A couple of weeks earlier, the former President, deciding he'd had enough of the N.R.A.'s paranoid babblings about jack-booted federal fascism, had resigned his life membership--a commendable step, for which President Clinton rightly praised him in a post-resignation phone call.
This is a commendable step but it will prove inadequate unless action-oriented government institutions are also in place, ready to facilitate private-sector engagement.
It is, rather, a commendable step toward better understanding of the disabled.
The launch of the mass media campaign against malnutrition, with a focus on exclusive breastfeeding of children under six months of age, is commendable step by the government and partners to make a difference for these children and to save their lives," said UNICEF Deputy Representative in Zambia Elspeth Erickson.
"In the context of domestic vigilance, the ICC acknowledges the commendable steps taken by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in setting up their domestic anti-corruption ACCESS Unit".
It has also taken commendable steps to improve the quality of care in Medicaid and S-chip, increase childhood immunization rates and help states ensure that children on Medicaid get appropriate diagnosis and treatment.
The BBC has since taken some commendable steps forward.
Despite "commendable steps" under Rouhani, including the release of a limited number of high-profile political prisoners, violations had continued, Ban reports in a new report to the UN human rights council issued on Tuesday.
"Divestment is a natural next step in Sydney's already commendable sustainability policies," she said.
David Cameron will shortly introduce public registers of the real owners of companies set up in the UK, and that's a commendable first step – but, as the Panama Papers have shown, the real problem is in our tax havens.
