It concludes with recommendations for improving and stepping up policy.

In fact, stepping out of one s comfort zone may offer significant benefits.

Australia is stepping up its regional outreach efforts.

Some countries are already stepping up to the challenge.

Happily, we see that leadership is stepping forward forcefully.

This crisis, too, can be a stepping stone for a long term political solution involving all parties in the Middle East.

Stepping out of that unwelcoming mindset can be beneficial both for the refugees and the host countries.

As one Indian family described their visit to McDonald s, it was stepping out for a slice of America.

a great stepping stone for the Ministry to come up with its first ever major national policy document.

In this case, the driver stepping on the brake will give the passengers more confidence.

Stepping off the plane at Xieng Khuang province we were in a very rural area.

So, it's very indiscernible, but it's actually a continuous stair stepping.

He also finished third at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but was later disqualified for stepping out of his lane.

For our part, both the World Bank and the IMF are stepping up financial, technical, and analytical trade related assistance.

We should convert such failures to stepping stones leading to positive outcomes in their next rounds of activities.

In view of these factors, cyberwarfare may well become the stepping stone of military interstate conflicts in the near future.

It is significant that Bernanke will be stepping down at the beginning of 2014.

To thank the following Co Chairs who are stepping down from their positions, for their outstanding efforts on behalf of the Montreal Protocol

Secondly, the round table recommended stepping up programmes for children at greatest risk by, among other things, eliminating the cost of schooling and expanding nutritional programmes in schools.

Europe and Japan can increase their growth by stepping up the pace of structural reform.

The Book of Optics was an important stepping stone in the history of the scientific method and history of optics.

And yet, if I've learned anything in nearly 12 years now of dragging heavy things around cold places, it is that true, real inspiration and growth only comes from adversity and from challenge, from stepping away from what's comfortable and familiar and stepping out into the unknown.

In October 2013, Jeff announced that he would be stepping down from his position at ICANN at the end of 2013.

Undoubtedly, one of the main reasons for this positive change is the setting aside of past constraints and the stepping down of the old guard.

The countries of the Horn of Africa are now stepping forward to help themselves through this approach.

So, before stepping down, Mahathir went so far as to declare Malaysia a de facto Muslim state.

It was important for the transitional government to find ways to improve the daily living conditions of Iraqis, by stepping up reconstruction, development and humanitarian activities.

But the economic model persisted, with Asian economies stepping in to finance the US deficits, while using the US market to grow rapidly.

We are also stepping up our technical assistance to strengthen economic policy making in Africa, and opening two new regional technical assistance centers.

That is why we favour stepping up international efforts agreed within the United Nations to reduce the spread of that pandemic in Africa.

Some have been assassinated, one committed suicide, and others were arrested and condemned to death after stepping down.

He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.

Arbitrary detentions and police raids constitute an invasion of privacy, stepping up the risk of gender based violence.

Moreover, New START is a necessary stepping stone to future negotiations with Russia about reductions in tactical nuclear arsenals, and a prerequisite for the successful revival of the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE).

Stepping in to back the embattled president, the Organization of American States recently issued a call that Toledo be allowed to finish his term.

This is worth several billion dollars annually, which could constitute one of the essential stepping stones to sustained economic growth in Africa in a post petroleum era.

That award comes at a crucial moment in Chinese politics, as it may well become a stepping stone on China s long march toward greater freedom.

The international community, for its part, should respond to that dire humanitarian situation by stepping up its assistance and engaging with the Government with a view to promoting dialogue.

The Russian Federation referred to the main anti terrorism instruments prepared within the framework of CIS as a firm basis for stepping up effective joint efforts to combat terrorism.

You throw everything else away. You become a monomaniac all you care about is not stepping out on that platform.

And Chinese companies land purchases in Iceland have been so extensive as to fuel local paranoia, with some investment plans blocked for fear that they might be a stepping stone to a Chinese military presence.

They have now joined a highly publicized lawsuit against the school, stepping into the light of day under their own names.

Who knows? The result may yet turn out to be a stepping stone towards an effective state that deserves international recognition.

It is for this reason that, while Nigeria welcomes the Declaration for now, it cannot help but see it as only a stepping stone to a comprehensive convention on the total banning of human cloning.

So we need to focus more on adapting to the effects of global warming for example, by stepping up efforts to cope with inland flooding and the urban heat island effect.