Sentences with phrase «international debate about»

Netherlands (3 October)-- «The international debate about the complicated subject of autonomous weapon systems is multifaceted.

That is why we are with those who are in favor of not only continuing, but deepening and intensifying the ongoing international debate about lethal autonomous weapons systems.

At present, however, there appear to be at least three possibilities that could advance the international debate about «climate refugee» protections and fill existing gaps in international law.

The findings have generated vigorous international debate about an issue that remains a key area of uncertainty in climate science.

The case highlights an ongoing international debate about how to best help emerging tribes, who lack immunity to common diseases and are among the most vulnerable people on the planet (Science, 5 June, p. 1072).

Although he told the Treasury committee it had served Britain well, he would not rule out replacing it with a growth target and said that he was «glad» that Mark Carney, who has been chosen as the new governor of the Bank of England, was contributing to an international debate about the value of inflation targets.

He was at the helm of the NSA in 2013 when former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden leaked data about classified U.S. surveillance programs that sparked an international debate about digital privacy.

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Tariffs the Trump administration imposed last week have left observers speculating about whether the U.S. is on the brink of an international trade war and economists debating the merits of free trade versus protectionism.

Today's talk is intended to be part of a vigorous debate currently going on in the international community about which exchange rate regime should (and, more specifically, should not) be adopted in emerging countries, with this particularly aimed at countries which are undergoing financial deregulation.

It is, at least, apparent that the debates about humanitarian intervention by military force in the last decade, about the creation of international criminal tribunals in a number of cases, about the idea of a state's «universal jurisdiction» in cases of violations of the Genocide Convention or other «crimes against humanity,» about how far the global war on terror may proceed without violating the rights of states, and most recently, about the United - States - led use of force against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, have all raised important points of positive and customary international law, and that in every one of these cases the outcome remains unsettled.

Last December, during the public debate about Christmas, Without Walls International Church in Tampa, Florida, decided to take a bold stand.

There has been a lot of debate and speculation about Arsenal and the striker situation and I am not only talking about the question of whether Arsene Wenger needs to enter the transfer market this summer in order to sign a replacement or cover for our big France international forward Olivier Giroud.

It leaves a lot up for debate about the German international's future, as well as whether Arsenal will secure another defender this summer.

It has been yet another season of frustration and disappointment at both club and international level for the Arsenal and England star Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain and there has even been a lot of debate among Arsenal fans about whether he will ever fully deliver on the early potential he showed at Southampton and in flashes as a Gunner.

I am sure that the debate will be raging just as much as ever among Arsenal fans about the merits of our England international star Theo Walcott and whether or not he can provide the Gunners with a good enough option for the centre forward position.

The news of the former Arsenal and France international star striker Thierry Henry announcing his retirement from football, or the playing side of the game at least, has quite rightly dominated the football media today and produced plenty of debates about where Henry stands in the pantheon of great players.

For a while, it seemed as if the ongoing debate about online safety, and all the expertise engaged with that, was obscured by simplified «panic button» coverage in the spat between Facebook and Ceop, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre.In the meantime, the Family Online Safety Institute had been collaborating on something far more worthwhile - an international directory of online safety initiatives.

Given Africa's role in the global economy in the last few centuries, debates about a different way of engaging with international capital flows are of great significance to the continent's future.

Defence secretary Liam Fox has reopened the debate about Britain's spending on international aid.

Professor Deighton set the current debate about the future of the EU in its historical and global context: the world is one of international organisations and the EU, born of a post-war crisis and containing many countries struggling to deal with their colonial heritage, should be a united foreign policy actor.

Speaeeking about his trip, President Mahama, said that Ghana has become an icon in the international community and he is very happy to have represented Ghana well through the debates and speeches that took place at the UN General Assembly.

During a televised debate, the international development secretary Hilary Benn said Labour should be «unapologetic about our socialist values» and urged more action on inequality.

However, in the candidates» debates, and in media coverage overall, questions and reviews about the international perspectives of the two -LSB-...]

Birmingham, U.K. — A provocative new theory about the origin of «mad cow disease» and its human counterpart stirred debate at the annual International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology here yesterday.

In its statement, IWC points out its reviews and reports «have been widely debated and referenced by parties on all sides of the [scientific whaling] debate including the 2014 ruling of the International Court of Justice,» which found that Japan's whaling program was not about science.

Q: There has been a lot of debate about international solidarity during pandemics in the past few years.

There's little to fear from the existing Do - It - Yourself Biology (DIYbio) movement, concludes a report released today by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. «There's been a lot of debate in the biosecurity community about what DIYers may or may not be doing, from making narcotics to pandemics to viruses that kill heads of state (I'm not joking),» writes Wilson fellow and report co-author Daniel Grushkin in an e-mail to ScienceInsider.

Full Details About GDI London Dating Industry Conference 2017 — Our third annual London dating conference will again bring together the international industry for a day of talks, debate and networking.

At the dynamic Education Fast Forward 12 Debate on January 19, I spoke with Stefan Dercon (Chief Economist Department for International Development in London) and Andreas Schleicher (Special Advisor on Education Policy OECD in Paris) about their opinions on the issues raised in the «Turning School Performance to Economic Success» discussion.

Our second lens focused on what national and international research shows about «hard to teach, hard to reach» (Boag - Munroe and Evangelo, 2010) and «closing the gap in educational achievement», including the debates about Leon Feinstein's research (2015); looking at definitions, causes and effects.

A very interesting debate about exactly this kind of experience has taken place recently in the international media when the

Spurred by concerns about international competition, economic troubles, and a perceived stagnation or regression in student performance outlined by the now famous 1983 report, A Nation at Risk, the standards debate gained new life as politicians looked for ways to clarify goals, measure progress, and hold schools accountable.

First concerns about U.S. students» middling performance on international assessments came to the forefront in the debate over education policy, with specific emphasis placed on the lean, focused standards in place in top - performing countries.

From worries about where the United States ranks on international tests to arguments over the Common Core, the way teachers teach and students learn math continues to be debated widely, leading to proposed changes in the ways mathematics is taught.

An international debate was soon triggered about women in leadership followed by an international conference.

There is a little bit of back and forth debate online about the merits of VEU+VTS vs. a direct investment into Vanguards MSCI International Shares ETF, VGS.

A multi-purpose platform, GTEF not only brings together international government and industry leaders, experts, scholars and related industry partners to engage in discussions and debates about opportunities and challenges in the global tourism economy; it also provides the perfect environment for stakeholders in the tourism and related industries to explore the real opportunities that underlie China's international and regional integration policies, to network and to engage in business - matching and privately - scheduled meetings that are conducive to business leads and new partnerships.

About Site - ROME REPORTS, is an independent international TV News Agency based in Rome covering the activity of the Pope, the life of the Vatican and current social, cultural and religious debates.

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These exhibitions, and the controversial works they presented, sparked a larger international and ongoing debate about public funding for the arts, censorship and other First Amendment concerns, as well as the definition of that which is considered art.

This online platform brings together international perspectives on contemporary performance and cross-pollination in the arts with debates about vital issues facing our community here in Austin.

Instead of a helpful biography, the opening text gives us: «Paul Nash (1889 - 1946) was a key figure in debates about British art's relationship to international modernism.»

About Iniva Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) engages with new ideas and emerging debates in the contemporary visual arts, reflecting in particular the diversity of contemporary society.

About Iniva Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) engages with new ideas and emerging debates in the contemporary visual arts, reflecting in particular the cultural diversity of contemporary society.

The Museum of Modern Art presents Art Institutions and Feminist Politics Now, a day - long symposium on May 21, 2010, that will bring together an international group of leading artists, writers, curators, historians, and activists to explore the impact of recent debates about art and feminism on museum exhibitions, collections, pedagogy, and cultural politics.

«Researching Don't Even Think About It, which I see as the most important book published on climate change in the past few years, George Marshall discovered that there has not been a single proposal, debate or even position paper on limiting fossil fuel production put forward during international climate negotiations.

Ahead of a major international climate summit in Paris, the study makes an interesting contribution to the debate about the role of negative emissions in meeting the 2C target.

Through the lessons presented in the document students are expected, among others, to explore climate change, its consequences and possible solutions; work constructively in groups and debate controversial aspects of climate change; learn about individual, community - level, national and international opportunities to mitigate climate change; discover why children are vulnerable to the effects of climate change; and conduct research into climate change.

«The environment has been more of an afterthought in the debate about food security» says Prof Joe Alcamo, Chief Scientist of the United Nations Environment Programme — which has produced the report together with the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the Food and Agriculture Organisation, the World Bank, the World Food Programme and Washington's World Resources Institute.

The debate over a legally binding successor to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol is about the international regime within which efforts to reduce emissions will take place.