But the unanimous vote merely formalized the position that was being articulated with increasing clarity in recent days by the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, and seemed more focused on expediting a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas for the soldier's return.
Germany's Federal Network Agency has now formalized that position.
The discussion came two months after a majority of the members of the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission said they wanted to ground the department's drone, but they hadn't formalized that position until Thursday.
The Fish Resources Management Act 1994 (FRMA) formalized this position so that, subject to certain conditions related to payment of fees, the life of the management plan, adherence to the provisions of the Act, and Ministerial decisions to the contrary, licensees have an expectation that their access right is renewable in perpetuity (Fisheries Western Australia 2000).
In April 2002 Musharraf, seeking to formalize his position as the head of state, held and overwhelmingly won a referendum granting him an additional five years as president.
He attempted to formalize the position of the Javanese regents, subordinating them to Dutch prefects and emphasizing their character as civil servants of a central government rather than as semi-independent local rulers.
The AKP is now seeking a strong executive presidency that while formalizing his position's powers could avert any relapse into the fractious coalition governments of the 1990s.
Significant at the 6th Congress was the generational shift within the WPK, with Kim Il-sung planning to formalize the position of Kim Jong-il.
The slightly more banal reality is that the agency is finalizing an action, begun two years ago, to formalize the position that trans fat is no longer "generally recognized as safe".
In August 1966 the 58-year-old Lin Biao replaced Liu as the future successor to Mao; this position was formalized in April 1969, when Lin was so designated by the new constitution.
