However, women's writing of that time portrayed this in more positive terms.

These elections represent a historic moment for Iraq and a positive step in its political transition.

So hopefully everything has been positive, positive, positive, more positive.

The Security Council should call upon Member States to respond more favourably to this recommendation.

Since the Chief Prosecutor's last report, the Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities have undertaken positive steps towards improving cooperation with the ICTY.

They may also have the unintended benefit of shifting a key policy debate in a more productive direction.

He stated that perhaps the most positive recent development was the proposal for a visit to Bermuda, with a view to considering movement towards that Territory's delisting.

The Secretary General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights pressed the Council to urgently provide a favourable outcome following that recommendation.

Perhaps the most positive recent development was the proposal for a visit to Bermuda with a view to considering movement towards that Territory's delisting.

There is no doubt that the expansion of access to financial services has enormous positive potential, when handled responsibly.

Following standard practice, interest rates can be more or less significantly positive, very close to zero, or at zero.

But, given the limited national budget, the fact itself that funds were allocated to make credits available is a positive shift in the actual implementation of the programme.

Welcomes the positive developments towards the reopening of the railways between Sochi and Tbilisi and towards the return of refugees and internally displaced persons

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(3) strong, positive multilingual and multicultural identity and positive attitudes towards self and others and

The results have been very positive.

All of this is positive.

A revision of their governance structures and procedures to ensure better representation of developing countries would also be a positive step for the realization of the right to development.

So there are clear positive outcomes.

Positive responses from national leaders

Positive responses from some religious authorities

Latin America s low personal debt levels have created an opportunity to build a constructive culture of borrowing while expanding economic opportunity. There is no doubt that the expansion of access to financial services has enormous positive potential, when handled responsibly.

It might even yield a positive return.

First results from that initiative have been very positive.

These measures were positive signs for foreign investors.

We believe that the IMF needs to move decisively on financial stability issues and be more proactive to help prevent and mitigate future crises.

Latvia views achieving a positive outcome at the 2005 Review Conference as a matter of great importance and is committed to contributing actively to reaching this goal.

He stated that the most positive recent development was the proposal for a visit to Bermuda with a view to considering movement towards the delisting of the island.

Most patients have reported positive results.

The film received generally positive reviews from film critics.

Outside the Internet, the response was less positive.

We are a positive force for social and economic development.

The Near East has only rarely been the scene of positive developments.

We have witnessed positive reactions, both in Rumbek and in Khartoum.

Its acceptance is another positive step forward in the realization of the political commitments made in the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects.

(d) The positive developments regarding the situation of Iranian children in the fields of education, health and juvenile justice, as reported by the United Nations Children's Fund and the Special Representative

Acknowledging that international cooperation in countering drug abuse and illicit production and trafficking has shown that positive results can be achieved through sustained and collective efforts,

The States parties continue to consider the establishment of nuclear weapon free zones created by the treaties of Tlatelolco, Rarotonga, Bangkok and Pelindaba as positive steps towards attaining the objective of global nuclear disarmament.

He stated that perhaps the most positive recent development had been the proposal for a visit to Bermuda with a view to considering movement towards that Territory's delisting.

But there is a more positive way to look at the issue.

Nevertheless, the devil is in the details.

The African Media Barometer shows similarly positive results.

This can be either positive or negative.

It received a generally positive reaction from critics.

In our view, however, there were more positive events.