Sentences with phrase «nongovernmental organization called»

About 300 marine scientists have signed a petition in favor of the ban, released in June by a French marine conservation nongovernmental organization called Bloom.

Nongovernmental organizations called for her position to be abolished last year, accusing her of bias — a charge she rejected.

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In the last month, there have been mass street protests, and a global network of nongovernmental organizations, the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, has joined the call for Mr. Najib's resignation.

In view of the multifaceted nature of the problem we call on government to lead in a coordinated national emergency effort involving traditional rulers, security, civil society, youth organizations, political parties, media and all affiliated government and nongovernmental agencies to confront this menace confronting our dear nation Ghana.

Rather, he argues, climate - concerned governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) should pool their resources and buy up the extraction rights to coal and other fossil fuels from so - called «third countries» that choose not to participate in greenhouse gas - reducing collectives.

Olga Gershenzon, who chairs the board of Russian nongovernmental organization Transparent World, said in a statement the analysis «should be a clear call to action to look closely at forest management in Russia and Canada in the face of climate change.»

Nongovernmental organizations, called ngos by aid workers, also contribute substantial amounts of relief service.

In a subsequent exchange, Senator Benjamin Cardin (D — MD) said that Trump's executive order yesterday reinstating the so - called Mexico City policy, which bans U.S. funding for foreign nongovernmental organizations that perform or promote abortions in the context of family planning, could also apply to maternal health organizations and others working to stop the Zika virus and HIV / AIDs.

Jean - Claude Juncker, the new commission's president - elect, must decide whether to keep the post; nine nongovernmental organizations have called on him to scrap it because they are angered by the support of the current science adviser, Anne Glover, for genetically modified organisms.

The audience gave Clinton several standing ovations, and policy leaders, HIV / AIDS advocates, and nongovernmental organizations that focus on the epidemic praised what several called her «bold» vision about applying recent prevention advances.

LONDON — The American Federation of Teachers, along with teachers unions and nongovernmental organizations throughout the world, will speak out during Pearson's annual general meeting Friday, April 29, in London to call for a review of its business model that pushes high - stakes testing in the United States and privatized schools in the developing world.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, then Secretary General of NATO, told reporters in 2014, «Russia, as part of their sophisticated information and disinformation operations, engaged actively with so - called nongovernmental organizations — environmental organizations working against shale gas — to maintain dependence on imported Russian gas.»

Big business and big nongovernmental organizations got behind it through an initiative called the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, which launched in 2007 and included BP, ConocoPhillips, and Royal Dutch Shell.

Alongside his colleagues at the nongovernmental organization 350.org, McKibben has spearheaded a campaign calling upon communities, governments and universities all around the world to take action by divesting from fossil fuel companies.