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The emperor’s visit to Vietnam – the first by a Japanese monarch – represents an important milestone in the maturing bilateral relationship, which has been buttressed not only by strong cultural links, but also by robust economic ties and growing strategic cooperation.
June, it turns out, marks another milestone on the alliance’s uncertain path: its operation in Libya has now surpassed in length the one in Kosovo 12 years ago.
This year, our industry reached an important milestone.
Eradicating polio will be a milestone on our path to realizing this vision.
In Kyoto in 1997, the treaty was acclaimed as “a milestone in the history of climate protection,” and President Bill Clinton declared that “the United States has reached an historic agreement with other nations of the world to take unprecedented action to address global warming.”
If China, which has stepped up military pressure on India along their Himalayan frontier, turned one of the Maldivian islands into a naval base, it would effectively open a maritime front against India – a milestone in China’s strategic encirclement of its neighbor.
Another milestone was the renovation and opening of the 1,100-year old Armenian Aghtamar Church in March 2007.
Ending polio will be a key milestone on the path to realizing this vision.
Health officials wait three years before declaring a country polio-free, but the one-year milestone in Nigeria raises hopes that we may have already seen the last case of wild polio in the country – and the whole of Africa.
This is indeed a milestone.
Another milestone that would advance intra-Africa migration would be the rollout of the highly anticipated all-Africa passport.
So, in 2006, a revised version of the law was enacted, marking an important milestone in China’s efforts to build an effective legal system as it moves towards a market economy.
The recent elections were a milestone in the country’s long and very hard road.
The BJP’s victory in the state in 2008 was hailed as a milestone in its effort to position itself as a natural party of government.
So if Villalobos and Dieterich are right about the FARC’s imminent collapse, it would be a veritable milestone for the region, and a vindication of a strategy – Uribe’s – of which many of us were wary.
The launch of the CFTA is a major milestone for Africa.
Zuma RisingThe anxiety over Jacob Zuma’s election as president of South Africa obscures a significant milestone: for the first time in decades, a sub-Saharan nation has at its helm a champion of ordinary people.
The second milestone is a better global financial system.
The third milestone relates to the quality and inclusiveness of growth.
China’s accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 was an important milestone here.
Malaysia has every reason to celebrate, as the peaceful return to multiparty democracy is indeed a milestone in the country’s political evolution.
Twenty years ago, the first Earth Summit was a major milestone in the struggle for human development and dignity.
As always happens whenever we approach such a milestone, this one has produced a spike in conferences, seminars, and learned articles, including the usual dire Malthusian predictions.
Although the Trade Facilitation Agreement – dubbed the “Bali package,” after the Indonesian island where the meeting took place – did not address the most pressing North-South trade issues, it remains an important economic and political milestone.
Greek and European officials hailed the bond sale as a milestone for a country that had lost access to global capital markets back in 2010.
Global climate negotiations, set to reach their next major milestone in Paris next year, will benefit from self-interested actions and, more important, a set of collaborative initiatives that boost the speed to scale of climate-resilient infrastructure.
The American Enterprise Institute recently held a symposium to mark this important milestone, featuring QE’s architect, Ben Bernanke.
With the technology now reaching a milestone, discussions about its applications have reached fever pitch.
This is a welcome milestone, but it is only the first of many on a long road.
The US opened the door to China’s accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 – a milestone in China’s ascendancy as the Ultimate Producer.
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