Sentences with phrase «concerns of citizens»

Drawing on examples from biotechnology, carbon capture and storage, and vaccination he argued that scientists should take the concerns of citizens seriously.

This is especially true in less economically advanced countries, where environmentalism — and climate change specifically — may not have a strong tradition or a priority role in either the policy agenda or the daily concerns of citizens.

One of the main concerns of citizens and animal welfare organisations is the sale of cats and dogs in pet - stores.

Local government can be the most responsive to the needs and concerns of its citizens and local control is part of our cultural heritage.

«It is clear that Sean Hanna is completely out of touch with the concerns of the citizens he claims to represent,» O'Brien said in a statement.

«I don't think anything is more bipartisan than the concerns of citizens of Rensselaer County,» said Grimm.

«This review shows a government that shares in the pain and concerns of the citizens of this state.

The objective here is to humanize the structures which govern the mass media, both by encouraging persons within the industry to «do well by doing good,» and by insisting that the social and economic powers of the media must be counterbalanced by other kinds of power which express the concerns of citizens for the general welfare.

The objective here is to humanize the structures which govern the media, both by encouraging persons within the industry to «do well by doing good,» and by insisting that the social and economic powers of the industry must be counterbalanced by governmental power which politically expresses the concern of citizens for the general public welfare.

PREVENTION IS KINDER THAN DESTRUCTION The displaced and disposed of pets in our community should be a concern of every citizen not just animal lovers.

A key concern of citizens was the fact that «adequate staffing» for daily observation and care of the animals was not addressed.

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The move reversed an almost equally feverish rise in recent days that had appeared to be driven by concerns that China will introduce new measures to stop its citizens moving money out of the country.

But as the practical reality of repeal began to sink in for the millions of Americans who stand to lose coverage, the voices of concerned, angry citizens soon took center stage at town halls across the country.

According to State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert, in a statement seen by CNBC, this was «Due to mounting concerns over serious risk of arrest and long - term detention» of U.S. citizens.

The government, military, and concerned citizens have turned to this type of software for help.

It's not just the strange juxtaposition of presidential candidate ads and questionable online content that Digital Citizens Alliance is concerned about.

There may be a small glimmer of hope for Chinese citizens concerned about their privacy, however — a recent report in the South China Morning Post found that China's notorious smog problem has rendered much of the country's expensive surveillance system «useless.»

Immigration advocates are concerned that the slowdown is deliberate, a move to «suppress the vote» of these potential citizens.

The committee, which in January blocked one other high - profile acquisition of a U.S. company by a Chinese firm, has raised concerns about the security of U.S. citizens» private data in the Genworth deal.

As part of an aggressive new voter - targeting operation, Cambridge Analytica — financially supported by reclusive hedge fund magnate and leading Republican donor Robert Mercer — is now using so - called «psychographic profiles» of US citizens in order to help win Cruz votes, despite earlier concerns and red flags from potential survey - takers.

So the broader issue concerns Iceland's ability to pay 250 per cent of its current gross domestic product — nearly $ 20,000 for each Icelandic citizen — to settle its Landsbanki mismanagement.

Cuts to arts and media spawned a coalition of «Canadian citizens who are artists, arts professionals and cultural workers concerned about ensuring the social and cultural health and prosperity of our nation.»

«The American people have been reminded this year of reasons to be concerned for their privacy,» says the group's attorney, Patrick Murck, referencing the recent disclosures about unwarranted government spying on innocent citizens.

Donald Trump's latest, and arguably most concerning, comments regarding the upcoming presidential election have thrown many reasonable citizens into whirlwinds of confusion, anxiety, and outright fear.

The Bank of Indonesia is concerned about the potential role of the crypto currency in money laundering and terrorist financing, suggesting that citizens...

We community organizers and concerned citizens aren't proposing to stop the tar sands overnight; saying no to Kinder Morgan is merely saying no to further expansion of this industry.

yet if i am to judge on past choices made by my fellow citizens, well then, i am left depressed with the knowledge of our enablity to make a rational choice concerning the governmentship of this country!

For another, citizens concerned about the plight of the poor, should, vigorously lobby the industrialized countries to lower their protectionist trade walls against LDC exports.

In this time of unexpected political change, questions concerning the future of our political order, the responsibility of individual citizens of faith, and challenges of integrating our political and religious commitments have taken on a new urgency.

The fundamentalists were driving out Christians, who account for about half of the two million citizens in the islands, one of the strongest Christian areas in Indonesia.The violence has raised concerns in the international community and particularly in ecumenical circles in recent months.The woman told ENI that the Jihad warriors, shouting Islamic slogans, «attack and burn down Christian houses, shops and even entire villages, killing whoever comes in their way».

While we fully support and appreciate President Trump in his stated mission to protect U.S. citizens from harm, we are similarly concerned for the safety and protection of refugees — some of whom are Christian, most of whom are Muslim, and nearly all of whom come from the homeland of Jesus himself.

The provenance of some of this concern is perhaps unsurprising given that the crowds who came (over 6000 to the Oxford Oratory, for instance) included a minority of Senior Citizens, who might possibly remember the cult of relics from their youth, but was mainly made up by the young and middle - aged.

We wish to express our deep concern that the commission has issued a report, «Peaceful Coexistence: Reconciling Non-Discrimination Principles with Civil Liberties,» that stigmatizes tens of millions of religious Americans, their communities and their faith - based institutions, and threatens the religious freedom of all our citizens.

We have a representative democracy which tends to validate religious belief instead of recognizing that they should have NO ROLE where religion is concerned other than to protect it's citizens, religious or not, and allowing all to live within the basic laws of the country which should have wide support and sound evidence supporting the need for them.

Never before had the treatment of the citizens of a state been recognized as an international authority's legal concern.

Greenawalt concedes that citizens of a secular liberal state have a legal right to vote their religious convictions, but he is more concerned with when and whether they ought to exercise self - restraint in the interests of good citizenship.

Politicians, it is said, must be concerned in their public role not about citizens of other countries, however impoverished; rather, they must focus on the wants and needs of their own country's citizens.

One reason why it is of vital concern to every citizen, whatever his special form of religious belief, that real religion should flourish in the commonwealth is that religion has always taught men thus to respect life's sanctities.

In Canada, the Canadian Radio - television and Telecommunications Commission is reasonably responsive to public concerns, and concerned citizens should express their views regarding the growing problem of violence and sexual violence in all of the mass media.

The Constitution could not take for granted that its citizens would all be motivated by civic virtue and so its concern was as much to protect individuals and groups from abuse at the hands of the government and their fellow citizens as it was to involve all its citizens in genuine participation.

Here he explains that the inevitability of a systemic overhaul (meaning nationalization) of our healthcare industry has been frustrated by the actual concerns of voting citizens and the heavy....

By making global poverty a concern of U.S. citizens, the One Campaign makes it a concern of U.S. leaders.

America would remain free not because of any quality in its citizens of spartan self - sacrifice to some nebulous public good, but in the last analysis because of the concern each individual would have in his own self - interest and personal freedom40

He is, rather, concerned with their moral force, that is to say, their capacity objectively to bind the conscience of citizens.

That means, of course, that any public concern for virtue or the quality of citizens is....

His biographer said that he was «less concerned with the three per cent of American youth who are delinquent than with the ninety - seven per cent who will grow up to be good citizens.

If the means through which the United States carries out its foreign policy are windows through which we can better see ourselves, then one can better understand why D'Escoto expressed concern about our wellbeing, the viability of our democracy, and the likelihood of widespread repression against U.S. citizens.

This is a moral concern, a Christian concern — we want to protect the lives and jobs of our fellow citizens.

State or local mental health associations can provide church social - action groups with current information concerning the problems and needs of their area, including mental health legislation which needs citizen support.

They grant the right of concern to citizens and humans but never confuse the issue by considering the possibility that the clergyman or other professional is also a citizen or human being.