Disengagement was a significant step towards implementing the road map, and positive steps had been taken on both sides.

Clearly, the January 2005 election there was a positive step for the region.

The recent G8 agreement on debt relief for the poorest nations was a positive step.

The United Nations needed to see more examples along the lines of the progress registered in post conflict situations, which included joint analytical frameworks, multi donor trust funds, and the introduction of a lead agency role for delegated cooperation.

A positive step has been a meeting of CRER specifically addressing the situation of the indigenous peoples.

Meister high schools, introduced in 2010 specifically to prepare young people for high skilled jobs, are a positive step.

The recent agreement by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on a new capital adequacy framework is another positive step.

Disengagement is an important step forward and withdrawal from occupied territory, albeit partial and on terms largely set by the occupier, is a positive, precedent setting step and one that the entire international community cannot but support.

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.

Although there were periods in the intervals between one step and the next during which the momentum appeared to have been lost, the process as a whole was moved forward by the impact of each positive step following a period of stagnation.

In addition, we consider Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and from parts of the northern West Bank last September to be a positive move.

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

The appointment of a Special Rapporteur specifically mandated to monitor compliance with international human rights law in counter terrorism actions is an important step forward in this regard.

For the Government, simply fulfilling all of the obligations it undertook in the communiqué a year ago would be a positive, if belated, step forward.

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.

To date, the LEG has been requested to review the draft NAPAs of Samoa, Cambodia and Malawi with the aim of providing comments and suggestions for further improvement.

Ms. Aytac (Turkey) said that the new Law on the Protection of the Family represented a positive step in dealing with the problem of violence against women, which occurred primarily within the family.

Although Israel's unilateral withdrawal from Gaza was viewed as a positive move, it was not in conformity with the road map, which offered the only realistic and viable two State solution.

These consultations were seen as a positive step in facilitating the subsequent agreement on further guidance to the Global Environment Facility (GEF) on how to operationalize the LDC Fund.

In that regard, we believe that the resumption of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina constitutes a positive step in developing closer links among Kosovans and in improving relations between the parties concerned.

The placement of UN Habitat programme managers in UNDP offices in a number of developing countries is a positive step in integrating the Habitat Agenda more fully into United Nations development assistance frameworks.

However, improving the situation in Gaza is just one of the many steps that are required in order to bring about positive developments that will ultimately lead to peace.

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Just it doesn't burn. It consumes itself step after step after step.

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.

The recent adoption of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism was also a positive step, and Nicaragua hoped for its early entry into force.

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.

In particular, the Conference continues to consider the establishment of nuclear weapon free zones created by the Treaties of Tlatelolco, Rarotonga, Bangkok and Pelindaba as a positive step towards attaining the objective of global nuclear disarmament.

They view this as a positive step towards the Council's review of the regional dimensions of global issues, including coherent policies to address the varying degrees of achievements of the Millennium Development Goals at the regional and subregional levels.

In the view of OIOS, this was a positive step because, based on lessons learned, new initiatives of UN Habitat have a greater likelihood of succeeding in countries in which it has an established presence, a network of contacts and partnerships and a positive track record.

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

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For the next two weeks, I will give as much coverage as possible of the Moroccan elections as they unfold.

The path towards nuclear disarmament step by step, comprehensive or incremental comprehensive

7. Welcomes the decision taken by the United States of America on 1 September 2000 not to authorize deployment of a national missile defence at this time, and considers that it constitutes a positive step for the preservation of strategic stability and security

While expanding the scope of mental health services is a positive step, with the potential to contribute to the physical safety of US citizens, it is crucial that this link not be allowed to feed the perception that people with mental illnesses are dangerous.

But for IPAS, an international NGO that supports reproductive rights groups in Bolivia, the TCP s elimination of the prior judicial consent requirement is a significant, positive step for women s rights in the region.

The results have been very positive.

All of this is positive.

Some speakers highlighted the provision in the United Nations Convention against Corruption that allowed for the rendering of mutual assistance for non compulsory measures even in the absence of dual criminality as a positive step forward in enhancing international cooperation.

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Europe s Next Move

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