There is no doubt that the United Nations and the international community have made important strides in addressing impunity.

Two forums are making great strides.

The Government of Nova Scotia has made some important strides in addressing child poverty as part of the National Child Benefit (NCB) (see Introduction to the present report).

Where there is consensus, let us take big strides.

Education. China has taken enormous strides in building human capital.

Pakistan s trans community has made some strides in recent years.

The popular vote was hailed as an important step in the country s transition from military to civilian rule, and the economy has made impressive strides under President Thein Sein s civilian government.

In Myanmar, we have made great strides in fostering gender equality.

Further strides have been made in decentralizing Government authority and services.

Afghanistan has made great strides in its efforts towards nation building.

The ICC has made enormous strides in the period under review.

Yet Turkey has made remarkable strides in the midst of regional upheavals.

This year has witnessed major strides towards sustainable peace in the Sudan.

Africa had recently made considerable strides towards maintaining peace on the continent.

In the last decade, Uribe s government made great strides in weakening the FARC.

Although women were still relatively underrepresented in top posts, significant strides had been made.

Every small step helps, and the combination of small steps adds up to large strides.

This institution has made significant strides for the sake of world peace, security and development.

UNICEF and its partners continued to make great strides in achieving tangible results for children.

In particular Western Cape and Gauteng provinces provide legal and health services for rape survivors, and the National Prosecuting Authority and the Durban magistrate's court have made important strides in setting up specialized courts to deal with sexual offences.

China has already made some great strides in the areas of the environment and clean energy.

The United Nations has made immense strides in promoting peace and universal values throughout the world.

The international community has already made great strides in elaborating many international instruments to combat it.

Some strides have been made in fulfilling the conditions for admission to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.

Significant strides in health care can be made through existing drinking water systems and generic drug manufacturing.

The IMF is making strides in the right direction, but emerging markets will have to remain in the lead.

Madhava of Sangamagrama (c. 1400) made early strides in the analysis of trigonometric functions in terms of infinite series.

Mr. Castillero Hoyos said that, although Mauritius had made significant positive strides in human rights legislation, some concerns remained.

With its remarkable ability to adapt, China is making strides to accommodate the rising power of its markets and people.

In the decades that followed, huge strides have been made in lemur studies and many new species have been discovered.

Ongoing regional processes have made great strides in developing criteria and indicators that contribute to defining and assessing sustainable forest management.

The forum has made significant strides in establishing strong working relations with key civil society organizations over the last three years.

We fully support furthering the practice of holding such meetings, as they are aimed at increasing the cohesiveness of the global response to the dreadful threat posed by international terrorism, while drawing upon the results of the important strides made at the regional and subregional levels in this fight.

Sierra Leone has continued to make giant strides in all areas of human endeavour since the end of armed conflict in 2002.

This is a classic example of what I call block thinking, which seems to have made huge strides in Europe in recent years.

However, in the five remaining months of the period, the Office of the Prosecutor made great strides to further reduce the vacancy rate.

As the 90th anniversary approaches, China has made great strides in science, but still has a long way to go in terms of democracy.

But this is thanks almost entirely to the massive economic strides taken by China and India, which show how effectively trade can reduce poverty.

The decentralization process, which provides a framework for the devolution of power and responsibilities between the central and local governments, has made further strides.

During the reporting period, the Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities made significant strides towards implementing a single set of tax rules, applicable throughout the country.

Despite the great strides that Burma has made in the last two years, the specter of ethnic conflict continues to haunt the transition to democracy.

A long sought peace agreement was secured for the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Major strides were taken toward sustainable peace and reconciliation in Myanmar.

Despite the energy, resources and efforts diverted from development in order to preserve democracy, Nicaragua has made major strides towards fulfilling the Millennium Development Goals.

The meeting, among other things, will hear of strides made in our region in preventing and punishing illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons.

Over the three years which have elapsed since it gained independence in May 2002, Timor Leste has made remarkable strides towards the threshold of self sufficiency.