An important step was thus taken to fulfil the vision of a future Palestinian State.

Croatia has now taken a major step forward towards addressing the injustices of its recent past.

Today s democratic government has taken a step in this direction by amending Pakistan s constitution.

The government has taken a first step by tightening its own budget and spending less, especially on distortionary subsidies.

The State of Israel took a bold move by disengaging from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank.

Beijing s municipal authorities have preemptively boosted the city s minimum wage by 20 .

UNICEF had taken a good step in working with the Ombudsperson Office to deal with staff grievances.

An important new step was taken with the adoption, at the 14 September Security Council summit, of Council resolution 1624 (2005).

12. Also notes that the present Government has taken a significant step forward by signing and ratifying various important international human rights instruments

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

We are also grateful to those countries that have taken concrete steps in disaster mitigation and are working with CARICOM in that regard.

Israel has taken the historic step of withdrawing from Gaza and parts of the West Bank, and the Palestinian people have elected a leader committed to the process of political reform.

Israel has taken a courageous step towards ending the occupation of Gaza by withdrawing its military forces and the illegal settlements from that area, as well as from parts of the northern West Bank.

This world summit is an important step, coming on the heels of the G 8 Meeting in Gleneagles, where historic decisions were taken concerning the development agenda.

Another step toward further government involvement in religious life was taken in 1984 when the semiofficial Zakat Fund Committee was established under the chairmanship of the president of Bangladesh.

Earlier this year, Afghanistan took an unprecedented policy step in the battle against the 'child bride' custom by launching the National Action Plan to Eliminate Early and Child Marriage.

By explicitly preventing women from enrolling in courses open to men, Iran has taken a step that is as indefensible as racial discrimination, and that should be condemned just as forcefully.

So, you've got to take me through like a sixth grader dub, dub, dub, dub, dub but without patronizing me.

On 31 October 2003, another major building block towards increased international cooperation was put in place, when the United Nations Convention against Corruption was adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 58 4.

Just it doesn't burn. It consumes itself step after step after step.

A further step in cooperation has been taken by the competition authorities of France, Germany and the United Kingdom, which have established, on an optional basis, a single form for the notification of mergers falling within the jurisdiction of at least two of these authorities.

Integral step

For the next two weeks, I will give as much coverage as possible of the Moroccan elections as they unfold.

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

The Board notes a first step towards greater harmonization with United Nations definitions in the 2005 annual programme budget, where the definitions of key terms correspond to those given in ST SGB 2000 8.

Today s democratic government has taken a step in this direction by amending Pakistan s constitution. The country s friends should encourage this effort, perhaps by requiring that the country s provinces be given a voice in their dialogue with Zardari s government.

China s Baby Step

Europe s Next Move

Good move.

Angular step

Set here the spatial integral step.

Action taken

More advances have been made in that area than in most others.

For the United Nations system as a whole, a sound step forward was taken during the International Year of Volunteers with the issuance of a publication entitled Volunteering and the United Nations System, which looked at the broad spread of volunteerism in its many and diverse forms throughout the system.

These will be practical, user friendly manuals that will provide step by step guidance on the implementation of specific interventions.

Now I'm going to step back in history.

Iraq s Half Step

Some time ago, the Step by Step program had been introduced for the Roma children in FBiH.

Many modest steps have been taken.

Concrete steps have already been taken.

A Banking Union Baby Step

I can't walk another step.

This is a step in the right direction.

The IMF s Half Step

Israel believes that the political realities in the Middle East mandate a practical step by step approach.