Sentences with phrase «international coalition of groups»

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The survey of 1,002 Canadians was commissioned by Trade Justice Network (TJN), a coalition of social, labour, environmental, student and other groups concerned about the secrecy and anti-democratic provisions of international trade negotiations.

The United States - led international coalition released a statement this week saying that after years of fighting the radical Islamic terrorist group, fewer than 1,000 militants remain in all of Iraq and Syria.

In the latter state, after the large Western International Conference on Economic Dislocation last fall, a statewide coalition of eight local groups was formed.

He has been very involved in many aspects of domestic and international agricultural policy and practice development, organizing, food labeling, standards, certification and accreditation work over the years, including: Founding Chair of the USDA / National Organic Standards Board, A founder of Domestic Fair Trade Association, National Organic Coalition, and Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, Founding member of National Family Farm Coalition and National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Board member of the International Organic Accreditation Service, Former NGO delegate to UN Codex / FAO / WHO Food Labeling Commission and WTO, Founding partner of Agricultural Justice Project, which has developed domestic fair trade standards for Ninternational agricultural policy and practice development, organizing, food labeling, standards, certification and accreditation work over the years, including: Founding Chair of the USDA / National Organic Standards Board, A founder of Domestic Fair Trade Association, National Organic Coalition, and Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, Founding member of National Family Farm Coalition and National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Board member of the International Organic Accreditation Service, Former NGO delegate to UN Codex / FAO / WHO Food Labeling Commission and WTO, Founding partner of Agricultural Justice Project, which has developed domestic fair trade standards for NInternational Organic Accreditation Service, Former NGO delegate to UN Codex / FAO / WHO Food Labeling Commission and WTO, Founding partner of Agricultural Justice Project, which has developed domestic fair trade standards for North America.

Champions 12.3 is a coalition of executives from governments, businesses, international organizations, research institutions, farmer groups, and civil society dedicated to inspiring ambition, mobilizing action, and accelerating progress toward achieving SDG Target 12.3 by 2030.

The Conflicts of Interest Coalition / Network is an international campaign by hundreds of groups and networks calling for policy making to be free from commercial influence.

Baby Milk Action, the International Baby Food Action Network and the Baby Feeding Law Group, a coalition of 23 leading health bodies including the Royal College of Midwives, the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, have been working with MEPs and Member States to bring about an overhaul of these regulations for over 20 years — aware that mothers have been misled by the aggressive promotion carried out by the baby food industry.

Baby Milk Action, the UK member of the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), and secretariat of the Baby Feeding Law Group (BFLG)-- a coalition of 20 leading health groups (Dr Michie is the BFLG representative for the RCPCH) is calling for reduced levels of sugar in baby foods (current legislation allows products to provide

A coalition of human rights groups, including Amnesty International, Liberty and Privacy International wrote to the home secretary saying: «We are very concerned that new measures, made in good faith but in a heated political environment, will overextend powers in ways that would be susceptible to abuse, restrict legitimate, free communication and expression and undermine people's privacy.»

According to Abdulaziz Suleiman, who spke on behalf of the coalition, said: «Mindful of the concerns generated by the clause in the Kaduna declaration that advised the Biafran Igbo to relocate from northern Nigeria and for northerners in the South East to do likewise, and our commitment to the unity of our dear country, we immediately opened channels for dialogue and interaction with government agencies, national and international groups, institutions and figures.

A group, the Coalition for Peace in Nigeria, CFPN, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari - led government to sanction leadership of the United Nations International Children's Fund, UNICEF.

Our two countries are also working together in the fight against terrorism — from our positions at the forefront of the international coalition against Daesh to our work to disrupt the networks terrorist groups use to finance their operations and recruit to their ranks.

A group, the Coalition for Peace in Nigeria, CFPN, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari - led government to sanction leadership of the United Nations International Children's Fund,...

He was subsequently picked up by the CID at the International Press Centre in Accra on Tuesday during a press conference by a group of opposition political parties known as the Inter-Party Coalition for National Sovereignty, who are kicking against the Ghana - US Defence Cooperation agreement ratified by Parliament last Friday.

International environmental consultant and former New York City Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Al Appleton wrote the report for the Rockland Water Coalition, a grassroots group that asked Appleton to look at the issue of alternatives to United Water New York's proposed desalination plant, or the Haverstraw Water Supply Project.

He was picked up at the International Press Centre in Accra today [Tuesday] during a press conference by a group of opposition political parties known as the Inter-Party Coalition for National Sovereignty, who are kicking against the Ghana - US Defence Cooperation agreement ratified by Parliament last Friday.

A new illegal trade «alliance» Yesterday, in an effort to chip away at the illegal timber trade, which is a key driver of deforestation along with agricultural expansion, a coalition of businesses, paper organizations and international groups banded together to form the Forest Legality Alliance.

Two years later a coalition of green groups led by NRDC and including the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), the League for Coastal Protection, Cetacean Society International, and Ocean Futures Society upped the ante, asking the federal courts to also restrict testing of more intense, harmful and far ranging mid-frequency types of sonar off Southern California's coastline.

[Box 16] Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology Federation of American Scientists Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Federation of Materials Society Foreign Service Institute Federation of Asian Scientific Academies and Societies Gas Research Institute Geological Society of Africa Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker Government Research Corporation The Heritage Foundation Hong Kong Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology India Science Congress Association India National Science Academy Industrial Research Institute Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Institute of Food Technologies Institute of Gas Technology Institute of International Education Institute of Terrestrial Ecology Institution of Engineers of Ireland Intergovernmental Bureau for Informatics IBI publication - Agora International Association for the Advancement of Appropriate Technology for Developing Countries International Association of Professional Congress Organizers International Center for Developing Countries, Trieste International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology International Council of Scientific Unions International Development Conference International Development Research Centre International Foundation for Science International Foundation for Science, Technology and African Development International Life Science Institute International Organization for Chemical Sciences in Development International Organization for the Study of Group Tensions International Registry of Organization Development Professionals IREX International Society of African Scientists International Studies Association Japan Techno - Economic Society Max Planck Gesellschaft National Association of Professional Engineers National Association of State Universities and Land - Grant Colleges National Audubon Society National Coalition for Science and Technology National Council on Foreign Language and International Studies National Society of Professional Engineers New York Academy of Sciences New York State Energy Research and Development Authority Organization of American States Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Overseas Development Council

As Minikel explained on CureFFI.org, the registry represents an effort by a coalition of prion disease advocacy groups — the CJD Foundation, the CJD International Support Alliance, and the Prion Alliance — to fill an unmet need: a centralized way for those who want to participate in prion disease research to make their voices heard, and in the process, support clinical research on these conditions:

In addition, Sayer is affiliated with the following: Co-Founder, Exosome Media Group, Reviewer and Editor, The International Journal of Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine, Steering Committee Member of the Global GMO Free Coalition (GGFC), Board of Governor, National Health Federation, Advisory Board Member, Fearless Parent, Co-founder, Alliance for Vaccine Awareness

In addition, she is co-chair of the steering committee of Consumers United for Evidence - Based Healthcare, a nationwide coalition of consumer groups associated with the international Cochrane Collaboration and serves as a consumer peer reviewer for Cochrane evidence - based protocols and reviews.

Allegheny Intermediate Unit (aiu3) Alliance for Excellent Education (AEE) American Alliance of Museums (AAM) American Association of Classified School Employees (AACSE) American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) American Association of School Administrators (AASA) American Association of State Colleges & Universities (AASCU) American Council on Education (ACE) American Counseling Association (ACA) American Educational Research Association (AERA) American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA) American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) American Federation of Teachers (AFT) American Institutes for Research (AIR) American Library Association (ALA) American Medical Student Association (AMSA) American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) American School Counselor Association (ASCA) American Speech - Language - Hearing Association (ASHA) American Student Association of Community Colleges (ASACC) Apollo Education Group ASCD Association for Career & Technical Education (ACTE) Association of American Publishers (AAP) Association of American Universities (AAU) Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) Association of Jesuit Colleges & Universities (AJCU) Association of Public and Land - grant Universities (APLU) Association of Public Television Stations (APTS) Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO) Boston University (BU) California Department of Education (CDE) California State University Office of Federal Relations (CSU) Center on Law and Social Policy (CLASP) Citizen Schools Coalition for Higher Education Assistance Organizations (COHEAO) Consortium for School Networking (COSN) Cornerstone Government Affairs (CGA) Council for a Strong America (CSA) Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) DeVry Education Group Easter Seals Education Industry Association (EIA) FED ED Federal Management Strategies First Focus Campaign for Children George Washington University (GWU) Georgetown University Office of Federal Relations Harvard University Office of Federal Relations Higher Education Consortium for Special Education (HESCE) indiCo International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Johns Hopkins University, Center for Research & Reform in Education (JHU - CRRE) Kent State University Knowledge Alliance Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Magnet Schools of America, Inc. (MSA) Military Impacted Schools Association (MISA) National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) National Association for Music Education (NAFME) National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) National Association of Federally Impacted Schools (NAFIS) National Association of Graduate - Professional Students, Inc. (NAGPS) National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) National Association of Private Special Education Centers (NAPSEC) National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc) National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) National Association of State Student Grant & Aid Programs (NASSGAP) National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) National Center on Time & Learning (NCTL) National Coalition for Literacy (NCL) National Coalition of Classified Education Support Employee Unions (NCCESEU) National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP) National Council of Higher Education Resources (NCHER) National Council of State Directors of Adult Education (NCSDAE) National Education Association (NEA) National HEP / CAMP Association National Parent Teacher Association (NPTA) National Rural Education Association (NREA) National School Boards Association (NSBA) National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) National Superintendents Roundtable (NSR) National Title I Association (NASTID) Northwestern University Penn Hill Group Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA) Service Employees International Union (SEIU) State University of New York (SUNY) Teach For America (TFA) Texas A&M University (TAMU) The College Board The Ohio State University (OSU) The Pell Alliance The Sheridan Group The Y (YMCA) UNCF United States Student Association (USSA) University of California (UC) University of Chicago University of Maryland (UMD) University of Maryland University College (UMUC) University of Southern California (USC) University of Wisconsin System (UWS) US Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG) Washington Partners, LLC WestEd

Thankfully, an international coalition of animal rescue groups have come together to give these animals a real home.

They have helped start a network of Eastern European animal charities to target countries with relatively small farmed animal movements.148 Collaboration with these groups allows Open Cages to share their strategy, know - how, and experience, which is particularly important given that Open Cages anticipates that these newer groups will face challenges similar to those that they themselves faced.149 Open Cages encourages motivated activists in nearby countries to start their own organizations, offering support, mentoring, and fundraising.150 In addition, Open Cages is a member of international coalitions such as the Open Wing Alliance, the Fur Free Alliance, and the Eurogroup for Animals.151, 152

They are part of the international Open Wing Alliance and have collaborated with the group by sharing relevant information and coordinating campaigns against French - based multinationals.132 Recently, they helped found a coalition of 26 French animal charities focused on political change.

The Celia Hammond Animal Trust is a member of the CPCG -LRB-- Cat Population Control Group)- a coalition of 9 charities - RSPCA, Cats Protection, Blue Cross, Wood Green, Battersea, The Mayhew, PDSA, International Cat Care, and CHAT all working together to promote cat neutering as a humane solution to the problem of there being too many cats and not enough homes available for them.

Climate science is developing at a faster pace than IPCC reports are produced, said Sven Harmeling, co-chair of the adaptation working group of Climate Action Network International, a global coalition of NGOs.

The editor at the centre of the controversy, Chris de Freitas, has long - standing ties to anti-science lobby groups such as Friends of Science and the International Climate Science Coalition.

Joint declarations were submitted to the UN General Assembly by a coalition of Brazilian and international groups, including France Libertes (Fondation Danielle Mitterrand).

The International Land Coalition, a group that includes Oxfam International and the United Nations Environment Program, defines land grabs as acquisitions completed «without prior consent of the preexisting land users, and with no consideration of the social and environmental impacts.»

She is the creator of Past Fashion Future, the online destination for Classic style, Timeless fashion ™, and a co-founder of the Ethical Writers Coalition, a group of international journalists dedicated to covering topics in sustainability.

Not to mention the ties to industry - funded PR and «astro - turf» groups like Friends of Science and to the International Climate Science Coalition, as I've previously discussed.

#StillIn Petition Delivery Wednesday, November 15th 14:00 - 15:00 Copenhagen Dome Following the announcement on the Paris Agreement, a large, diverse coalition of progressive groups launched a citizen petition to tell the international community that the US will lead on climate regardless of federal actions.

Myron Ebell, director of global warming and international environmental policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), was listed as the «group leader» when the the Cooler Heads Coalition was initially formed, and appears to maintain an important role.

In the mid to late 1990 she also worked with the Global Climate Coalition, a special interest group of coal, oil and utility companies, set up to lobby against international action on climate change.

It accused three groups, Friends of Science, the International Climate Science Coalition, and the Heartland Institute of making false and misleading claims about climate change, including that the sun is the main driver of climate change, not carbon dioxide, and that carbon dioxide is not a pollutant.

These points were recently emphasized in a set of guiding principles for including forests in climate change issued last month by the Forests Dialogue on Climate Change, a coalition consisting of more than 250 representatives of governments, forestry companies, trade unions, environmental and social groups, international organizations, forest owners, indigenous peoples and forest - community groups.

A group of organisations, including the UN FAO, the International Sustainability Unit - Prince of Wales Charity Foundation, the CFS - Civil Society Mechanism, Communitas Coalition, Global Food Security Cluster - Urban working group, ICLEI — Local Governments for Sustainability, RUAF Foundation, IUFN, UCLG, ILO, IFAD, UNCD and Habitat International Coalition jointly organised at the World Urban Forum a session on city region food systems.

Minneapolis, MN — Today, a coalition of Indigenous, national and international groups join a growing movement placing pressure on financial institutions to drop financially and socially risky projects, delivering a group letter to the 36 banks providing corporate finance to fossil fuel infrastructure giant Enbridge.

A coalition of groups, including 350.org and 1Sky, have lobbied the new Administration to re-engage the US with the international climate negotiations.

The report by the Civil Society Coalition on Climate Change, a grouping of 41 mainly free - market bodies, comes on the eve of an international meeting on climate change in Bali.

At the conclusion of the meeting, the groups decided to form the Shark Coalition in order to increase the effectiveness of their work in both domestic and international forums.

An open letter calling on the RTRS process to abandoned has been signed by over 60 organisations from around the world (as of 12th May 2009), including the Global Forest Coalition, Friends of the Earth International and country based groups in the USA, India, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay.xxii

UKIP MEP Stuart Agnew was there, as were Christopher Monckton, a prominent climate change denier, and Canadian Tom Harris, executive director of the «International Climate Science Coalition» — and former operations director of the «High Park Group», a Canadian lobbying company.

We are a member of the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) as well as the International Coalition for Sustainable Aviation, and the Clean Shipping Coalition, civil society observer groups that monitor negotiations in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) respectively.

That's why our Sierra Student Coalition will be in Rio to strengthen the international youth movement to work with the Mayor Group of Children and Youth (MCGY).

Aboriginal Legal Services Amnesty International Barbra Schlifer Clinic BC CEDAW Group Canada Without Poverty Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action Chair in Indigenous Governance, Dr. Pam Palmater Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC Indigenous Women Against the Sex Industry MiningWatch Canada Native Women's Association of Canada OXFAM West Coast LEAF

The «Justice For Tina Fontaine» rally was joined this year by the International Women's Day Toronto March, which is made up of a coalition of groups that organize around women's issues.

1 -844-HELP4TN was created by a coalition of Tennessee legal groups and Memphis - based International Paper.