Sentences with phrase «multilateral meeting»

To answer this question, it is necessary to analyze first what the legal nature of the Summit of the Americas process is and then to determine whether the summit is an ordinary or extraordinary meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) or a multilateral meeting of States, in the type of conference diplomacy, where the consent of the receiving State is required.

When the first multilateral meeting on the development of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) convened at the U.N. in Geneva in May, not one woman was called to speak on the expert panels that informed the discussions.

In the meeting with NGOs, Irish disarmament officials confirmed that Ireland will participate in the first multilateral meeting to discuss concerns over these dangerous new weapons at the United Nations in Geneva next month.

The first - ever multilateral meeting held earlier this year on «lethal autonomous weapons systems» marked a key milestone for the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, while the consensus agreement by nations to hold another meeting at the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) on 13 - 17 April 2015 confirms the matter is now firmly on the international agenda and -LSB-...]

The following Frequently Asked Questions provide background on the objectives and purpose of this multilateral meeting.

At the first multilateral meeting ever held on killer robots, nations have recognized the need to confront the challenge of fully autonomous weapons that could select and attack targets without any human control.

The second multilateral meeting on «lethal autonomous weapons systems» by members of the 1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) will be held at the United Nations (UN) Palais des Nations in Geneva on 13 - 17 April 2015.

The CCW meeting of experts is the first multilateral meeting on the matter, but it is unlikely to be the last.

«I am an island boy,» Obama said following a multilateral meeting with island nation leaders in December.

Apparently, though, it would take another bilateral meeting between Premier Wen and President Obama, and a multilateral meeting among Obama, Wen, Lula (Brazil), Singh (India) and Zuman (South Africa) to hash out the final agreement on transparency.

Our senior officials, including Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, do take the opportunity of conversation with counterparts on the sidelines of multilateral meetings.

At the official level, Track 1, we will meet North Korean participants through meetings of the ASEAN Regional Forum, on the sidelines of multilateral meetings, and occasional, ad hoc Track 2 meetings.

I had just returned from a trip to Washington, DC, where, together with other members of the Bitcoin Foundation, we had the first multilateral meetings with the federal government on cryptocurrency.

Open trade - a part of all multilateral meetings saw the usual narrative of commitment to more trade with lesser transaction costs.

U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern delivered a speech on Wednesday (June 3) on the relationship of China and the U.S. and what both must do together as we head into a crucial period of bilateral and multilateral meetings on climate change.

The GCF board meeting is the lift - off point for a series of crucial multilateral meetings and negotiations to effectively deliver the climate funds promised by developed countries.

Over the past few years, Asian competition authorities have been engaging in regular bilateral and multilateral meetings with their foreign counterparts both within and beyond Asia, to discuss general issues in competition law as well as specific cases.

Not exact matches

Xi is also extending Modi the rare honor of a meeting outside of Beijing, which almost never happens unless there is a multilateral summit taking place.

WTO Director General Pascal Lamy said that «there is no escaping the fact that this meeting has failed,» and that the multilateral trading system came out of it «dented.»

said the meeting had historic significance because «for the first time since the multilateral trading rounds began after World War II, a trade expansion effort has ended in failure.»

It was not clear when Trump and Xi might meet again next, though both will likely attend some of the same multilateral summits this year, including those of the G20 and APEC.

The stakes of next week's meeting will be high, He argues: «The current China - U.S. trade tension is not only a bilateral showdown, still less a tech transfer issue, but a major struggle between unilateral protectionism and multilateral free trade.»

I suspect that the reasonably frequent face - to - face meeting possible in a small country, together with the easy multilateral communication now possible electronically, has already greatly strengthened a field whose participants often feel somewhat isolated in small university departments.

The report recommends foreign policy follows five guiding principles: to actively work to protect civilians; to challenge abuses of humanitarian law and human rights; to deliver on policies like the Arms Trade Treaty which save lives through international agreement; to meet the challenges of the modern world, including new threats like terrorism; and strengthening multilateral institutions, with the UK taking the lead to reunite the UN.

On Friday in Adelaide, an Education Council meeting of federal, state and territory education ministers will consider a multilateral agreement for schools funding for 2018 — 19, with bilateral agreements to be negotiated after the Gonski 2.0 review reports in March 2018.

Includes industry in bilateral and multilateral transportation dialogues and technical exchanges, providing them with an opportunity to meet with decision - makers in other markets, to highlight their products, discuss «doing business» issues, and forge partnerships.

The High - Level Forum on Harmonization saw dignitaries from bilateral and international organizations, both recipient and donor nations, and major multilateral organizations meet in Rome (HLF - Rome).

In the wake of those moves, China and others have used the multilateral assessment process to ask how, or whether the US now intends to meet its previously pledged climate goals.

This analytical report focuses on assessing the key individual, organizational and systemic capacities needed to meet and sustain global environmental objectives as framed by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), collectively known as the Rio Conventions, and other multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs).

A public meeting involving investors, multilateral agencies, governments, and NGOs, took place to discuss potential markets for enviromental services.

-- If the United States becomes a party or otherwise adheres to a multilateral agreement, including any amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, which restricts the production or consumption of class II, group II substances, the Administrator may utilize funds to meet any related contribution obligation of the United States to the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol or similar multilateral fund established under such multilateral agreement.

On the eve of the 2017 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund, Oil Change International and E3G have launched briefings showing that while some multilateral development banks are making good progress on climate action, many are still financing billions of dollars in fossil fuel projects despite mounting climate impacts and global commitments like the Paris Agreement reached in December 2015.

It took a combined multilateral deal between Russia and OPEC, and a lot of meetings in American energy company boardrooms, to limit supply.

The election of Hillary Clinton would have signaled to the world a determination to meet or exceed the targets the US promised in Paris, along with four years of efforts to create bilateral or multilateral partnerships that pushed progress faster...

Dr Birol also held meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Ministry of Environment and with New Zealand's Climate Change Ambassador, where the IEA and New Zealand agreed on the need to support global policy advice and quantitative analysis for the phase out of fossil fuel subsidies and the energy transition, both through bilateral collaboration and multilateral fora, such as APEC, the WTO and the G20.

Other topics covered during the meeting included options to reform the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) to ensure strong signals are in place to incentivise energy investment and the need to foster multilateral technology cooperation through initiatives such as Mission Innovation.

More specifically it focuses on the efforts the WBG is making to work in partnership with the private sector to leverage its resources, since the WBG, despite being one of the largest multilateral development bank lenders for energy, can meet only a small part of the investment needed.

In October, 1987, Schwartzman met with the governor of the Amazonian state of Acre, Brazil, to discuss the work of Environmental Defense Fund with the multilateral development banks and Schwartzman's research on the rubber tappers» sustainable alternative proposal.

Enforcement and sanctions imposed by the Greek authorities are not effective in other jurisdictions unless they meet the requirements of mutual assistance in criminal matters and mutual recognition of judgments through bilateral and multilateral treaties.

Government delegates attending next week's annual meeting of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) at the United Nations in Geneva will decide whether to continue in 2015 with multilateral talks on questions relating to «lethal autonomous weapons systems.»

The decision to meet periodically and define the fundamental orientations of an Agenda for the Americas gave way to the institutionalization of the Summits, since it is a mechanism that allows accumulating experiences, building a common language and designing collective, national and multilateral mandates and actions.

In this interview on CNBC, the Chinese Ambassador to the US explains that these sort of issues are usually best resolved through multilateral discussions and that any unilateral action will need to be met with equal or greater countermeasures.

Facilitation through multilateral forums, such as the Native Title Ministers» Meeting, Native Title Consultative Forum