Sentences with phrase «united states and nations»

And yet, according to the accounting system used in the Fair Shares report, for the United States and nations in similar circumstances it will be literally impossible to adhere to these fair shares without financing mitigation efforts in developing countries.

Characterizing Sonia as «a brilliant, compassionate, original, and diligent scholar who is strongly committed to social justice and educational equity,» Jim summarizes the «influence of her work in the United States and nations around the world [as] enormous and pathbreaking.»

She leaves an outstanding record of service to the United States and our nation is deeply grateful.

Not exact matches

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said any move by the United States to impose tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum would be a «very bad idea» guaranteed to disrupt trade between the two nations.

Of note, China's emphasized in the white paper that countries should respect «the rights and freedom of non-Arctic States to carry out activities in this region in accordance with the law,» specifically pointing multiple times to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

The United States is a rule - of - law nation, and encryption technology is creating a space that is in some ways beyond the reach of the law.

Residents of the United States have, on average, more food - energy available to them than anybody else on the planet: 3,729 calories per person, per day — or so the United Nations» Food and Agriculture Organization calculates.

Last year, the United Nations» heritage body expressed concern about the state of the Great Barrier Reef and urged Australia to boost its conservation efforts.

«Saudi Arabia is a very wealthy nation, and they're going to give the United States some of that wealth, hopefully, in the form of jobs, in the form of the purchase of the finest military equipment anywhere in the world,» Trump said Tuesday.

Since taking office in 2009, Mr. Najib has drawn his country closer to the United States and has used his annual United Nations trips to promote Malaysia as a moderate Muslim partner in the fight against terrorism and as a strategic Asian counterforce to China.

Continued erosion in manufacturing industries in the United States and other nations, coupled with the rise in service industries in those countries, have changed the workplace, as has the decline in union representation in many industries (these two trends, in fact, are commonly viewed as interrelated).

For a nation that isn't officially at war against another nation, the United States dropped an awful lot of bombs on a pretty large number of countries last year, according to research by Micah Zenko, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and research associate Jennifer Wilson.

The board's researchers gave Canada a grade of D on an innovation report card, putting it 14th among 17 industrialized nations, placing behind the likes of the United States, Japan and Germany.

New criteria for visa applicants from six mainly Muslim nations and all refugees that require a «close» family or business tie to the United States

The combined budget for the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, would fall by 28 %, with funding cuts for the United Nations, climate change and cultural exchange programs.

Under the United Nations Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, for instance, states agreed to explore space for the benefit of all humankind, not place weapons of mass destruction on celestial bodies and avoid harmful contaminStates in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, for instance, states agreed to explore space for the benefit of all humankind, not place weapons of mass destruction on celestial bodies and avoid harmful contaminstates agreed to explore space for the benefit of all humankind, not place weapons of mass destruction on celestial bodies and avoid harmful contamination.

The United States is a nation of immigrants, and we should be proud of that.

In total, 15 billion pages of data were stolen from at least 144 U.S. universities, 176 universities across 21 foreign countries, 47 domestic and foreign private sector companies, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the states of Hawaii and Indiana, the United Nations and the United Nations Children's Fund, the Justice Department alleged.

More than an engrossing collection of historical true - crime stories, though, the book functions as an unlikely financial history of the young United States, as it grew «from a patchwork of largely self - governing colonies to a loosely assembled union of states and, finally, to a single nation under firm federal control.&States, as it grew «from a patchwork of largely self - governing colonies to a loosely assembled union of states and, finally, to a single nation under firm federal control.&states and, finally, to a single nation under firm federal control.»

«Under the United Nations Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, for instance, states agreed to explore space for the benefit of all humankind, not place weapons of mass destruction on celestial bodies and avoid harmful contamination,» Maynard explains, but that was way back inStates in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, for instance, states agreed to explore space for the benefit of all humankind, not place weapons of mass destruction on celestial bodies and avoid harmful contamination,» Maynard explains, but that was way back instates agreed to explore space for the benefit of all humankind, not place weapons of mass destruction on celestial bodies and avoid harmful contamination,» Maynard explains, but that was way back in 1967.

Abigail Bozarth, a spokeswoman for AstraZeneca, said «AstraZeneca believes it is important to engage with policymakers, key partners, and the public — across all states in the United States — about the very challenging issues we face as we all work to strengthen our nation's health care system.&states in the United States — about the very challenging issues we face as we all work to strengthen our nation's health care system.&States — about the very challenging issues we face as we all work to strengthen our nation's health care system.»

Fears are growing of a trade war between China and the United States after the two nations threatened each other with tariffs.

Nearly 700,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar after militant attacks on Aug. 25 sparked a crackdown led by security forces in western Rakhine state that the United Nations and United States have said constitute ethnic cleansing.

«I call on the president and our nation's military leaders to re-focus their efforts on improving health care and other services for our service members and veterans and ensuring the security, freedom, and prosperity of the United States and its allies.

And those negotiations have to be led by a secretary of State, contended Richardson, who formerly served as ambassador to the United Nations and as Energy Secretary under former President Bill ClintAnd those negotiations have to be led by a secretary of State, contended Richardson, who formerly served as ambassador to the United Nations and as Energy Secretary under former President Bill Clintand as Energy Secretary under former President Bill Clinton.

India cares about collaborating with the United States and with other nations.

Senate confirmation is not required for the White House national security post, and Bolton, a former ambassador to the United Nations, will inherit a staff of several hundred specialists from the Pentagon, State Department and U.S. intelligence agencies.

It's a theory that dates back to the mid-nineteenth century and holds that the United States is somehow a special nation in the world.

In considering my book, which focuses heavily on the U.S., I think there may be something to the theory, that the United States is indeed a special — and perhaps superior — nation.

Successfully turned around a number of companies, the Olympics, a state, and now Mitt wants to turnaround the United States of America and restore to it the principles that made it the greatest nation in the history of the earth.

It is alarming that the United Nations would consider using a character with an overtly sexualized image at a time when the headline news in United States and the world is the objectification of women and girls.

In its most recent report on the state of global fisheries, the United Nations» Food and Agriculture Organization warned that 90 percent of the world's fish stocks are fully or overfished, and increasing production to meet the world's growing demand for animal protein can't be done in a sustainable manner.

Reviewing commitment to clean energy research and development June 1 The United States committed along with 21 other nations and the European Union to double research and development spending on clean energy technology.

In New York, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that Trump told her that if Syria uses poisonous gas again, «the United States is locked and loaded.»

With operations around the world — three wholly owned subsidiaries in Europe, majority ownership in a joint venture in Japan, and distribution agreements with independent contractors in other nations — Wind River faces corporate tax rates that can be much higher than those for companies that operate only in the United States.

Israel has more venture capital investments per capita than any nation on earth, including the United States, and boasts the most non-U.S. companies listed on the Nasdaq after China.

The United States stations 28,500 troops in South Korea as a legacy of the Cold War conflict, which pitted the South, the United States and United Nations forces against the communist North, backed by China and Russia.

With crude oil and natural gas flowing to foreign destinations in greater volumes, the United States can make sure other nations don't have to «tolerate the intolerable,» Perry said.

Another source familiar with the meeting said Trump was questioning why the United States should take in unskilled laborers from the countries under discussion and should instead welcome immigrants from nations that can offer skilled workers.

The United States and other Western nations have been fighting fundamentalist insurgents in Afghanistan since 2001.

Engaging constructively with governments is central to advancing BlackRock's mission, and, in the United States, we desperately need to find common ground on which Americans of different views and from different parties can come together to move the nation forward.

In his recent post, he cited data which show that the average amount of hours worked annually has declined in developed nations such as the United States, France, Germany and Singapore.

President Donald Trump on Thursday questioned why the United States would want to have immigrants from Haiti and African nations, referring to some as «shithole countries,» according to two sources familiar with the comments.

The concept is now incorporated into a United Nation resolution, and heralded by Chinese state media as an alternative to Donald Trump's «America First» policy.

On Jan. 27, Trump issued an executive order, «Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States,» which suspended refugee admission to the U.S. and banned citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from traveling to the United States for the next three months.

Nothing could be better for the United States than for our government to renege on the Iran deal while the EU continues to respect and enforce it among its own nations.

A recent U.S. State Department report estimated that as much as 90 percent of all cocaine consumed in this country comes from Mexico — $ 37 billion worth each year, according to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime.

President Trump has exempted the two nations from 25 % import duties on steel and 10 % duties on aluminum, and has further left the door open to any nations with which the United States has a «security relationship».

CVS Health said on Sunday that it had agreed to buy Aetna for about $ 69 billion in a deal that would combine the drugstore giant with one of the biggest health insurers in the United States and has the potential to reshape the nation's health care industry.

Supporters of Green Mountain say the company is bound to maintain its grip on the United States, since its machines exclusively carry many of the nation's biggest coffee brands, including Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts and Folgers.