Sentences with phrase «un international»

Aritha has worked at the Chambers of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, assists the Human Dignity Trust in their actions against countries that criminalise homosexuality and advises Non-Gendered in their campaign for recognition of non-gendered identity in the UK.

Mr. Rana also worked on Radovan Karadzic's defense team at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia.

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What voters had to say: «Rosemary is a trailblazer in bringing the newly - declared UN International Day of the Girl, which aims to celebrate the rights of girls all over the world.

Written by thousands of science, policy, and economics experts from around the world, the UN International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports represent a synthesis of existing climate research knowledge, focusing on the evidence of a warming climate («virtually certain»), the global impacts, and the ways we might avert its most catastrophic effects.

Participants looked at all types of energy: oil, gas, renewables, electricity and coal as well as energy efficiency and prices, and were introduced to some of the key building blocks of good energy statistics such as the UN International Recommendations for Energy Statistics and good data governance.

The move came after the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), in conjunction with Humane Society International (HSI), launched the report Blood e-Commerce on March 18 exposing Rakuten as the world's biggest online marketplace for elephant ivory and whale meat products, and the day after UN International Court of Justice ruled against Japan's fraudulent «scientific» whaling in the Antarctic.

This hope vanished in 2009 after the first post-Obama UN international conference held in Copenhagen showed the absence of a strong American commitment and the event ended in disappointment, if not bitterness.

Roger is a lead author on a number of national and international climate assessments, including the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Global Assessment of Disasters, the UN IPCC Special Reports on Water Resources and on Extremes.

This activity report includes the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) Annual Report for 2011 which also provides a comprehensive overview of the Biennial Work Programme 2010 - 2011.

It triggered the UN international population conference in Cairo in November 1994, with Vice President Al Gore leading the US delegation.

AND THE NATURAL WORLD Soil Culture Major arts contribution to the UN International Year of Soils 2015 Press Release 28 May 2014 The Soil Culture programme uses the arts to inspire a deeper public understanding of the importance of soil - a resource on which the whole of civilization depends but many take for granted.

Semple has been honoured as a UN Happiness Hero, a distinction given to mark the UN International Day of Happiness on 20th March 2013.

This year alone, Uniworld donated $ 5 from every booking to Just a Drop as part of its participation in the UN International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development.

2014 is the UN International Year of Family Farming — Wetlands & Agriculture as the World Wetlands Day theme for 2014.

The choice of this theme fosters environmental justice in the context of the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations and the UN International Year of Sustainable Energy for All, putting forward the link between local and global issues.

Building a shared consensus on the appropriate responses to these questions will be the main focus of the UN International Year and the World Water Day in 2013.

It is the motto of the UN International Decade for Action, whose main objective is to promote efforts to meet commitments on water and sanitation: The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

The UN International convention on Rights of All Migrant Workers and members of their families seek to protect the rights of the migrant workers.

Sangheon Lee, at the UN International Labour Organisation in Geneva, Switzerland, agrees education affects lifespan but doubts that simple models like Lutz's can fully resolve cause and effect.

They point to last week's UN international agriculture assessment - which the UK government signed up - that saw no clear role for GM crops in tackling global food needs.

Director of Smart Teams Play Safe, Publisher of MomsTEAM.com, and author of Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports (HarperCollins), Brooke is also a founding member of the UN International Safeguards of Children in Sports global coalition.

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Director of Smart Teams Play Safe, Publisher of MomsTEAM.com, and author of Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports (HarperCollins), and Brooke is also a founding member of the UN International Safeguards of Children in Sports global coalition.

• INSTRAW: UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (institute created in 1976).

The new social - media campaign features Emmy Award - winning talk show host Ricki Lake as well as many online social influencers from The Influential Network, including Wesley Stromberg of the band Emblem 3 and Youth Ambassador for the #ForgiveForPeace campaign that was launched for the UN International Day of Peace; Megan Nicole, a musical artist with more than 3.2 million subscribers on YouTube; Melvin Gregg, a top - 100 Vine personality who counts other celebrities as fans, and Sammy Wilkinson, who is a social media star and part of the Magcon Tour.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Monday called for the EU to take in one million refugees, while Amnesty International slammed leaders for «condemning millions of refugees to an unbearable existence».

The company has donated people - hours and expertise in building out the platform itself and has also made cash donations to the International Rescue Committee and to UNHCR, the UN's refugee agency — but it's the hosts that will make the biggest social impact.

An international UN coalition of 16 countries came to the South's aid with the U.S. at the lead — Americans constituted 90 percent of the troops.

The US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, slammed Russia and laid down a heavy warning for the UN Security Council on Monday, saying that if the international community can't come together to stop the bloodshed in Syria, the US will.

While the political legitimacy for such moves should come from the UN or other international bodies, the military power to enforce them must come from the United States.

On Wednesday, the company announced partnerships with organizations dedicated to helping refugees develop skills and find jobs, including the International Rescue Committee, the UN Refugee Agency, and No One Left Behind.

Since the Liberal government feels it has checked climate - change financing off its long environmental to - do list, Ottawa is expected to shift its funding focus to other international obligations on the environment, such as the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.

Through its sister organization — the Better World Campaign — the UN Foundation works to support a fully funded United Nations so that it can continue to be an effective voice for international cooperation on behalf of peace, development, human rights and the environment.

«One of the largest increases in cocaine seizures in the past five years has been observed in Ecuador, where the amount of cocaine seized rose by over 242 per cent, amounting to 50 metric tons in 2014,» the UN's International Narcotics Control Board wrote in its 2015 report.

A senior intelligence official told us that the U.S., working with the UN, the OPCW and other international partners, has intelligence indicating that more than 10 of Assad's suspected chemical weapons sites had not been disclosed.

As the meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong - un approaches, the North Korean leader continues to surprise the international community, most recent... read more

International Korean leaders agree to «complete denuclearization» goal, The Guardian UN human rights chief decries Israel's excessive use of force in Gaza, Reuters

That figure — the amount by which Canada expects to miss its fourth international emissions commitment in a row — has grown by half since Ottawa's last report to the UN only 18 months earlier.

International Iran urged by UN to respect environment activists after wildlife campaigner death, The Guardian Moscow says it has evidence of Western meddling in Russian election, Reuters

International Trump says launching «largest - ever» package of sanctions against North Korea, Reuters UN identifies South Sudan military officers accused of war crimes, The Guardian

Given the Canadian Governments past history in dealing with Indigenous communities, asking the UN for International monitoring and protection would seem prudent.

The UN Human Rights Committee, which regularly reviews whether states are living up to their obligations under the binding International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, today made more than a dozen recommendations for fundamental changes in Canadian law and policy in respect to the treatment of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's special representative for international negotiations Jason Greenblatt will arrive in Israel on Wednesday for what has typically been a routine meeting with envoys from the Quartet on Middle East peace, comprised of the US, EU, UN and Russia.

Our detailed commitments to the UN Global Compact, the Fundamental Conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO) or other relevant instruments, are laid out in our Nestlé Corporate Business Principles PDF 1159Kb and related policy documents, and their application is verified through our CARE program and our internal Corporate Group Auditors.

By Linda Hasenfratz and Hal Kvisle Published in the Hill Times — December 13, 2010 Despite clear signs of progress in building an international consensus, the outcome of the latest round of UN climate change negotiations in Cancun appears to have fallen short of the target: a clear and comprehensive plan to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

By Linda Hasenfratz and Hal KvislePublished in the Hill Times - December 13, 2010 Despite clear signs of progress in building an international consensus, the outcome of the latest round of UN climate change negotiations in Cancun appears to have fallen short of the target: a clear and comprehensive plan to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.Many of the most contentious issues remain unresolved, including whether to incorporate the negotiators» goals in a legally binding agreement and how...

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