Sentences with phrase «in a binding international»

So it remains to be seen in Copenhagen if China will be willing to (a) commit these targets in a binding international agreement, and (b) subject such commitments to an international standards of «measurable, reportable and verifiable», or MRV, in a way that would be willing to «open its books and defend them.»

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On Tuesday night, hours after Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 bound for Dallas from New York City managed to land, Southwest announced its intention to speed up an already in place engine inspection program for machinery produced by CFM International.
United had spent the last two weeks embroiled in controversy after videos recorded by fellow passengers, which went viral, showed David Dao, 69, yanked from his seat aboard a Louisville, Kentucky - bound United flight before takeoff from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to make room for crew members.
While most of his proposals — «to abandon the gold standard, let international exchange rates float, use federal surpluses and deficits as macroeconomic policy tools that could counter cyclical trends, and establish bureaus of economic statistics (including a consumer price index) in order to facilitate this effort» — are now conventional practice, his critique of fractional - reserve banking still «remains outside the bounds of conventional wisdom» although a recent paper by the IMF reinvigorated his proposals.
The UN Human Rights Committee, which regularly reviews whether states are living up to their obligations under the binding International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, today made more than a dozen recommendations for fundamental changes in Canadian law and policy in respect to the treatment of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.
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An American Airlines plane bound for balmy Cancun had to return to John F. Kennedy International Airport after the crew declared an emergency due to an engine - related issue shortly after takeoff Friday afternoon, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
By Linda Hasenfratz and Hal KvislePublished in the Hill Times - December 13, 2010 Despite clear signs of progress in building an international consensus, the outcome of the latest round of UN climate change negotiations in Cancun appears to have fallen short of the target: a clear and comprehensive plan to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.Many of the most contentious issues remain unresolved, including whether to incorporate the negotiators» goals in a legally binding agreement and how...
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Dogs bound for a no - kill shelter in Oakland get ready for the journey from Miami International Airport Friday.
A decade after having proclaimed the «end of history» and the arrival of a new world order of prosperity based on «democracy and the market», globalised financial capital has subjected the majority of the planet's working populations to the burden of international recession, which has spread out in leaps and bounds, from Asia: recession and deflation in the world's second economy, Japan; recession and even depression m various east Asian countries, since the first quarter of 1997; the collapse of the Russian economy six years ago and financial bankruptcy in July 1998; brutal recession in the leading economy of Latin America, Brazil; the beginning of the downturn in the economies of the OECD countries.
On a moonless night in early March, two tight - lipped travelers climbed almost furtively aboard a transatlantic airliner at New York's International Airport bound for a secret rendezvous in Scotland.
Only made the move to Spain from Reims in the summer, but if an offer came in from a Champions League side then the Poland international is bound to be tempted.
Again, he half makes sense with his assertion that Alexis Sanchez could be bound for Man City in January as the Chilean international has been heavily linked with a move to the Etihad, as noted by the Metro, and his contract will expire at the end of the season with no renewal in sight.
Coric is regarded as one of the most gifted youngsters in Europe and has already won two full international caps for Croatia, so this Instagram behaviour is bound to get Liverpool supporters excited!
If the recent Arsenal transfer rumours are not way off the mark then Arsene Wenger has identified the Juventus and Colombia international star Juan Cuadrado as one of the players who might be able to replace the seemingly exit bound Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez in the Arsenal side.
Reports on ESPN earlier this week suggested that the Red Devils did not have an agreement in place with the German international, though it now looks as though the 24 - year - old is edging nearer to leaving the club, adding substance to the rumours that he may be Old Trafford - bound.
There is no binding mechanism at the global level to hold corporations accountable for violating these measures (although there are instruments such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child that give them weight in international law and are being used to remind governments of their responsibilities, and there have also been some attempts at European Union level to hold corporations to account for activities in third countries, with little success due to lack of satisfactory reporting mechanism).
In my (subjective) opinion, a lot of countries take international law more as a recommendation than binding law.
The basis for indirect support for the press in the United Kingdom, for example, continues to be the definition of a newspaper as publications that «consist of several large sheets folded rather than bound together, and contain information about current events of local, national or international interest.»
In essence, the prime minister must signal that UK military conduct will adhere to international law first and foremost, and that all strategic alliances will be bound by this.
In case of armed conflicts not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each party to the conflict shall be bound to apply the prohibitions and restrictions of this ProtocoIn case of armed conflicts not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each party to the conflict shall be bound to apply the prohibitions and restrictions of this Protocoin the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each party to the conflict shall be bound to apply the prohibitions and restrictions of this Protocol.
The implications for individual countries suggest continuity as well: Nicaragua and the Petrocaribe states will continue to receive financial aid or oil because these matters are bound to international contracts; thus, at least in the intermediate term, a change is unlikely.
«All government in Nigeria at all levels are under legal and moral obligation even above citizens to obey the law of the land and all part of international law binding on her.
The event will be celebrated with an international friendly between World Cup - bound Nigeria and DR Congo same day in Port Harcourt.
In the December 3 Angewandte Chemie International Edition, they describe how they separated the gold particles by introducing a fourth strand that binds to the third strand's loose end and unzips it from the gold particles; reconnection simply meant introducing the naked third strand again.
The lower bound of the study is an important benchmark worldwide; in 2015, the international Paris Climate Agreement set a global target of constraining warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The NTNU University Museum is collaborating with several international partners to determine what factors affect the binding rate and accumulation of carbon in bogs.
As delegates gather in Cairo for the International Conference on Population and Development, fears are growing that opposition to the conference's draft declaration by the Vatican and some Islamic states could keep countries from making binding commitments to spend more on family planning and reproductive health.
In her dissertation work, Veronia Strandh, doctoral student at Umeå University, analyses how international patterns of attacks against rail bound traffic has changed over time.
An international team found that insulin blocks ADDLs from binding to brain cells in culture.
Analysts said they believe the measure will help shift dynamics in the international climate change talks, where developing and industrialized countries continue to struggle over taking legally binding commitments to cut carbon emissions.
Developing countries have resisted enshrining their programs into binding international law because most of these initiatives are rooted in national goals, such as controlling local pollution and increasing the value of forests, which makes them skittish about foreign commitment and monitoring.
Attempts to renegotiate the International Tropical Timber Agreement collapsed in Geneva last week, after timber - growing countries in the temperate regions of the world refused to be bound by the same conditions as tropical countries.
Sen — A new crew bound for the International Space Station (ISS) blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, March 27 at 19:42 UTC (1.42 am on March 28 local time).
Orbital Sciences Corporation launched the first of the company's Cygnus spacecraft bound for the International Space Station today, Sept. 18, at 10:58 a.m. EDT from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
An international team of scientists, including four from Brown University, conducted and analyzed tests using a «knock - in» mouse carrying a gene for a mutant DNA / RNA binding protein called TDP - 43, which causes a form of inherited ALS in humans.
Established in 1994, the United Nations to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is the sole legally binding international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable land management.
«Dr. Johnson is an emerging international expert on the structure and dynamics of metal clusters and organometallics bound to surfaces and in the gas phase,» said Dr. Hess.
The risk that probes could transport microbes from Earth to Mars, and vice versa upon its return, has been seen as a major concern for many years and there are international treaties in place that specifically limit the amount of microbial contamination on any spacecraft bound for other worlds.
Even if you're not currently heading to an exotic location, the images of beautiful international cities are bound to inspire your next itinerary, or at least keep you occupied when the overwhelming wanderlust kicks in.
Southwest flight makes emergency landing in Salt Lake City... — The Boeing 737 - 700 took off from Salt Lake City International Airport, in Utah, bound for Los Angeles on Monday.
A Film with Me in It's bound to find a niche audience thanks to the presence of Dylan Moran (who's sold out the Melbourne International Comedy festival here for the third year in a row), but thankfully is a strong film in its own right.
The film has already been pulling in some decent cash overseas after hitting plenty of international territories last weekend, and it's bound to have a good weekend at the domestic box office as well.
Not long thereafter, the actress scored an international crossover hit at age 18 as the love interest of ship - bound Danny Boodman T.D. Lemon 1900 in The Legend of 1900.
Our economic growth and our survival as a major player within the international community are bound up in the future of FTTH.
The right to education was first entrenched in the article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) of 1948 (10) and was given effect by article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social Cultural Rights (ICESCR) of 1966 (11) so as to attain a binding authority.
With only two countries in all of Southeast Asia as signatories, the Philippines and Cambodia, non-refoulement (the principle of not returning refugees to countries where they may face persecution) is the only customary international law binding states to respect displaced peoples» need for safety.
Last Friday, Mr. Jones — again filling in for Mr. Bell — boarded a plane bound for Paris, where he will represent the United States at an international meeting of education ministers.
Ivy Bound International School is a new school for early learning that opened its doors in May 2014.
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