Sentence examples for welcome actions from inspiring English sources

Increased awareness of the severe health-worker shortage that the need to roll out ART and HIV services helped generate has also led to welcome actions to remedy this problem.

"The release of political prisoners is a welcome action.

"The Commission is now pushing for stronger security and has taken welcome action to insist national registries are secure.

We should welcome action, but we should also set minimal entry points for businesses who choose to sign up.

Gov. George E. Pataki's recent commutation of Emmanuel Nkemakolam's 15-years-to-life sentence for felony drug possession (news article, Dec. 28) is a welcome action.

He caused a stir mostly because it is so rare to hear the scion of the Gandhi family say anything that is not a trite generalisation.Mr Gandhi's welcome action has awkward consequences for Congress.

Throughout the day of the announcement, as the Refugees Welcome action petered out, our crowd of volunteers flooded into the streets joyously – recalling highlights of the campaign and hopes for the future.

"This is a welcome action which declares to the world that the suffering of victims is not a fit subject for mockery or casual self-promotion," the organization said in a statement.

"While we welcome action by the House on student loans, we have concerns about an approach that both fails to guarantee low rates for students on July 1 and asks too many of them to bear the burden of deficit reduction through unaffordable rates," said the statement, from a spokesman, Matt Lehrich.

The White House described the meeting as "productive", saying that while Obama told the congressional leaders he had the legal authority to take action against Isis with the backing from the legislature he would, nonetheless, "welcome action by the Congress that would aid the overall effort and demonstrate to the world that the United States is united in defeating the threat".

Vince Cable has said he would welcome action "to plug a loophole" exempting foreigners from paying capital gains tax on second homes.