Sentences with phrase «international efforts against»

Instead, Cameron and Osborne were fighting against a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), a policy backed by Germany, France, Bill Gates and the Pope among others, which, even on modest estimates, could raise billions for domestic and international efforts against poverty and climate change.

In Beyond Kyoto: Advancing the International Effort Against Climate Change, Aldy et al., Report prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, 2003.

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In the past, an international body like the WJC was clearly necessary to coordinate Jewish efforts in, say, the campaign against the oppression of Jews in the Soviet Union.

The memo continues, «It has risked sending a message to the authorities in all three countries — and to the international community — that minimal efforts are enough; that we as a government are not interested in upholding international norms, nor in holding countries accountable for ongoing abuses against children.»

This was notably the case in the successful campaign against Negro slavery, in the many efforts, not so successful, to curb war and bring about international peace, in the Red Cross for ministering to the sufferers from war and from natural disasters, in the inauguration of the modern nursing profession, in the fight against the excessive use of alcohol, in the efforts to improve the care of prisoners and the insane, in the multiform endeavors, never before so numerous, to give larger opportunities to the underprivileged, and in some of the many programs for the thorough reconstruction of society.

The Red Devils shared a picture of the Norway international Jesse Lingard along with the caption, «You voted Jesse Lingard's stunning solo effort against Leicester as our Goal of the Month.

The Senegal international shone in the Europa League in midweek as he bagged a magnificent effort against Liverpool, even though he wasn't able to help Willy Sagnol's side avoid a 2 - 1 defeat.

The Italian international seemingly took inspiration from compatriot Gianfranco Zola with this goal, with comparisons being made to that effort the former Chelsea wizard scored with a back - heel flick against Norwich City in the FA Cup.

Former Brazilian international Ceni has developed quite a reputation for his expertly taken set - piece efforts and this latest corker, for Sao Paulo against Linense, is no exception.

The Tottenham Hotspur striker has come in for criticism at the start of the new season because of his lack of goals at club level, but did score his second senior international goal with a brilliant effort against San Marino on Saturday evening as the Three Lions sealed their qualification for Euro 2016.

Cech made no effort to conceal the fact that his Chelsea future is in doubt while on international duty with the Czech Republic, for whom he played against Turkey and Kazakhstan.

In fact, there has been rather exceptional progress in international efforts to prevent atrocities against civilians in recent years.

It will play a leading role in the campaign against Daesh and to support international efforts to bring peace to Syria through a lasting political settlement.

If true, the dual - use nature of this technology may eventually raise issues for international law; it can also add further impediments to current efforts to develop legal regimes against weaponization in space.

Cuts in size based on the insurgency diminishing also worried MPs, given the strong possibility the Taliban will redouble its efforts against Hamid Karzai's government after the departure of international forces.

The Ministry of Defence has hit out against the mass leaking of US military papers, warning they will damage international forces» efforts against the Taliban.

The minister who was speaking at the opening of the 4th session of the Nigeria - Cameroon Trans - Border Security Committee in Abuja, also said, «In the same vein, we call on the international community to sustain their support in our fight against Boko haram, and to see this effort as part of the global campaign to defeat terrorism».

KINGSTON — Republican congressional candidate George Phillips on Monday called Iran's efforts to develop nuclear technology «a grave threat» to Israel and the international community, and criticized the incumbent Democrat, U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey of Hurley, for voting against a bill urging the president to press for sanctions.

Britain will attempt to encourage greater Russian efforts against Afghan narco - trafficking, while Russia will want to highlight recent steps it has taken to help the international community frustrate Iran's nuclear ambitions.

HMS Cumberland, Britain's contribution to the international effort acting against the growing piracy problem in the region, was attempting to apprehend a dhow when the incident took place.

He commended the Commission for its efforts in the fight against corruption and called on all Nigerians including the international community to give their support in order to salvage the future of the country from the canker - worm.

The group in its first quarter report released in Abuja on the ongoing war against insurgency in Nigeria noted that after undertaking review of the ongoing war on terrorism by the Nigerian military, it observed that UNICEF and other international organizations have been frustrating the efforts of the army through series of blackmails.

But Beijing is often sidelined in international collaboration, and U.S. laws against collaboration slow efforts down

The x-ray crystallographer at the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, California, is leading an international effort to develop a potent mix of monoclonal antibodies against the virus, some of which have already shown promise in animals.

Locating the origins of maximum sustainable yield in efforts to protect U.S. commercial fisheries against their competitors, Finley argues that the collapse of world fisheries does not illustrate the tragedy of the commons but stems from deliberate governmental and international policy.

Wasser hopes this data will prove useful to international law enforcement officials as they concentrate efforts in key areas to thwart the criminal networks that fuel this multibillion - dollar crime against nature.

The main reason against international marriages is that there are significant financial efforts involved into arranging to marry a woman from Russia

A sweeping and ambitious turnaround plan for schools in the newer neighborhoods around Denver International Airport led to a failed recall effort against the school board president this spring.

Also, despite General Motors» policy against factory - sponsored racing efforts, Camaro began to make a name for itself on the track on the new International Race of Champions (IROC) series with many top drivers winning trophies from behind the wheel of a Camaro year after year until the late 1980s.

Taking as a starting point the «backfire effect» — a phrase coined to describe how people often maintain or even strengthen their beliefs when given factual evidence against them — Tillmans interviewed scientists, politicians, journalists, and social workers in an effort to understand changes in the international political climate in recent decades, with a particular focus on right - wing populism and fake news.

Because native activists for just about any cause face jail, massacres and retaliation against family members there, these outside efforts may be the best approach though more likely it will take the mechanisms of international law to bring change swiftly enough.

That story references the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers and the «discovery process» in a lawsuit which the «auto industry filed in 2007 against the State of California's efforts to limit vehicles» greenhouse gas emissions,» noting an anonymous lawyer forwarding what was discovered to the NYT.

Documents drawn up by the coalition's advisers were provided to lawyers by the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, a coalition member, during the discovery process in a lawsuit that the auto industry filed in 2007 against the State of California's efforts to limit vehicles» greenhouse gas emissions.

The movement to make ecocide a crime against peace under international law, led by UK - based lawyer Polly Higgins, as well as efforts to grant legal rights to Mother Earth, such as Bolivia has done, is exactly where we need to be going in terms of the highest level of environmental thinking: Recognizing that destroying whole swaths of the planet, with little to no concern for the effect on all the creatures that live upon it, is not just unethical, unacceptable behavior, but is also a crime, a crime against humanity, a crime against life itself.

Debevoise is also representing Suzuki Motor Corporation in launching an international arbitration against Volkswagen AG in November in an effort to buy back shares.

Ten years after the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, MDAC and leading international human rights organisations call on governments to strengthen efforts to tackle torture and ill - treatment globally.

When it comes to international response against child soldiers, much of the effort is at the «end tail of the issue,» Dallaire said.

The Planned Parenthood Federation of America applauds the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, under the leadership of Chairman John Kerry (D - MA), for defeating an extreme anti-abortion amendment to the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA), which aims to enhance U.S. efforts to prevent and respond to violence against women andAgainst Women Act (IVAWA), which aims to enhance U.S. efforts to prevent and respond to violence against women andagainst women and girls.