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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Action taken

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.

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.

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Recent initiatives and ongoing programmes

Consideration of the very slow steps taken so far forces us to recognize that much has yet to be done to act upon the decisions taken over the past decade.

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.

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.

Some early steps in the right direction are visible.

It endorsed the resolutions adopted at the Industrial Development Board.

This draft resolution, in its structure and content, builds on resolutions adopted in past years on the same item, which, as representatives will recall, were adopted without a vote.

It also requires the implementation of the decisions taken at the quadripartite meeting held in Geneva.

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Steps taken to develop a policy on equal opportunities

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.

Unfortunately, the New Year s resolutions made in Europe and America were the wrong ones.

Actions following the decision of the Bureau

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Follow up measures undertaken and progress achieved by the State party

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.

The document that is to be adopted during this Meeting will be a step in the right direction.

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

It had taken steps to monitor implementation of the Convention in States whose reports were significantly overdue.

This month's three Sudan resolutions are designed to help reach that goal.

China has made a conscious strategic decision to alter its growth strategy.

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.

Iraq s Half Step

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.

(k) The action taken by the human rights field office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Palestinian National Authority has taken a number of steps to meet its Sharm el Sheikh commitments.