42. As a first step, core and managerial competencies are being defined and validated.

So I think that actually step two, that I called a step a moment ago, isn't a step at all.

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.

As a first step, CARP had proposed convening a constituent assembly.

In order to facilitate this delegation of authority, several action steps will be undertaken.

We would see that not as a reform step but as an anti reform step.

(b) In operative paragraph 1, the word first would be inserted before the word practical

First things first, we eliminate all the substeps.

Emergency measures should be seen as a first step towards long term development.

To that end, a number of steps must be taken.

Preliminary steps

Step A. Step B. Step C. Mostly.

The first of the above steps is generally accepted to have the most significant influence on expected return and risk.

First method steps towards mainstreaming

The Committee went on to hold that the necessary preliminary policymaking step represented by the first resolution was an important and practical component necessary for the realization of the right to housing.

As a new step, the first United Nations peace building support office has been established since early 1998 in Liberia.

(b) Include steps to increase knowledge about risks of drug abuse and encourage healthy decision making, as a first step towards changing attitudes and behaviours effectively (United Kingdom)

Well, I think it's about four steps, roughly speaking, starting with posing the right question.

Major steps have been taken by the international community in seeking to work together not only to overcome the consequences of the tsunami, but also to prevent further catastrophes.

The move towards company reporting on implementation had been a significant step.

Break your resolution into a series of small steps

Paragraphs 7 and 8 of the report detailed the steps that had been taken to that end.

67. The Working Group considers the reply from the Government as a positive step, after many years of no communication.

Small steps are taken every year, and all of them are important.

The provision only applied to an agreement concerning acts that were committed as a step in the activity of an organized criminal group .

But again I stress that each of these steps has to be part of a broader approach.

One could be called a blueprint approach , which calls upon, as the first step, an unequivocal commitment by nuclear weapon States to eliminate their nuclear arsenals within a prescribed period, and then starts to work on the steps required for its achievement.

(d) To strengthen further the section in the report on the steps taken by the Council to improve its working methods

A. Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime

First, the organization may be under an obligation to take the necessary steps to ensure a certain conduct on the part of its member States.

As a first step in tackling such issues, UNDCP has decentralized activities to the country level by opening a regional office in Cairo.

(a) To strengthen managerial and leadership capacity as an integral step in improving organizational performance

As part of the implementation process of the plan of action, the following concrete measures have already been taken step by step according to the plan

The Working Group would welcome such a step.

I think you need to be more explicit here in step two.

Further interim reduction steps for methyl bromide in Parties operating under Article 5 (1)

Further interim reduction steps for methyl bromide in Parties operating under Article 5 (1)

At a later stage, the Israeli Government decided to allow for the excavations to take place as a preliminary step towards building the settlement.

The arrival of additional experts for the Directorate is a positive step.

(d) Supervision of the obligation to take steps (under article 2 (1) of the Covenant).

However, one further step has to be taken.

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

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

We are now ready to take the next step in our responsibilities as a Member of the United Nations and as a global citizen.

As a State party, we have taken effective steps to comply with its provisions.