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In this task, you are given a sentence in Spanish and your task is to translate it into English. In translation, keep the numbers and capitalization (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and name).
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Señor Presidente, señor Comisario, la firma de los Tratados de la OMPI significó un considerable paso positivo en el desarrollo global de la sociedad de la información.
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Mr President, Commissioner, the adoption of the WIPO agreements was a very positive step in the direction of the global information society.


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Una vez realizados estos comentarios generales, me gustaría concentrar mi intervención relativa a Interreg en las principales observaciones planteadas por ustedes.
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Having made these general observations, I should like to focus on your main comments with regard to INTERREG.


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Esto se expresa con el término "close to zero" , "próximo a cero".
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This is what is meant by the term "close-to-zero" .