Sentences with phrase «called on civil society»

E. whereas former Commission President José Manuel Barroso called on civil society to play a constructive and engaged part in the TTIP negotiations;

Speaking at a colloquium on Peaceful Election in Accra, Dr. Chambas also called on civil society, religious leaders and traditional authorities to assume their role in this national endeavour.

We call on all civil society organizations, professional bodies, faith - based groups, youth groups, the union movement, academia, and indeed on all citizens of Ghana to support the Center's call to the EC to avoid a potential constitutional crisis.

Not exact matches

The Trade Justice Network joined nearly 40 civil society groups to call on the three governments to #EndISDS.

It is no coincidence that the American political scientist who has written most extensively on Ibero - Latin corporatism, Howard Wiarda, also wrote an exasperated book aimed at would - be exporters of American - style democracy called Civil Society, which would better have been called Against Civil Society as Tocqueville Understood It.

Ultimately, the Church's limitation of the state depends on our ability to recover a genuine understanding of the Church's true nature and to regard ourselves not simply as a so - called intermediate association within the state and civil society but as the true whole, the heavenly city, that precedes and transcends them.

Then, in words which call on the central motifs of the civil religious tradition, Reston thanked the Charlottesville citizen committee for suggesting «that a responsible society must have a common center to which the loyalty and trust of the people are bound, and that these fundamentals must be defined and discussed among the people and put right before the bicentennial of the Declaration in 1976.»

The British Humanist Association (BHA) is one of over 70 civil society organisations in the UK signing a letter calling on Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to secure and advance the Human Rights Act.

Today Freedom from Torture joined thirty - three civil society organisations to call on the UN to continue to pressure the Iranian Government to end human rights abuses including torture.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the press, we wish to conclude by calling on Nananom, Civil Society, the clergy and all Ghanaians to rise and condemn government's unfair and heartless treatment of small scale miners.

Civil society leaders who spoke at the forum called on the Commission to improve its prevention awareness campaign by creating communication strategies that will motivate the masses to join the anti corruption crusade.

«We call on the various Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), National Peace Council, the CODEO and the international community «to take steps to reverse these disturbing trends so that we can have proper free and fair elections in the future since free and fair elections for 7th December 2016 have escaped us.»

These commitments were strengthened in 2014 when governments, businesses, civil society and indigenous peoples» organisations endorsed the New York Declaration on Forests, calling for halving global deforestation rates by 2020 and ending it...

His comment invoked a public uproar with some Ghanaians as well as civil society organizations calling on the president to fire him.

The pair, Miss Lois Boahemaa who is a JHS «2» student of Modern Preparatory School at Jema and Master Abubakari Osman who is in form «3» at D / A Junior High School (JHS) at Pramposo have therefore called on the government, district assemblies, civil society organizations, parents, traditional and religious leaders to work collectively to eliminate things that impede the rights and safety of children.

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has hit hard at the clergy and civil society groups over what it calls their «loud silence» on the incidents of post-election violence after the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) won last year's election.

Again, when then President Mahama called on all citizens including Political Parties, Religious Organisations, Civil Society Organizations, etc., to help contribute to a National Economic Discourse, Nana Addo did not only boycott — he also encouraged his party members and Members of Parliament not to attend.

These commitments were strengthened in 2014 when governments, businesses, civil society and indigenous peoples» organisations endorsed the New York Declaration on Forests, calling for halving global deforestation rates by 2020 and ending it by 2030.

«It is on this backdrop that we, the Civil Society Groups in the region, on this day, call on the President, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, to intervene in the situation in Togo.

Speaking on behalf of Civil Society Organizations, Emmanuel Bonet, called for increase fundings to State Independent Electoral Commission (SIECOM), to enable it conduct the forthcoming Local Government Elections without hitches, noting that the N500m allocated to the commission is insufficient.

In view of the multifaceted nature of the problem we call on government to lead in a coordinated national emergency effort involving traditional rulers, security, civil society, youth organizations, political parties, media and all affiliated government and nongovernmental agencies to confront this menace confronting our dear nation Ghana.

Civil Society Groups in the Volta Region a have marked this year's International Democracy Day with a call on President Akufo - Addo and leaders of the various Regional bodies to intervene in the crisis in Togo.

In a statement on their invitation of the two radio panelists who threatened judges on Accra - based Montie FM, the security agency called on the Ghana Journalists Association and other civil society groups to help ensure decorum in the media.

«With the obvious decision of the House not to roughen the feather in their criminal enterprise, we hereby call on members of the civil society organizations to commence the demand for holistic reform in the management of the National Assembly funds», the statement said.

«We call on the government, media and civil society representatives, and local and religious leaders, to reject and condemn hate speech and incitement to violence unequivocally and in the strongest possible terms.»

Following the lingering crisis rocking the National Assembly, the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has called on the nation's civil society organizations and the generality of Nigerian people to commence in earnest the demand for holistic reforms in the management of the National Assembly's funds.

About 200 protesters, under the aegis of the Coalition of Civil Society Groups, in Abuja on Thursday, warned those they called fifth columnists, sabotaging the efforts of the Federal Government to address the current economic recession, to desist in their own interest.

This is where I wish to call on all of us, especially our Chiefs and Queen Mothers, religious and opinion leaders, civil society organisations, private sector operators, to rise up to the challenge and help make a difference this time around,» President Akufo - Addo said at the launch of the event.

«I call on members of Peoples» Democratic Party (PDP), Civil Society Groups, International community and well - meaning individuals to come to the aid of Okai and resist the efforts aimed at scuttling his release after a Federal High Court, Lokoja granted him bail penultimate week.»

Security Analyst, Emmanuel Sowatey, has called on the media and civil society organizations to hold President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo and his government to account on their commitments towards improving security in the country.

«Today is World Sight Day and Brien Holden Vision Institute is calling on the world — from governments and health agencies, to civil society, parents and schools — to protect the eye health of every child and adult and meet this major public health challenge of our time,» said Professor Kovin Naidoo, Acting CEO, Brien Holden Vision Institute.

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The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is a growing alliance that brings together trade unions, INGOs, the women's and youth movements, community and faith groups and others to call for action from world leaders in the global North and South to meet their promises to end poverty and inequality.GCAP's main aim is to achieve policy and practice changes that will improve the lives of people living in poverty.GCAP adds to existing campaigning on poverty by forming diverse, inclusive national platforms that are able to open up civil society space and advocate more effectively than individual organisations would be able to do on their Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is a growing alliance that brings together trade unions, INGOs, the women's and youth movements, community and faith groups and others to call for action from world leaders in the global North and South to meet their promises to end poverty and inequality.GCAP's main aim is to achieve policy and practice changes that will improve the lives of people living in poverty.GCAP adds to existing campaigning on poverty by forming diverse, inclusive national platforms that are able to open up civil society space and advocate more effectively than individual organisations would be able to do on their call for action from world leaders in the global North and South to meet their promises to end poverty and inequality.GCAP's main aim is to achieve policy and practice changes that will improve the lives of people living in poverty.GCAP adds to existing campaigning on poverty by forming diverse, inclusive national platforms that are able to open up civil society space and advocate more effectively than individual organisations would be able to do on their own.

After all, most of the public intellectuals among movement conservatives are focused more on the expansive role of the federal government in civil society and the marketplace, while more populist conservative types are concerned about preserving what they consider to be traditional values such as the idea that the government that is best is the one at the local level that is, in theory, closes to the people (even if the virtual and real bankruptcies of cities such as Detroit and Vallejo, Calif., call that thinking into question).

Last summer, as he opened a convening of education organizations which had responded to a call for innovative designs to assess student and school performance, he reflected on the important role of ordinary citizens and organizations in civil society had to helping educational institutions advance their democratic goals.

We are developing our policy demands, and calling on the European institutions and national governments to open the debate to civil society.

The Global Green Freight Action Plan calls on governments, private sector, civil society, and other actors to work in concert to align and enhance existing green freight efforts, develop and...

30 November 2017: As Argentina officially takes over the reigns of the 2018 G20 Presidency today, civil society calls on the Argentine Presidency to facilitate ambitious commitments from the world's most powerful economies to tackle climate change.

A broad coalition of civil society groups, including Friends of the Earth Europe, released a people's declaration on coal, which called for a just transition away from coal in order to tackle the climate crisis.

At the upcoming G7 and the G20 summits, civil society call for enhanced and sustained political commitment to act on climate change to ensure a successful outcome in COP23, under the Fiji Presidency, and beyond.

The scientists argue that civil society should turn the screws on government to reduce carbon emissions and push for even more ambitious climate action than what the Paris Agreement calls for.

[1] Civil society organisations have sought to engage with the Alliance through a number of different routes including a sign - on letter signed by over 80 organisations, participation in the Friends of the Alliance conference calls, and attending a meeting of the Alliance in the Hague in July 2014.

As the bills passed through parliament we worked closely with policy makers and civil society to call for changes and offer recommendations on further amendments for the laws.

Mandavilli is working with farmers, fisherfolk and civil society groups to protest the project, and 1992 Goldman Prize winner Medha Patkar and her organization National Movement Alliance for People's Movement (NAPM) have called on the government to scrap it altogether.

Civil society is not alone in making this point, just last week, 100 economists from around the world signed the Declaration on Climate Finance, calling for an immediate end to investment in fossil fuel production and infrastructure.

The interpretation of «contributions» in the Warsaw outcome as having an open nature is inconsistent with the demand of many members of civil society, and the African Group position, that Annex I Parties (read: the so - called developed world) will take on economy - wide legally binding commitments.

Civil society organisations have previously raised concerns that expert groups writing geoengineering sections of the IPCC report were dominated by US, UK and Canadian geoengineering advocates who have called for public funding of large - scale experiments or who have taken out commercial patents on geoenginering technologies.

Nearly 160 civil society, indigenous and environmental organisations signed a letter in 2011 urging caution and calling on the IPCC not to legitimise geoengineering.

Civil society also called the SBSTA to empower women and farmers and enhance their knowledge while contributing to mitigate climate change, and requested the SBTA to expand dialogue on agriculture and food security and provide substantial funding to respond to the need of farmers.

Civil Society, Business Groups Call on Congress to Support Incorporation Transparency, Ban Anonymous U.S. Shell Companies