Sentences with phrase «international policy conversations»

«That's why Planned Parenthood applauds the 11 senators on the committee for defeating this extreme anti-abortion amendment that would have significantly altered existing law on abortion and prohibited U.S. government officials from taking part in international policy conversations that touched on abortion as part of women's health care.

Because of globalization and interdependence, the relationship between climate change, migration and security should become the «new normal» in international policy conversations, the panel said.

Not exact matches

This time, the conversation often turned to how the world will cope if the U.S. refuses to lead on issues from international trade to human rights to environmental policy.

So a realistic look at the international policy dynamics that currently exist, as well as an informed discussion on where those policies could grow to be, is a great way to continue the conversation on actionable solutions to climate change,» said Subhashree Mishra, 2014 - 16 Executive Branch Fellow at the Department of Energy (DOE).

«This needs to not just be a perceived conversation where everyone is trying to duck the issues that are complicated to them,» said Jake Schmidt, international policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Lead conversations with school leaders about international tests, such as PISA and TIMSS, and the implications of results for improving policies and practices where applicable.

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The FAO workshop brought together high - level staff of Ministries of Agriculture or National Statistical Agencies, and Bureaus responsible for national GHG reporting under international climate policy processes, to help further the conversation on how to improve agricultural / forestry statistics to prepare and submit the Biennial Update Reports (BUR) and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA).

Steig's decision might still have something to do with a sudden epiphany, a reading of the US federal policy's definition of plagiarism, and a conversation with an International Man of Mystery.

As the list of countries in which the U.S. is engaged in hostilities grows (Niger has joined the list since last report), and the purpose of U.S. intervention in some of these places blurs (the report reminds us that while ISIS has lost 98 % of the territory it once held in Iraq and Syria, and will soon have lost 100 %, we're planning to keep bombing in Syria after that nonetheless), we've increasingly replaced a difficult conversation about the adequacy of international security policy with an easier (if ultimately misguided) debate about the adequacy of international security law.