Sentences with phrase «emerging international concern»

In early March, members of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots briefed United Nations Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon's advisory board on disarmament matters on the emerging international concern over killer robots.

These instruments contribute to achieve a higher level of progress regarding emerging international concerns, but there are always certain topics that are not primary in the international agenda, one of those is the recognition of the international legal personality of Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), a fact that prevent the full realisation of international solidarity.

Not exact matches

On the international front, emerging stock markets notched their first positive year since 2012 on signs of improving fundamentals, but developed overseas markets (Europe in particular) continued to lag due to slow growth and structural concerns.

The dramatic rise in emerging infectious disease outbreaks of international concern has created an unprecedented challenge for the global community.

As for international equities and emerging market equities, these indices had negative returns in the second half of 2015, largely due to concerns over China's economic slowdown.

Exhibitions feature an international roster of emerging and mid-career artists working in a range of media, including painting, photography, sculpture, installation, and performance, who are connected by their focus on political, social, and environmental issues of national and global concern.

Edouard Malingue Gallery was founded in Hong Kong in 2010 to build a critical dialogue between Asian and international contemporary artists, both emerging and established, who combine aesthetic concern with conceptual enquiry, and work across different disciplines from video and installation to painting and sound.

With a strong interest in establishing international partnerships, she was a 2014 recipient of a Jonathan Ruffer Curatorial Grant given by the Art Fund to research the interests and concerns currently being explored by emerging artists and galleries in Taiwan.

A sticking point for a deal, largely because China refused to accept international controls, the Copenhagen Accord provides that emerging economies must monitor their efforts and report the results to the United Nations every two years, with some international checks to meet Western transparency concerns but «to ensure that national sovereignty is respected.»

Determining the effects of climate change on infectious diseases is complex because of confounding contributions of economic development and land use, changing ecosystems, international travel, and commerce.38 Currently, climate warming has been identified as contributing to the northern expansion of Lyme disease in North America39 and has been projected to increase the burden of child diarrheal illness, particularly in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.40 Concern has also been raised for climate links to emerging infections, including coccidioidomycosis41 and amoebic meningoencephalitis.42 Further investigation into climactic influence on infectious diseases is needed.

There is an important role for the Human Rights Council to play on this emerging international issue of concern as the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions shows.

Pakistan — II (23 October)-- «The development of Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS) has emerged as a major cause of concern for the international community.

The perspective of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots and its call for a ban on fully autonomous weapons were heard throughout the conference, but to ensure that key concerns are not downplayed and in the spirit of furthering common understanding on this emerging issue of international concern, we have the following comments on the reflections by Blanchard and Scharre.

In these proceedings a growing body of international law concerning indigenous peoples exists that confirms the rules that are already now emerging in Australian domestic law.