But seeing it clearly is an important first step.

So the announcement that he wants competitive presidential elections is an important first step.

An important first step has been the establishment of the Group Against Human Trafficking .

An important first step would be to restore confidence in the integrity and independence of the judiciary and law enforcement.

beginning of the implementation of this Agreement, which we have witnessed today, is a very important first practical step in that regard.

That is the first step.

This declaration was an important and responsible step.

The first step is early engagement.

This week s gathering in Poznan is an important step.

For Gaddafi, this was an important step towards socialism.

Increased transparency with regard to tactical or non strategic nuclear weapons could be a first step and would be an important confidence building measure.

Obviously, that represents an encouraging first step in bridging Egypt s divides. But, just as obviously, it is only a first step.

The first step is always the hardest.

But, this only marks the first step.

A judicial judgment against Pinochet is an important step forward.

The first step, a step by step approach, entails negotiations on a limited number of initial steps towards nuclear disarmament, with additional steps being considered once the first steps are achieved.

The recommendation that, as a first practical step, States should agree to a moratorium on the deployment of weapons in outer space was therefore crucially important.

But this can only be a first step.

The first step should be to increase transparency.

An attacker's first step is usually information gathering this step is delayed by security through obscurity.

The Iraqi election was an important half step in that direction.

But it would be an important step in the right direction.

Nevertheless, the elections represented an important step in modernizing the regime.

But you don't get to start on step three, until you take step one first I can.

And that's what comes to the first step here.

The first step is transparency the second is accountability.

Fixing institutional failures is the most important and the most difficult step.

That event has become another important step towards restoring statehood to Afghanistan.

And this week, we have taken a very important step towards that end.

This is an important step towards normalization of relations between the two sides.

Fighting malnutrition is the first step toward reaching this objective.

The planned Geneva II conference is a necessary first step.

The meeting would constitute a first step in this direction.

The main thrust of the report seems to call into question the National Convention process, the first important step of the seven point political road map for transition to democracy.

Achieving these goals is an important step on the slow path to lasting development.

Successful reform will be an important step in preventing the decline of American power.

Their decision to act as a bloc in Copenhagen is an important step forward.

Getting the right president in 2010 would be an important step in this journey.

One important step would be to officially recognize the domestic work done by women.

In that regard, the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness is an important step forward.

Step downs were seen as important in assisting Parties to meet phase out targets.

Many hope it will be a first step towards a ban.

Adopting a comprehensive legal framework would be a useful first step.

Speaking about discrimination, injustice, violence is the first step toward change.

This was the first step in opening up the vast interior.