At that time, this step was taken for political and ideological reasons.

The Government has taken a significant number of important steps to combat this practice.

All the parties involved took a positive attitude towards the negotiations.

Many modest steps have been taken.

Some steps have already been taken.

Until now, these activities have been characterized by several independent, though interrelated, initiatives.

Steps have been taken in Canada to address climate change in all of these areas.

Arrangements have been made to hire such a consultant.

Those decisions were adopted by consensus.

Several countries have taken remedial action.

Some of these steps have been taken in recent years, but it is time to jumpstart the process.

Several measures have been taken by the Government to change this situation of inequality that affects rural women.

Some initiatives have been taken recently to promote development.

Important steps have been taken in this regard.

The European Community has, with our support, seized the initiative.

Japan has also taken steps to address the forgotten crises in Africa and will continue to focus on those issues.

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

Peacekeeping operations have taken on a multidimensional nature.

Initiatives have been taken for proliferation security and maritime security.

The Australian Government has taken steps to meet that objective.

The ICTR has taken several steps to ensure that such factors are minimized in the future.

This step was taken in response to Article 8 paragraph 4 of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism.

This situation has provoked resistance in different forms, including violence by militant groups.

Timor Leste has taken measures to prevent corruption and mismanagement.

Those contributions have taken the form of security assistance and development support.

Initiatives have been taken in a wide range of sector areas.

The Commission has taken steps to correct the weaknesses identified.

The Government of Syria has therefore taken the following two measures

Pakistan has taken a number of measures on the domestic front.

Positive steps taken by countries in the region include the following.

My Government has taken steps towards ratification of that Convention.

In Afghanistan, our troops have taken Taliban strongholds and trained Afghan Security Forces.

Mercurial has also taken steps to ease the transition for SVN users.

The summit took several important decisions on management reform.

Positive steps on peace and security were taken at the summit.

Steps have been taken to monitor and stop the illegal production of psychotropic substances.

Urgent corrective action has been and is being taken in this regard.

Afghanistan, despite its scarce resources, has taken serious measures in the struggle against illicit drugs.

The first steps have been taken towards reconciliation in Northern Ireland.

It has taken them the full two months to get ready.

These measures are modeled on those put in place during the presidential elections and draw on lessons learned during those elections.

Initial steps were taken to move gradually towards such a mechanism and to upgrade the collection and processing of information and analysis in the Secretariat.

History The first steps in the history of Finnish aviation were taken with Russian aircraft.

Over 1 400 Iraqis have already taken part in training courses.

A number of measures, summarized below, have been taken to speed this process of change.