Sentences with phrase «in multilateral»

In its statement during the NGO session — its first ever statement in a multilateral fora — the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots welcomed the UN Special Rapporteur and urged all to states endorse and implement its recommendations, including the call for an immediate moratorium on robotics weapons systems that, once activated, can select and engage targets without further intervention by a human.

This Convention is unique in the multilateral landscape because it brings together complementary expertise, be it political, legal, military, or diplomatic.

When Prof. Heyns presented his first report on killer robots at the Human Rights Council one year ago on 30 May, representatives from twenty nations and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots provided their views on the matter for the first time in a multilateral forum.

The Concentration in international, comparative, and foreign law integrates three sub-fields of law that provide paths for legal practice in multilateral institutions, government agencies, NGOs, law firms, and private sector work involving international and transnational law.

As a trade negotiator, Mr. Woods played a key role in multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations.

He outlined the legal and practical issues that arise from negotiating new trade agreements and examined the UK's position in multilateral agreements (including the Unified Patent Court Agreement).

International dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation in multilateral forums

Benjamin has also successfully defended numerous clients in multilateral development bank (MDB) sanctions proceedings such as where corruption, fraud or other misconduct in MDB - financed projects is suspected.

The guidelines describe the various ways its different operational arms can and should promote respect for human rights defenders in relations with third countries and in multilateral fora, support Special Procedures on the UN Human Rights Council, including the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, and provide practical support for human rights defenders including through development policy.

The same conclusion applies even more obviously to an arbitral tribunal established in a multilateral agreement involving a third country.

In addition, the SCC is one of three possible forums for investment disputes in the multilateral investment protection agreement, the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT).

Given the improvements in multilateral practice, it is increasingly likely that OECD Export Credit Agencies could end up as a place of last resort for carbon intensive industries that are no longer able to secure funding due to their high risk and poor environmental performance.

Kanie, N., 2003: Leadership and domestic policy in multilateral diplomacy: The case of the Netherlands.

In light of the «very slow» progress in multilateral approaches to regulate climate change, it is «likely that the future climate change regime will be a patchwork of domestic systems - or assimilated systems such as that of the European Union — loosely coordinated at the international level», he told swissinfo.ch.

Trust and faith in the multilateral process was lost.

A reversal in the multilateral, collaborative, post-World War II order.

The Special Advisor for International Organizations participates in multilateral working groups and manages economic aspects of U.S. aviation relations with multilateral multinational organizations.

The Prime Minister added that he was not attracted by the suggestion from Foratom, the European nuclear industry association, that governments donating assistance should participate in a multilateral liability fund.

The right to science is articulated both in a multilateral treaty — the 1966 Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights — and the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which first recognized the right internationally.

Participation in multilateral and multinational partnerships, such as the Arctic Council and the Antarctic Treaty System, is also necessary to deepen our understanding of both polar regions and show the value in investing in geoscience research, said Sullivan.

Wilsonianism chiefly sought to invest US power in multilateral fora like the League of Nations and UN to maintain world peace but was accompanied by a support for self - determination and democracy as well.

Not only have such negotiations never been held before — nuclear weapons remain the only class of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) not explicitly prohibited by international law — the process itself also marks a turning point in multilateral diplomacy.

Since the end of WWII, Germany has defined itself as a «civilian power», implying a reluctance to use military means as well as a desire to strengthening international law, preserving human rights and acting in a multilateral fashion.

«I have now been 20 years in a multilateral organisation which tries to develop guidance and codes for good agricultural practice, but the real, true issues are not being addressed by the political process because of the influence of lobbyists, of the true powerful entities,» he told the Compassion in World Farming annual lecture in London this week.

With the rapid growth of competition regimes around the world, the risk for conflicting outcomes is real and must be addressed in a multilateral setting.

Engaging in multilateral forums and other international environmental organisations can help Australia benefit from international actions to manage global resources, the atmosphere, the high seas and Antarctica.

Even more strangely, Noll and Nystrom ignore the doctrinal work done in multilateral dialogue through the World Council of Churches, and particularly its Commission on Faith and Order.

In August 2013, the German Finance Ministry characterized bitcoin as a unit of account, [93][260] usable in multilateral clearing circles and subject to capital gains tax if held less than one year.

A say at the table in these multilateral organizations also gives Canada a greater bargaining chip when it comes to negotiating the terms and conditions of such contracts.

However, issues such as North Korea and the South China Sea are being addressed in multilateral forums.

«At the same time, we will continue to resolutely be a protector and promoter of the global climate system process, proactively participating in the multilateral climate change process,» Hua said.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

«If Russia considers this a hostile act rather than an error, we could see a crisis that invokes the charter of NATO, given Turkey's status in the multilateral organization.»

Not exact matches

But Graham Barr, the director for Canada's multilateral trade policy division, remains hopeful the WTO will eventually force meaningful reductions in subsidies and trade barriers.

Stronger Ties: CETA Tariff Elimination and the Impact on Canadian Exports shows that average tariffs on merchandise in Canada and Europe are low, thanks to years of successive bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations.

«The multilateral talks with Iran that culminated in the deal to verifiably prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon were focused squarely on Iran's nuclear program,» Price said in a statement to Business Insider.

And then, while in Florida, Abe insisted on keeping the U.S. - Japan trade in a broad multilateral framework, fearing that President Donald Trump's preference for a bilateral deal would make a big dent in Japan's $ 68.8 billion trade surplus on American trades.

They cite his Senate votes for billions in military assistance to Israel and his support for multilateral sanctions on Tehran.

«Despite fears from some NGOs and multilaterals about their involvement and influence, modern philanthropists rarely operate in isolation but recognise the importance of collaboration.»

He vowed to bring jobs back by renegotiating what he called bad multilateral trade deals in favor of bilateral ones.

«The Palestinian president was perfectly fine with this idea of not having the United States as the only interlocutor for the peace process, but of having a multilateral framework in which the European Union has a central role that is together with others, including our partners in the Quartet, including the United States,» she added.

In O'Connor's case, FindTheBest was notified that it is being sued for $ 50,000 over a patent for a «system and method for facilitating bilateral and multilateral decision - making.»

BRAZZAVILLE, April 19 (Reuters)- Congo Republic's current efforts to restructure its external debt will not affect multilateral creditors or holders of its Eurobond and regional bond, Prime Minister Clement Mouamba said in a statement late on Wednesday.

Re-engagement with the Commonwealth «will pressure Mnangagwa to implement reforms, which in turn will help to convince potential funders, such as the Paris Club donors and multilateral lenders such as the IMF, to approve new financing,» William Attwell, practice leader for sub-Saharan Africa at research firm Frontier Strategy Group, told CNBC via email.

WASHINGTON, April 21 - A multilateral framework like the Trans - Pacific Partnership pact works better in fixing trade imbalances than a bilateral deal, IMF Deputy Managing Director Mitsuhiro Furusawa said in an endorsement of Japan's calls for Washington to rejoin TPP.

Nowhere is U.S. President Donald Trump's antipathy for multilateral trade liberalization hitting harder than in Europe and Japan.

To illustrate, look at the multilateral development banks: Beijing has not only joined but supports with financial muscle all of the prevailing development institutions, both globally and in Asia.

President Trump may not realize it, but maintaining a strong relationship with allies in Europe and Asia, being a reliable partner, and upholding multilateral institutions like the WTO is the key to upholding U.S. global leadership into the 21st century.

Through bilateral trade and investments relationships and multilateral platforms such as the 16 +1 framework, Beijing is asserting itself in the region.

The EU is also seeking to address the Chinese subsidies and dumping practices in other multilateral fora — such as the OECD's Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity.