legislation and of public policies aimed at consolidating rights and freedoms.

UNAMI's modus operandi has been to monitor emerging trends and to propose carefully chosen and time-sensitive initiatives, especially in the areas that have attracted some urgency, either jump-starting processes or galvanizing existing ones.