For Gaddafi, this was an important step towards socialism.

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.

Obviously, the universalization of the BTWC would be an important step towards preventing the spread of biological weapons.

Second, new public mechanisms can mobilize tens of billions of dollars annually, an important step towards the 100 billion goal.

I encourage all Haitian citizens to participate fully in both processes as an important step towards consolidating democracy in Haiti.

The General Assembly has taken an important step towards greater transparency by making internal audits available to Member States upon request.

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

In conclusion, I should like to express the hope that this forum will be an important step towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

Last September, the Council took an important step towards bringing justice to the people of Darfur by requesting the establishment of an international commission of inquiry.

He referred to the Nouméa Accord currently being implemented, which had created three provinces of New Caledonia, and was seen as an important step towards self governance.

This declaration was an important and responsible step.

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

The report should be seen as a first step towards action.

Rejecting the culture of violence and discord and replacing it with the culture of peace and harmony would constitute an important step towards the achievement of those noble objectives.

They include the creation of a Peacebuilding Commission, proposed by the Secretary General and broadly welcomed as an important step towards conflict resolution in many areas of the world.

The adoption of that resolution sent a clear message from the international community to Iran, and Japan values it as an important step towards resolving the issue through negotiations.

But seeing it clearly is an important first step.

This week s gathering in Poznan is an important step.

With its endorsement of the Quartet's road map, that resolution was an important step towards the beginning of Israel's withdrawal from Gaza and from parts of the northern West Bank.

A judicial judgment against Pinochet is an important step forward.

On the other hand, some emphasized the need to promote more reforms in governance by taking the success of this election as the first important step in the journey towards democracy.

With the adoption of those decisions, the international community had made an important step towards addressing one of the most pressing environmental issues by implementing an effective mechanism to curb emissions.

The Israeli withdrawal was an important step towards ending the Israeli occupation and establishing a two State solution, in accordance with the road map for peace and relevant United Nations resolutions.

Common and more integrated supervision is the first step towards a banking union.

One critical step is to ensure zero tolerance towards those who promote extremism.

For Cuba, it is only one step on the path towards nuclear disarmament.

Advance planning is the first crucial step towards effective management of conference services.

We welcome the presidential elections in Afghanistan as one of the key elements of the Bonn process and the first most important step towards establishing new state institutions based on democratic principles.

The summit of the leaders of the Mano River Union countries held in Koindu in February was a further important step towards strengthening dialogue and cooperation between Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

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.

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.

5. Recognizes that regional integration initiatives between developing countries constitute an important and valuable form of South South cooperation and that regional integration is a step towards beneficial integration into the world economy

Emphasizing that further reductions of non strategic nuclear weapons should be accorded a higher priority, as an important step towards the elimination of nuclear weapons, and be carried out in a comprehensive manner,

6. Recognizes that regional integration initiatives between developing countries constitute an important and valuable form of South South cooperation and that regional integration is a step towards beneficial integration into the world economy

Emphasis was placed on a full and complete withdrawal consistent with the road map, marking an important step towards realizing the vision of two States living side by side in peace and security.

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

An important step towards reducing existing inequalities had been the adoption, in 2002, of the Social and Population Development Policy, which set out strategic objectives for improving the living standards of the indigenous population.

On the issue of Gaza, the Palestinian Authority considered the dismantling of illegal settlements and the withdrawal of Israeli occupying forces to be an important step towards reversing the Israeli colonization of Palestinian territory.

The establishment of new integrated guidelines on the tools for rationalization and harmonization of operational activities for development was an important step towards national ownership and the coordination of the implementation of country programmes.

It is a first step towards Ukraine s eventual full integration into the EU Single Market.

This will commence in 2006 and is part of Vanuatu's commitment towards the Education for All target and an interim step towards universal education.