TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given a sentence in Spanish and your task is to translate it into English. In translation, keep the numbers and capitalization (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and name).
PROBLEM: Dicho sea de paso, es todavía más asombroso que el Consejo no haya intervenido.

SOLUTION: And let me say in passing, it is even more astonishing that the Council allowed it to.

PROBLEM: Naturalmente, desearía hablar de un sector particular que sigo muy de cerca, el de la agricultura, principal consumidora del agua: la agricultura debe, como ya ha empezado ha hacerlo, aceptar su parte del principio según el cual el que contamina, paga, pero también es preciso tener en cuenta sus particularidades y limitaciones, especialmente en las regiones secas.

SOLUTION: I should like, naturally, to refer to a specific sector to which I am very closely attached, i.e. agriculture, the main water-consuming sector. Agriculture must accept its share of 'polluter pays' charges, and has in fact already started to do so, but account must also be taken of its special characteristics and constraints, especially in arid regions.

PROBLEM: ¿Cómo mediremos los resultados de esos cinco años?

SOLUTION:
How are we going to assess the results of these five years?