Sentences with phrase «of meaningful negotiations»

The decision not to extend the right to negotiate offshore has denied Indigenous people the possibility of any meaningful negotiation about future offshore petroleum developments.

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Heseltine was one of 13 Conservative peers to vote against the Government on whether Parliament should have a «meaningful» say on the final terms of Brexit, including if the prime minister chooses to withdraw from negotiations without a deal.

It is therefore vital that a truly meaningful vote should be held within the time frame of the article 50 negotiations and not be left to verbal assurances — not least because there is no guarantee who will be leading the Conservative party by next autumn, nor indeed where the balance of power might be in any future government or hung parliament.

Even though the slight delay in the public release of Cuomo's budget is meaningless in terms of budget negotiations, it's meaningful as a symbol of his approach to the governor's job.

Ideologically, the Likud party was and is averse to the idea of a Palestinian state and any meaningful negotiations.

The House of Lords will start debating the Article 50 bill on Monday with amendments tabled to guarantee the rights of EU citizens in the UK, for greater scrutiny on the process and for a «meaningful vote» at the end of Brexit negotiations.

«With the breakdown of Friday's ceasefire and the prospects of peace seemingly distant, it is now more important than ever that the international community acts to get the two sides to agree to a renewed ceasefire, and thereafter to reestablish meaningful negotiations to achieve a two - state solution,» he said.

As the Brexit bill heads to the House of Lords this week, Mandelson also said he believed the government could be defeated in the upper chamber on the issues of a meaningful parliamentary vote at the end of negotiations and guaranteed rights for EU citizens in the UK.

«Further negotiation over water levels will not lead to meaningful recovery of the fish,» says William Lewis Jr., a limnologist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who chaired the 12 - member committee.

After decades of failure, a new approach to negotiations has raised hopes that nations meeting in Paris will agree to meaningful climate steps.

But as anyone who has watched the past 15 years of international climate negotiations can attest, most countries are still reluctant to take meaningful steps to lower their production of greenhouse gases, much less address issues such as how to help developing countries protect themselves from the extreme effects of climate change.

In his book The Village Way, Chaim Peri speaks of the DNA of effective discipline — meaningful punishment as a process of dialogue, negotiation, and agreement (DNA).

Keeping negotiations open would allow for teachers and the public to provide meaningful input into the direction of the profession.

All this information should make your «retirement salary negotiations» much more meaningful than simply a tug of war between the stingy owner of the portfolio and the retiree who's eager to spend money.

The contest has to be seen as a worthwhile effort, given the lack of meaningful results from nearly 20 years of formal negotiations.

Dec. 7, 1:11 a.m. Updated below With the latest round of contentious international climate treaty negotiations getting under way in Durban, South Africa, it's worth revisiting what would be required to meet ambitious targets set for greenhouse gases in California, a state that already has pledged meaningful action.

When you put this news in the context of climate treaty negotiations, it bodes poorly for a climatically meaningful treaty emerging in Paris late next year.

«If one wanted to sabotage the chances for a meaningful agreement in Paris next year, towards which the negotiations have been ongoing for several years, there'd hardly be a better way than restarting a debate about the finally - agreed foundation once again, namely the global long - term goal of limiting warming to at most 2 degrees C,» Stefan Rahmstorf, an expert at Germany's Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, wrote last week in an online response to the Nature piece.

Since international climate change negotiations began in 1990, the United States has yet to adopt meaningful greenhouse gas emissions reduction legislation For almost 20 years arguments against US climate change legislation or US participation in a global solution to climate change have been made that have almost always been of two types.

The United States is not only responsible for the current crisis because, as President Obama noted, it is the second highest emitter of ghg in the world behind China, it has historically emitted much more ghgs into the atmosphere than any other country including China, it is currently near the top of all nations in per capita ghg emissions, and the US has been responsible more than any other developed nation for the failure of the international community to adopt meaningful ghg emissions reduction targets from the beginning of international climate negotiations in 1990 until the Obama administration.

Countries must ensure the meaningful inclusion of Loss and Damage in textual negotiations at Bangkok.

As has been the case for recent COPs, commentators about achievements at COP - 17 are split on whether these negotiations accomplished some important positive steps toward an eventual meaningful global solution to climate change or whether Durban must be understood as another tragic international failure to come up with an adequate solution to the immense threat of human - induced warming.

The disaster was a tragic reminder of the urgent need for the negotiations to make meaningful progress, said Lucille Sering, the Filipino Minister of the Climate Change Commission.

And while this year is meaningful in the context of the year - end negotiations, the Road to Paris won't end at the conclusion of COP21.

The Paris Agreement provides an important new foundation for meaningful progress on climate change, and represents a dramatic departure from the past 20 years of international climate negotiations.

Discovery is not about gamesmanship, and parties are expected to engage in meaningful negotiation about the terms of discovery agreements.

From R. v. Powley in 2003 (which recognized that Métis communities have pre-existing aboriginal rights protected by s. 35) to Cunningham v. Alberta in 2011 (wherein Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin urged that «the time has finally come for recognition of the Métis as a unique and distinct people») to Manitoba Métis Federation v. Canada in 2013 (which recognized the outstanding constitutional grievance of the Manitoba Métis flowing from land grant provisions set out in s. 31 of the Manitoba Act, 1870), the Supreme Court of Canada has been consistent and unequivocal: s. 35 demands good faith and meaningful negotiations and reconciliation with the Métis people as well.

Even where the customer anticipates that it will be able to use other mechanisms to encourage or compel the service provider to have discussions about pricing, e.g. the threat of re-sourcing, in - sourcing or terminating services, the customer will frequently be hamstrung in any resulting negotiations by the lack of meaningful information about the components of the service provider's pricing.

In North Sea Continental Shelf (Germany v. Denmark), the ICJ held that international law on the delimitation of continental shelf boundaries required the two states to negotiate sincerely and to make real efforts to equitably accommodate one another's interests («to enter into negotiations with a view to arriving at an agreement... [and] so to conduct themselves that the negotiations are meaningful, which will not be the case when either of them insists upon its own position without contemplating any modification of it...»).

Real Estate Agent • Take information from clients regarding their need for buying, selling, leasing and renting • Look through company database to determine if similar properties are available in needed categories • Compare prices and chart out the best possible solution for clients, based on their individual needs • Appraise properties using local comparison charts and discuss cost of maintenance and repair • Visit sites to determine suitability for clients and show properties that are deemed suitable • Create effective and meaningful relationships with clients for further purchase and sale purposes • Provide clients with financial assistance solutions and ensure that appropriate background checks are carried out • Educate clients on equity in their property and refinancing options • List properties for sale or purchase in local newspapers and respond to calls for information • Assist clients through the payment procedures and indulge in negotiations • Ascertain that all paperwork involved is in order and that any discrepancies are managed before a transaction is carried out

A human rights based approach regards capacity building in Indigenous communities as essential to facilitate their equal and meaningful participation in the planning, design, negotiation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies, programs and projects that affect them.11 Furthermore, it recognises that governments and the private sector have a role in assisting Indigenous peoples in this regard.

Government native title policies of negotiating over litigating without clear objectives for negotiations miss the opportunity to link to broader Indigenous affairs policy goals and use native title agreements for more meaningful outcomes.

Government attitude towards negotiation has been a concern in Western Australia where the Office of Native Title has been reluctant in particular cases to engage in the mediation process both in terms of meaningful input and physical presence at formal mediation sessions convened by the Tribunal.

This fiduciary duty provides a much stronger basis for a Court to order a government to enter into meaningful negotiations than that available in Australia, where, in effect, the order to attend mediations and negotiate is a procedural matter unrelated to the substantive rights of the claimant group.

The mediator does not have the power to dictate a settlement but rather, uses skills to facilitate a meaningful discussion and open and free exchange of information between the parties fostering negotiation in a neutral and stable environment.

Given that the native title representative bodies do not have enough time, money or people available to ensure that native title holders and claimants in their area are able to exercise their procedural rights in hundreds of separate negotiations with mining companies and the State, a formalised «opt in» process negotiated by Indigenous peak bodies may prove to be a means to ensure that native title parties have some meaningful participation in decisions regarding mining exploration over their land.