This declaration was an important and responsible step.

But it would be an important step in the right direction. More important, actively blocking that step forces the political system toward a precipice from which democracy cannot return.

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

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.

An important first step has been the establishment of the Group Against Human Trafficking .

One important step would be to officially recognize the domestic work done by women.

In that regard, the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness is an important step forward.

Step downs were seen as important in assisting Parties to meet phase out targets.

This is very important for the next step in simulating quantum computers and information technology.

The outcome document represents an important step in a long process of United Nations reform.

The Seminar was an important step toward integrating the issue of gender into educational policies.

But before we go through that process of divergence, there is actually quite an important first step.

That is a very important step that should be appreciated by all countries, especially the developed ones.

The approval of the Senior Citizen's Statute was another important step toward entrenching the principle of equality.

The forthcoming decision to establish a peacebuilding commission will assuredly mark yet another important step in that direction.

Obviously, the universalization of the BTWC would be an important step towards preventing the spread of biological weapons.

These elections are an important step for Iraq's political transition, as outlined in UN Security Council resolution 1546.

Concluding the Protocol is a very important step forward in the protection of United Nations and associated personnel.

Thus, the Commission was taking an important step, which would considerably improve the status of refugees and stateless persons.

That will be an important step, because the CTED has an essential role to play in the Committee's work.

An important step in that direction was the recent issuance of the glossary of common monitoring and evaluation terms.

While this is an important step forward, the challenge of effectively enforcing and implementing the legislation still lies ahead.

Another important step forward was the finalization of the debt relief plan for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC).

The decision by the Frente POLISARIO to release the last group of Moroccan war prisoners was an important step forward.

The next important step in that process would be taken during the Thirteenth General Review of Quotas of the Fund.

I encourage all Haitian citizens to participate fully in both processes as an important step towards consolidating democracy in Haiti.

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

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

While the Washington Decision after the G8 meeting represented an important step, debt remained an acute problem for most developing countries.

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Step A. Step B. Step C. Mostly.

beginning of the implementation of this Agreement, which we have witnessed today, is a very important first practical step in that regard.

The adoption in 1994 of the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel had been an important step forward.

That seems to us the most important step that the international community has taken in this area in the last 10 years.

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.

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

(d) A consolidation of data in a single database is an important step in increasing the overall operational efficiency of the investment process.

The draft principles governing the administration of justice through military tribunals, meanwhile, were an important step forward in the protection of human rights.

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The World Programme of Action for Youth represented without doubt an important step in the promotion of the well being of the younger generations.

One important step in that direction was the decision to abolish the death penalty in the country, as proposed by Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov.

Extending those mandates now will allow the Iraqis to focus on preparing for what is the most important step yet in their political transition.

Increased transparency with regard to tactical or non strategic nuclear weapons could be a first step and would be an important confidence building measure.

Those elections will be an important step in the consolidation of the Palestinian Authority and will strengthen the foundations for continuing the reform process.