TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given a sentence in English and your task is to translate it into Spanish. In translation, keep the numbers and capitalization (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and name).
PROBLEM: It is essential that this long overdue step be taken.

SOLUTION: ¡Es algo que hay que lograr de una vez!

PROBLEM: We know what actually happened.

SOLUTION: Ya sabemos lo que ocurrió.

PROBLEM: We have been awaiting a common communication from the Commission on the precautionary principle for a very long time now and it was anything but clear in the past as to whether the Commission speaks with one voice.

SOLUTION:
La primera: hemos tenido que esperar mucho tiempo a una opinión de la Comisión sobre el principio de precaución y en el pasado no estaba en absoluto claro si la Comisión hablaba con una sola voz.