The arrival of additional experts for the Directorate is a positive step.

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

However, one positive step was the recent representation agreement between UNIDO and UNDP.

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

That positive trend shows that the efforts made have been a step in the right direction.

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

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

So I was positive that, if somehow we can make things mimic life, let's go one step further.

The existence of a strategy is already a very positive step forward but it is just the beginning.

One positive step had been the combating of gender stereotyping in the schools and in adult education courses.

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

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

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.

His victory marks a step forward in Latin America s overall democratization, with positive long term significance for economic and social development in the region.

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.

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

It is my understanding that the Secretariat and Interpol are now working on the development of such an agreement, which will be a very positive step forward.

These consultations were seen by many participants as a positive step in facilitating agreement on further guidance to the GEF on how to operationalize the LDC Fund.

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.

The Secretary General has maintained from the very beginning that the National Convention and subsequent stages in the seven step road map for transition to democracy put forth by the Government of Myanmar in 2003 has the potential to be a positive step forward.

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.

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.

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.

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The members of the Security Council welcome the Iraqi elections completed yesterday, 30 January 2005, and congratulate the Iraqi people on this positive step in the political development of Iraq.

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.

Delegations stated that the CCPD was a milestone and a positive step in the right direction for the United Nations and would, it was hoped, reduce transaction costs for the Government.

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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.

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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 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.

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.

Nigeria has acknowledged the importance of bilateral efforts by the two major nuclear powers in setting in motion the process of reducing strategic offensive nuclear weapons as a positive step towards nuclear disarmament.

The three have to be developed together, step by step.

She moved step by step, invariably in the same direction.

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My dad made one step forward, hardly a step on the stairs.

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