The Government is commended for all the accomplishments it has achieved and, together with the international community, it needs to continue making bold strides in human rights.

This year we succeeded in making further strides, spurred along by a number of Presidents, including those from the Netherlands and Norway, as well as from New Zealand and elsewhere.

Where there is consensus, let us take big strides.

Under the teacher's guidance, I took big strides with my studies.

In Myanmar, we have made great strides in fostering gender equality.

Further strides have been made in decentralizing Government authority and services.

Afghanistan has made great strides in its efforts towards nation building.

The ICC has made enormous strides in the period under review.

This year has witnessed major strides towards sustainable peace in the Sudan.

Africa had recently made considerable strides towards maintaining peace on the continent.

SADC fully aligns itself with the statement made by Namibia on behalf of the African Group, which outlines the significant strides Africa, in partnership with the international community, is making in the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD).

Although women were still relatively underrepresented in top posts, significant strides had been made.

This institution has made significant strides for the sake of world peace, security and development.

UNICEF and its partners continued to make great strides in achieving tangible results for children.

During my visit to Afghanistan in January this year, I acknowledged the many steps towards meeting the goals of the Bonn Agreement in the past three years, but also recalled the need for Afghanistan to continue making bold strides in the area of human rights.

The United Nations has made immense strides in promoting peace and universal values throughout the world.

The international community has already made great strides in elaborating many international instruments to combat it.

Some strides have been made in fulfilling the conditions for admission to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.

Significant strides in health care can be made through existing drinking water systems and generic drug manufacturing.

There is no doubt that the United Nations and the international community have made important strides in addressing impunity.

The IMF is making strides in the right direction, but emerging markets will have to remain in the lead. They have proven to be the best judges of their economic needs and priorities as they consider the IMF s new stance on financial globalization, they should continue to heed their own counsel.

NASA scientists also made exciting new strides in lunar studies while working on the Department of Defense (DoD) sponsored Clementine mission.

Ongoing regional processes have made great strides in developing criteria and indicators that contribute to defining and assessing sustainable forest management.

The forum has made significant strides in establishing strong working relations with key civil society organizations over the last three years.

Sierra Leone has continued to make giant strides in all areas of human endeavour since the end of armed conflict in 2002.

However, in the five remaining months of the period, the Office of the Prosecutor made great strides to further reduce the vacancy rate.

With its remarkable ability to adapt, China is making strides to accommodate the rising power of its markets and people. In the process, officials are acknowledging the importance of good governance, as demonstrated by recent efforts to justify the purge and investigation of Bo Xilai as an example of the Communist Party safeguarding the rule of law.

The decentralization process, which provides a framework for the devolution of power and responsibilities between the central and local governments, has made further strides.

During the reporting period, the Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities made significant strides towards implementing a single set of tax rules, applicable throughout the country.

Many gamekeepers acknowledge that grouse shooting is not universally popular, but the SGA said the industry had made significant strides in terms of best practice.

Despite the energy, resources and efforts diverted from development in order to preserve democracy, Nicaragua has made major strides towards fulfilling the Millennium Development Goals.

The meeting, among other things, will hear of strides made in our region in preventing and punishing illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons.

NASA made significant strides in microgravity and life sciences research during FY 1994, beginning with the Spacelab Life Sciences 2 (SLS 2) mission in October 1993.

Over the three years which have elapsed since it gained independence in May 2002, Timor Leste has made remarkable strides towards the threshold of self sufficiency.

State authority has been restored throughout Sierra Leone and significant strides have been made towards re establishing the Government's control over the country's diamond mining sector.

TOKYO In recent years, the number of tourists visiting Japan has been increasing rapidly, reaching a record 13.4 million last year, a 29 increase from 2013. Japan seems to be making great strides toward its goal of recapturing the position as an Asian cultural center that it held a century ago, when the Indian Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore lived in Tokyo.

Scientists and mental health professionals have made major strides in understanding and treating major depression, including the discovery of the role played by imbalances in brain chemicals such as serotonin and noradrenaline. But there is increasing evidence that there is more to the story depression also involves structural changes in areas of the brain that are involved in mood, memory, and decision making.

and strengthen its discussion of relevant achievements and experiences, push forward pragmatic cooperation between both sides, especially the cooperation in capacity building to make greater strides forward.

I'm also very hopeful that in the next decades, we will make big strides on reducing that death rate that has been so challenging in this disease.

The Government of Nova Scotia has made some important strides in addressing child poverty as part of the National Child Benefit (NCB) (see Introduction to the present report).

NASA continued in FY 1994 to make strides in the field of Telemedicine, the practice of medicine across distances using a phone line, satellite, microwave or other telecommunications medium.

If they want to open the door to final status, they will have to make significant strides in implementation of the standards in the weeks and months to come.

For it is only when all nations are treated as equal partners in the international community that we can expect significant strides to be made in our collective efforts.

In collaboration with its partners, the Partnership has made great strides with respect to assisting country efforts in designing, implementing and monitoring national strategies for the development of statistics.

So we're talking about making the place, making the world run better by making this data available.