Sentences with phrase «nations as sovereign nations»

Protocol usually follows political status, but is this a case when protocol might lead to a more firmly grounded recognition of the First Nations as sovereign nations?

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«Hence it is incumbent upon the community of nations to prevent Greece from a sovereign default as well as leaving the euro, and the domino effect that this event could induce,» the study urged.

Although these large organizations also rate corporations, municipalities and much else besides, their opinions on the creditworthiness of nations are known as «sovereign» ratings.

Since 1967, one family, the Bates, has resided their, claiming it as their own sovereign nation with its own flag, currency, and passports.

A federal appeals court signed off on the U.S. Interior Department's decision to take land into trust for a proposed Native American casino, rejecting arguments that the tribe's promises to mitigate environmental effects are «illusory» because as a sovereign Native American nation, it can not be sued to enforce them.

Bonds of Europe's most - indebted nations slumped as speculation resurfaced that the euro region remains vulnerable to shocks as it emerges from the sovereign debt crisis.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer wrote in a report Wednesday that «China has appeared to be moving further away from market principles in recent years» and that «as a sovereign nation, China is free to pursue whatever trade policy it prefers.»

But the U.S., «as a sovereign nation, is free to respond,» he added.

when the Pals agree that Israel has a right to exist as a sovereign Jewish nation, and stop their cult of terrorism and martyrdom, there will be peace.

According to Wikipedia, she is «the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms, and head of the 54 - member Commonwealth of Nations.

The inability of the Gallicanist state to co-opt Catholicism's social energy exposed a tension inherent in liberal democracy: between the people empowered as a sovereign whole, on one hand, and those partial societies of individuals which diversify the nation, on the other.

Today as i was thinking about Jesus sending the demons into the pigs and i thought God is not punishing but judging and he made a decision.This idea came from your other discussion which i believe is what he does he decides to make a judgement call he is sovereign and it shows his tender heart and mercy that not a single person was afflicted.The pigs unlike men have no soul so have no eternal consequence upon them they live and they die.either way they were going to get killed.We can be assured that Gods judgements are right and just the pork was going to the gentile nations who worshipped other Gods and no doubt would have been offered to idols so there is a consequence when we disobey the Laws of God even even when we do nt know or understand his laws.brentnz

Not only are its people more polarized than ever over Puerto Rico's status question — whether to become a sovereign nation, become a state of the U.S. or stay as it is; it is the most impoverished North American territory, with an external debt of over $ 7 billion, an unemployment rate of more than 20 per cent, 65 per cent of its people on federal food stamps and 38 per cent who have an income below the poverty line.

These corporate middlemen have as much power over the small farmers of America as they do over sovereign nations in the market to purchase grain.

The Church, as in the Vatican or «Holy See», is a sovereign nation / state, but the Church, as in the RCC enti.ties in the US, is not sovereign.

Apart from the fact that nations are made up of individuals, the salient point is that Paul explains election by citing as examples of God's sovereign election two distinct, historic individuals (Sproul, Grace Unknown, 148).

«Nationalism shows its character as a faith whenever national welfare or survival is regarded as the supreme end of life; whenever right and wrong are made dependent on the sovereign will of the nation, however determined; whenever religion and science, education and art, are valued by the measure of their contribution to national existence.»

(We can talk about the democratic practice of an omnibus bill later, perhaps, because gracious, what a miscarriage of democracy...) So Bill C - 45 is an omnibus bill, attached to our budget currently going through Parliament, with hundreds of provisions included, which (and these are the key ones related to Idle No More) seriously undermine our environmental sustainability as a nation and the sovereign rights of the First Nations still existing within our borders.

As there is no patriotism where only the country is loved and not the country's cause — that for the sake of which the nation exists — so there is no love of God where God's cause is not loved, that which God loves and to which he has bound himself in sovereign freedom.

You are Sovereign and as a Sovereign nation under YWHY may you sin no more but love and show others the truth that so many have failed to receive due to false deception and show them love and forgiveness and what it means to be born through Salvation and to give up inheritance of sin through the believing of Satan by giving consent to rule over you and your children.

Jeremy good message and quite relevant for today God is still looking at our hearts and motives for serving him or are we serving our own agenda as Jonah was.He did nt feel compassionate towards his enemies and who could blame him they had cruelly killed many Jews it was a question of life or death to his own people.The Jewish nation was no more deserving of Gods grace than the other nations that is revealed by sending Jonah to preach a message of hope and life.Ultimately God calls all by faith in him and is willing to be merciful to all nations and peoples that do not not deserve it just like us it is by grace that we all are forgiven.I am pleased that God is sovereign and knows whats best he is merciful to us.Our human nature is that it is better to kill our enemies before they can kill us and that is essentially Jonahs message that is why he struggled to be obedient to Gods will.Gods message is to forgive those that trespass against us and show mercy.Its complicated and it is natural to protect ourselves and our families from those who would seek to destroy them but ultimately its about trusting God with everything easier said than done.If it comes to a choice we will have to trust God and ask for his strength because we cant do it in ours.As Christ laid down his life for us are we ready to lay our lives and the lives of our families as a sacrifice for him.To me that is where the story of Jonah is leading to we have the choice to fight our enemies or to love them as God loves them.brentnz

Phrygian to me i sense that you are struggling with issues in your mind that you cant reconcile and these issues are affecting what you believe in your heart and therefore your faith in God.I had something similar happen to me recently regarding the story of the demon possessed man at one point the demons begged Jesus to cast them into the pigs does that mean that Jesus was implicated with the work of satan.It cast my mind into doubt and then i began to question who God is.I prayed and sort the holy spirit for an answer the answer i got was that Gods character never changes he is always holy righteous and sovereign why else would satan ask for his permission.So the answer was that he allowed satans purpose to prevail so that we can see that satans intention is always to destroy it may well have been that the pigs were his anyway.As they were for the gentile nations who offered the pigs to their demon Gods.Just as satan can not change who he is the destroyer the thief the liar God can not change who he is when we realise that despite what we see going on in the world God is still the same yesterday today and forever.The time is coming when those that have hurt others will be judged for there wickedness as we serve a holy and just God.Just as it was in the times of Noah so it is with this this generation that as the wickedness reachs its zenith then the Lord will return to judge the nations.He is coming again and we need to be ready it is not a time to be caught sleeping.brentnz

Finally, in homes, schools, and community affairs a new emphasis should be placed on patriotism, no longer as exclusive loyalty to the sovereign nation, but as devotion to country as the organized agency of articulate relationship with all mankind.

As Americans we want to foster democracies, not dictatorships; deal fairly with sovereign nations and treat them as friends, not subjects; respect our neighbors more than our corporate markets; and create jobs, not food dependencieAs Americans we want to foster democracies, not dictatorships; deal fairly with sovereign nations and treat them as friends, not subjects; respect our neighbors more than our corporate markets; and create jobs, not food dependencieas friends, not subjects; respect our neighbors more than our corporate markets; and create jobs, not food dependencies.

This means fostering democracies, not dictatorships; dealing fairly with sovereign nations and treating them as friends, not subjects; respecting our neighbors more than our corporate markets; and creating jobs, not food dependencies.

Moreover, the old Westphalian system still operates, and will as long as sovereign nations field armies.

They are still held captive by an epistemology borrowed from the modern university, with its notion of detached objectivity, the fact - value dichotomy, the separation of emotion and reason (with reason as the superior means of knowing) and the loss of any authority other than an isolated, sovereign self that is subservient to the needs of the modern nation - state.

A sultan is a king — a supreme leader, a sovereign — so if this is indeed Durant, he is referring to himself as King of the Eight - Page Book (SB Nation's very own Tim Cato did some digging and found out that Quire and Sultan are roads in Durant's hometown).

Tory MP Jacob Rees - Mogg described the bill as the most important ever debated by the Commons and said rushing it through was «an insult to our nation, our sovereign and parliament».

In fact, Mr. President, a number of the countries represented here in these debates of the General Assembly — particularly those from the so - called developing world — were not in existence as sovereign nations.

Every nation is technically exempt from international law as there is no world government which has ultimate sovereignty over the nations; international laws are treaties, and at the end of the day the nations are sovereign and can withdraw or ignore them at will.

This is precisely because «Islamic umma» is not «an imagined community» equivalent of any nation - state; it «is ideologically not «a society» onto which state, economy and religion can be mapped» as it is «neither limited nor sovereign», and «can eventually embrace all of humanity» (Asad 2003: 197 — 198).

But Britain — as a sovereign nation with the same values but a different political and cultural history — has chosen to take a different path.

... the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.

Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.

The Treaty of San Francisco (which officially declared peace between the U.S. and Japan and ended the American occupation) recognized Japan as a sovereign nation and allowed Japan to create a security force for its own defense, but reiterated that it could not arm itself to be an offensive threat.

Democratic Assemblyman Alec Brook - Krasny (D - 46th Assembly District - Brooklyn), the first Soviet - born, Russian - speaking Member of the Assembly, has signed onto Tedisco's resolution as a co-sponsor and is urging his counterparts in Washington, D.C. to send a crystal clear message to Russian autocratic President Vladimir Putin, that invading a sovereign nation is an unacceptable violation of international law.

The bold, great strides we had made towards self - sufficiency, industrialization and economic growth as a newly independent sovereign nation were all thrown to the wind, shattered into smithereens.

In conclusion, «legality» basically means the legality of the existent of a state, but it doesn't really hold much meaning or value on the international stage while recognition means whether other countries accept you as a sovereign nation / state or do they count you as territory of another country.

The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has lambasted the founder of the Biafra Independent Movement, BIM, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, describing him as a frustrated and drowning man, who has no regard for Igbo nation.

«The Charter of the United Nations is built on the bedrock of the sovereign equality and independence of its members, without distinction as to their geographical size, economic might, or any other endowments or qualifications».

«We have made our position very clear to the Iraqi authorities, but we respect their decision as that of a sovereign nation.»

As a matter of international law, the Peace of Westphalia (which ended the Thirty Years» War and established the modern international order) established nation - states as sovereign entitieAs a matter of international law, the Peace of Westphalia (which ended the Thirty Years» War and established the modern international order) established nation - states as sovereign entitieas sovereign entities.

Turkey using as an excuse the treaty of guarantee, invaded, occupied and still has under its control a part of a foreign Sovereign Nation (Republic of Cyprus) The article of wikipedia is relatively un-biased and has good sources on the legitimacy of this military invasion The main reason this act was an illegal invasion was that the treaty...

They see their «near abroad» not as true sovereign nations but as part of a natural Russian sphere of influence.

To that end we actively identify, invest in and / or partner with new and existing business opportunities that capitalize on the Seneca Nation's substantial advantages inherent in its status as sovereign nNation's substantial advantages inherent in its status as sovereign nationnation.

But Harper also argued that any change in the law would be difficult as the Queen is also «sovereign of a further 15 independent nations and they have a right, with us, to decide on the line of succession.

Today marks the 54th anniversary of our country's independence as a sovereign nation.

Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008; it has since been recognized as a sovereign state by about half of the United Nations» members, including Canada, the United States, and 22 of the European Union's 27 states, but excluding China and Russia.

Existing prediction systems failed to forecast the global crash of 2008, which led to several governments bailing out their banks and European nations, such as Greece, Portugal, Ireland and Spain, being plunged into a sovereign debt crisis.