It is a positive step and one to be welcomed.

We believe that it is a positive step forward.

The agreement regarding the agenda for the Jordanian Israeli negotiations is a positive initial step.

The reconstruction initiatives in Sarajevo and Mostar should also be considered a positive step.

Existing space treaties are a positive step, but they are not sufficient.

In South Africa, the abolition of the legislative pillars of apartheid is a positive step.

The recent Israeli Jordanian declaration of principles is a positive move in this direction.

This will be a positive development for harmony and security in our part of the world.

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

We welcome the withdrawal of troops from Lithuania as a positive step towards the fulfilment of the Helsinki Final Act.

We consider the preparation of this strategy as a positive step towards the rehabilitation process, and we are thankful for it.

We view this Agreement as a positive step in bringing order to the exploitation of marine resources.

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

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

This historic event marks yet another bold and positive step on the road to ensuring a lasting peace in the Middle East.

We pointed out at the beginning of this statement that the Secretary General apos s report is a positive step forward.

Free public access to the official document system would also be a positive step.

The increased coordination between the parties as a result of this is a positive step, which must be built upon in the future.

This is considered to be a positive step on the way to the complete lifting of the sanctions, which are placing such a heavy burden on the economy of my country.

Sierra Leone regards the Madrid Protocol as a positive first step for increased cooperation between Consultative Party States on environmental matters.

The United Nations needed to see more examples along the lines of the progress registered in post conflict situations, which included joint analytical frameworks, multi donor trust funds, and the introduction of a lead agency role for delegated cooperation.

All these developments represent a positive step towards the achievement of a peaceful, just, comprehensive and durable solution to the question of Palestine and the Arab Israeli conflict.

The draft resolution was a positive step towards banning the export of anti personnel land mines, and his delegation had therefore voted in favour of it.

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

This is that rocket going up.

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

The Bangladesh Government considers the proposal of Secretary General to establish an office in Afghanistan for coordinating the efforts of the United Nations to be a positive step.

Several agreements reached between the United States and the Russian Federation in the field of nuclear disarmament represent a positive step forward.

It consumes itself step after step after step.

Step by Step

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

The recent agreement by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on a new capital adequacy framework is another positive step.

It welcomes a positive planned step by a Member, while not ignoring that Member's reprehensible actions in the same regard.

The recent historic accord between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel is a positive first step towards the establishment of a long waited peace in the Middle East.

The joint Department of Humanitarian Affairs United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Disaster Management Training Programme for disaster prone developing countries is a positive step in this direction.

We believe that China apos s joining the moratorium would be a positive step that would create conditions conducive to progress in this area.

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.

But, given the limited national budget, the fact itself that funds were allocated to make credits available is a positive shift in the actual implementation of the programme.

We also feel that Kuwait apos s acceptance of the Commission apos s report is a very positive step indicative of that country apos s eagerness and sincerity in its attitude towards a comprehensive solution.

The removal of the existing economic, commercial and financial embargo by the United States against Cuba would be a positive step in this direction.

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.

In addition, we consider Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and from parts of the northern West Bank last September to be a positive move.

The reductions in the numbers of deployed strategic nuclear warheads envisaged by the Treaty of Moscow represent a positive step in the process of nuclear de escalation.

In Croatia, the conclusion of a comprehensive cease fire agreement at Zagreb on 29 March 1994 was widely received as a positive step.

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