Sentences with phrase «committed by national governments»

If even Bjorn Lomborg sees the merits of the world spending $ 100 billion a year to address global warming, is there anyone who can find a downside to raising a grand total of $ 35 million a year (beyond money already committed by national governments) to protect 42 «source sites» — areas of tiger territory with populations that are sufficiently healthy to repopulate neighboring regions with suitable, but tiger-less, habitat?

Not exact matches

By: Martin Creamer 4th October 2017 The majority call by the Joburg Indaba for the government to replace Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane with a new Minister would be communicated to the African National Congress (ANC), which was committed to facilitating an enabling environment for the South African mining industry, ANC...By: Martin Creamer 4th October 2017 The majority call by the Joburg Indaba for the government to replace Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane with a new Minister would be communicated to the African National Congress (ANC), which was committed to facilitating an enabling environment for the South African mining industry, ANC...by the Joburg Indaba for the government to replace Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane with a new Minister would be communicated to the African National Congress (ANC), which was committed to facilitating an enabling environment for the South African mining industry, ANC... →

To achieve this, the federal government committed to implementing a national carbon pricing «backstop» that would apply in any province or territory that does not have a carbon pricing system in place by 2018 that is consistent with the federal scheme.

It notes that «The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was created by the Government of National Unity to investigate and report on gross human rights violations committed between 1960 and 1993.

Since his first arrest, Byle has been plagued by problems with Turkish authorities, including a five - year court battle for residency that ended, seemingly, in January 2015, when a court ruled that the government had not shown significant evidence that he was «a threat to national security and public morals» or that he had ever even committed a crime.

The Australian Government has committed to halving food waste by 2030 (consistent with Target 12.3 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals), and the strategy is expected to be released at the national food waste summit being held in Melbourne on 20 November 2017.

As such, we are committed to fully complying with the WHO Code as implemented by national governments everywhere in the world.

The New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Director of Communications, Nana Akomea, says he is excited by what he calls the numerous mistakes being committed by the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC) government.

Conference commits the National Executive to working with the TUC to challenge, using all appropriate means, including industrial action, any attempt by the Government, in response to and as a remedy for economic difficulties or recession, to worsen pension provisions for teachers or other public sector workers.

The National Organizer of the largest opposition NDC, Kofi Adams has taken a swipe at the ex-Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Professor Emmanuel Martey, insisting that as a responsible opposition front, it can not overlook the dangerous mistakes being committed by government irrespective of the few months it has occupied the seat of government.

«We also urge your government shouldurgently propose legislation that would characterise the kind of corruption allegedly committed by Mrs Diezani Alison - Madueke as crime against humanity within our national laws, and thus allow Nigerian courts to directly hear those cases.»

Approved in 2007, the original COMPETES legislation committed the government to providing healthy funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Department of Energy's Office of Science, while also setting government - wide spending priorities to be coordinated by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Australia should acknowledge the «Australia clause» was an error committed by a previous government, propose an amendment to the Kyoto Protocol to correct it, and stop using it in its national emissions accounting.

This policy brief highlights that under Millennium Development Goal 1, Asia - Pacific governments are committed to halving extreme poverty by 2015 and many have adopted poverty - related measures in national forestry policies and programs.

Governments that wish to halt or hinder corruption have passed anti-bribery and corruption legislation, proscribing not only corrupt acts that take place within their jurisdiction but also acts that take place ex juris if committed by their nationals or businesses incorporated within their jurisdiction.

(9) With respect to offenses committed by or against a national of the United States as that term is used in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act --(A) the premises of United States diplomatic, consular, military or other United States Government missions or entities in foreign States, including the buildings, parts of buildings, and land appurtenant or ancillary thereto or used for purposes of those missions or entities, irrespective of ownership; and (B) residences in foreign States and the land appurtenant or ancillary thereto, irrespective of ownership, used for purposes of those missions or entities or used by United States personnel assigned to those missions or entities.

Instead of being led astray by Newman's anachronistic vision of a federal government overriding local interests and minority rights to build projects of national importance, Alberta Premier Jim Prentice and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall should follow Ontario's and Quebec's example and commit to respecting Aboriginal rights and Treaty rights.

By comparison, Shorten's hard - hitting speech committed again to a range of priorities promoted by Indigenous groups, including Closing the Gap justice targets, urging the Federal Government to sign up to the Remote Indigenous Housing Agreement, promising Labor would convene a National Summit for First Nation children in its first 100 days in office, and urging Turnbull to reconsider the Uluru StatemenBy comparison, Shorten's hard - hitting speech committed again to a range of priorities promoted by Indigenous groups, including Closing the Gap justice targets, urging the Federal Government to sign up to the Remote Indigenous Housing Agreement, promising Labor would convene a National Summit for First Nation children in its first 100 days in office, and urging Turnbull to reconsider the Uluru Statemenby Indigenous groups, including Closing the Gap justice targets, urging the Federal Government to sign up to the Remote Indigenous Housing Agreement, promising Labor would convene a National Summit for First Nation children in its first 100 days in office, and urging Turnbull to reconsider the Uluru Statement.

«By ratifying OPCAT, the Australian Government is committing to establish a national, independent system for inspecting all Australian places of detention.

The next step is for the government to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to develop a national implementation strategy that is committed to by all tiers and arms of government and ensures the full implementation of the Declaration in Australia.

The next step is for the Government to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to develop a national implementation strategy that is committed to, by all levels of government, and ensures the principles of the Declaration are given full effect in Government to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to develop a national implementation strategy that is committed to, by all levels of government, and ensures the principles of the Declaration are given full effect in government, and ensures the principles of the Declaration are given full effect in Australia.

While the Government has not committed to a national implementation strategy I am pleased to see the language of the Declaration is also being used by others in the native title sphere.

In April 2008 the then Australian Government (and subsequently supported by the then Opposition)[9] further committed to providing an annual report to Parliament on progress towards closing the gap with a particular focus on the achievement of the COAG Closing the Gap Targets found in the National Indigenous Reform Agreement (NIRA).

The National Framework of Principles for Delivering Services to Indigenous Australians endorsed by the Council of Australian Governments in June 2004 commits governments to «continue to measure the effect of the COAG commitment through the jointly - agreed set of indicators» in thisGovernments in June 2004 commits governments to «continue to measure the effect of the COAG commitment through the jointly - agreed set of indicators» in thisgovernments to «continue to measure the effect of the COAG commitment through the jointly - agreed set of indicators» in this report.271

The Commission notes that in October 2002 the Northern Territory became the latest government to commit to the development of a justice agreement by committing to the outcomes of the National Summit on Deaths in Custody from 1997.

Improving access to affordable mortgage financing for qualified home buyers and investors and committing additional resources to loan modifications and short sales will help reduce current and future inventories of real estate owned (REO) properties held by government agencies, according to the National Association of Realtors ®.