The report should be seen as a first step towards action.

The first step, a step by step approach, entails negotiations on a limited number of initial steps towards nuclear disarmament, with additional steps being considered once the first steps are achieved.

Advance planning is the first crucial step towards effective management of conference services.

One step forward is a step towards civility.

We believe that successful disengagement can be the first step towards the resumption of the peace process.

The graduation from elementary school to middle school is regarded by some as the first step towards adulthood.

It hoped that, as a significant first step towards that end, the Conference would arrive at a consensus.

UNICEF agrees that reducing the number of payroll systems is the first step towards a common payroll system.

The Programme is a significant, but only the first, big step towards achieving the goal of controlling that scourge.

The withdrawal from Gaza was a first step towards the realization of the vision of the two State solution.

That withdrawal should be the first step towards a complete withdrawal by Israel from all the Arab territories it occupied.

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

The second step follows the first step.

What you just did, that's the first step towards taking responsibility for what we should do with all of our power.

The Inspectors believe that the first step towards a common payroll system would be the reduction in the number of current payroll systems.

That withdrawal, when it took place, must be viewed as the first step towards the implementation of Israel's obligations under the road map.

The first step towards normalization of relations had been the signing in October 2004 of the financial plan for Slovenia to pay its arrears.

The entry into force of the CTBT would be the first essential step towards achieving our desired goals of nuclear disarmament and non proliferation.

In the ability of Governments to effectively plan and implement the policies that are necessary for good governance lies the first step towards broad capacity.

Now the first step, pretty easy.

The first step is pattern recognition.

Mindlessly taking the first small step.

The first step is attention training.

The Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, while welcome, should be regarded only as a first step towards full withdrawal from all the territories occupied in 1967.

That event has become another important step towards restoring statehood to Afghanistan.

(b) The appointment by the International Labour Organization of a liaison officer in Myanmar as a first step towards the establishment of its full and effective representation in Myanmar

The first step was to ask a question.

It is the first step which is troublesome.

The first step should be to increase transparency.

One critical step is to ensure zero tolerance towards those who promote extremism.

And this week, we have taken a very important step towards that end.

This is an important step towards normalization of relations between the two sides.

For Cuba, it is only one step on the path towards nuclear disarmament.

But you don't get to start on step three, until you take step one first I can.

The project will intensify discussions between the World Bank and the Government on streamlining Chernobyl expenditures, and also serve as a first step towards other activities focusing on Chernobyl and Belarus.

If not, I will never do that first step.

And that's what comes to the first step here.

It's also a step towards taking responsibility for my own burden on the planet.

First, Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip must be complete and comprehensive and should be the first step towards a complete withdrawal from the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank, an area comprising 5,800 square kilometres.

The road ahead is not free of difficulties, but the Strategy represents a decisive step towards solving the challenges of the twenty first century and preparing us for the world of tomorrow.

We welcome the presidential elections in Afghanistan as one of the key elements of the Bonn process and the first most important step towards establishing new state institutions based on democratic principles.

The meeting would constitute a first step in this direction.

The Bonn process mapped a step by step transition towards increasingly legitimate power structures, culminating in the establishment of a fully representative and freely elected government.

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.

We hope that its adoption will represent a first step towards making the Council more representative of the international community as a whole and will thereby enhance the legitimacy required of that important body.