Sentences with phrase «of national consensus»

The lack of national consensus on NASA's most publicly visible human spaceflight goal along with budget uncertainty has undermined the agency's ability to guide program planning and allocate funding.»

The act is a product of national consensus and has both executive and legislative approvals,» MP for Ajumako - Enyan - Essiam and a former Deputy Minister of Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson stated while addressing a press conference in parliament.

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The CD Howe Business Cycle Council (of which I'm a member) is based on a collective consensus, which is also the technique used by the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research.

One of the genuinely unique policy ideas Donald Trump has brought to the national stage is a deep skepticism of the once - bipartisan consensus on free trade.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich still harbors hopes of emerging as a consensus candidate after multiple ballots but he lacks stature with national Republicans annoyed that he is still in the race, and he is deeply distrusted by ideological conservatives.

But if neither one can garner a majority on the first few ballots, Ryan could easily get drafted as a consensus alternative with national campaign experience and a deep well of respect within the party.

Energy minister Josh Frydenberg was confident of achieving a consensus to send the National Energy Guarantee to its next stage as energy min...

But instead of trying to build a national consensus in favour of projects like Keystone XL, the Conservative government demonized opposition to the pipelines in Canada.

Professor Woo, President of the newly established Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia, talks about the watershed moment in the country's recent economic history and argues for a bi-partisan consensus around «an inclusive national development» plan as the only way forward.

«It is very remarkable the degree to which there is a consensus,» National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) official Galen Carey told the Times, which reports that «no prominent pastor» has spoken out against the immigration effort.

The research continued, and in May 1982 the National Institute of Mental Health released the findings of a ten - year follow - up to the surgeon general's 1972 study: «After ten more years of research, the consensus among most of the research community is that violence on television does lead to aggressive behavior by children and teenagers who watch the programs.

The more liberal Krishna Kanth, the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, in his address to the Assembly of the National Council of Churches in 1991 and following it in a press interview with Neerge Choudhury (Indian Express 21 Oct. 1991) «called for an end to religious conversion in the country, not by law but by a voluntary consensus of religious leaders», because in his opinion, communal strife is closely linked to conversion.

Power in the national state rests on public opinion — or on «consensus» as one head of state prefers to call it.

In April 2010, Ortega wrote in Palabra Nueva (New Word), the magazine of the Havana Archdiocese, that Cubans had reached a national consensus, and that postponing reforms was sure to produce «impatience and uneasiness» among people already suffering hardships.

Thus it must be said that the relevant political ethic for the diplomatist requires, to begin with, an awareness that the texture of interstate relations is comprised of multiple national interests, with their military, political, economic, and moral components, which clash in conflict or are resolved in consensus and agreement.

Such a plan already exists, and it enjoys the support of a Palestinian national consensus as well as that of Arab states.

Without necessarily reaching unanimity at every point, this consensus has been reached and stated again and again in pronouncements of the World Council of Churches, the Federal and National councils, and the various denominational bodies.

While a small group of conservative evangelical leaders — including Samaritan's Purse's Franklin Graham, the National Religious Broadcasters» Jerry Johnson, and the American Center for Law and Justice's Jay Sekulow — have spoken out in defense of Trump's plan, the open letter in the Post further cemented the growing consensus among evangelical experts that Trump's executive order on refugees is unnecessary and harmful.

But research continued, and in May of 1982, the National Institute for Mental Health released the findings of a 10 - year follow up on the Surgeon General «s 1972 Study entitled Television and Behavior: «After ten more years of research, the consensus among most of the research community is that violence on television does lead to aggressive behavior by children and teenagers who watch the programs.

CSPI supports the recently passed federal law for mandatory disclosure of GMOs, and believes there should be a national standard for non-GMO labeling enforced by the USDA and not a consensus - based standard such as the Non-GMO Project Verified seal seen on many labels.

Energy minister Josh Frydenberg was confident of achieving a consensus to send the National Energy Guarantee to its next stage as energy min...

Even if Dockins didn't have her brave fight with cancer prior to her stellar season, she'd still head into the postseason as the leading candidate to be the Cal - Hi Sports Ms. Softball State Player of the Year and the consensus national player of the year.

The season hadn't even started, and senior guard J.J. Redick was being asked to contemplate this ending: What if the Blue Devils, the consensus preseason choice as the nation's top team, fail to deliver the fourth national title of the Mike Krzyzewski era?

In one of those seasons, the Nationals were supposed to be the consensus best team in baseball — just like now — and they didn't even make the postseason.

«The Family Online Safety Institute is proud to be partnering with the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of the Kingdom of Bahrain in its efforts to find a national consensus for online safety,» said David Miles, FOSI Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

June 05, 2012 — The United States» three midwifery organizations — American College of Nurse - Midwives (ACNM), Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA), and National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM)-- have released a historic consensus statement.

By so doing, he claimed that the deal Edward Heath had agreed in 1973 was disadvantageous, while at the same time avoiding breaking ranks with the political consensus that membership of the European Economic Community would be in the UK's national interest.

However, there is no consensus in African capitals over the best way to link new sources of investment to national development goals and structural change.

«Of course different political parties will have different priorities, but if we can get broad consensus that's got to be in the national interest.»

And, given the severely fractured status of the conservative movement in America, it will be hard for any candidate — Trump or otherwise — to appeal to a national constituency that seems to lack any consensus on what it means to even be «conservative.»

National Interest implies the expectation of national agreement and consensus for the state when it seeks to promote its role, or hold its own in an anarchical internationalNational Interest implies the expectation of national agreement and consensus for the state when it seeks to promote its role, or hold its own in an anarchical internationalnational agreement and consensus for the state when it seeks to promote its role, or hold its own in an anarchical international system.

In 2010 there was cross-party consensus in support of proposals to make PSHE a statutory entitlement for all young people as part of the national curriculum, which were only dropped because they were not passed before the general election.

The school's continuing students in a drama show called for national consensus on the successful implementation of the free SHS policy.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has expressed disappointment at the decision, after the apparent cross-party consensus in 2010 to make PSHE a statutory part of the national curriculum.

Britain's pragmatic consensus on cutting military spending reflects the weakening of Britain's national spirit, a defence campaigner has claimed.

«In 1999 when the then President Obasanjo was elected on a national consensus on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), there were a lot of expectations from Nigerians, haven come out of a dictatorship from the hands of the military.

Government must take steps to galvanize consensus around other issues of national importance, especially with respect to political governance nation - building matters, and should initiate a process of involving citizens whose experience, insight and expertise will enhance economic policy management and national governance.

Cross-party support for the industry has always been important and in times of national political turbulence, industries requiring stable environments in order to make long - term investments place political consensus at a premium.

«If the government is genuinely concerned to build a national consensus on counter-terrorism policy, it should drop this ill - conceived proposal and work with us and others to identify better ways of ensuring terrorism suspects are successfully prosecuted,» Mr Dismore added.

A summary of the RCP's submission to the Future Forum workstream on information: · The development of evidence and consensus - based national standards for electronic records is essential.

Ron Campbell, Chief Policy and Research Analyst for National Energy Action said: «The original UK Fuel Poverty Strategy was described as «representing the start of the road to the end of fuel poverty in the United Kingdom», there is a consensus that in order to make meaningful progress in the right direction we are in urgent need of a «road map».

That's just one of the rules oddities that became clear last week as the 168 members of the Republican National Committee and top party functionaries met in beachside splendor to discuss the GOP's messy search for a consensus presidential candidate.

In considering legislation Parliament should undertake close scrutiny in a climate of effective deliberation, seeking to identify and maximise a national consensus where feasible.

Babangida in the initial letter further stated that «the next election In 2019 therefore presents us a unique opportunity to reinvent the will and provoke fresh leadership that would immediately begin the process of healing the wounds in the land and ensuring that the wishes and aspirations of the people are realized in building and sustaining national cohesion and consensus.

Recent expressions of concern and interest over the ominous uncertainty of the future of the Buhari Presidency in particular and the sustainability of the northern entitlement beyond 2019 in general provide pointers to the positive potentials of capturing the political composition and nationalistic disposition that characterized the National Assembly under Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as the preferred template for kick - starting the proposed NEW DEAL for pan-Nigerian consensus and endorsement of the imperilled northern entitlement for a second term.

But he adds that groups have aligned with the national «indivisible» movement — one that calls for people to go to town halls, spread out to give an impression of consensus, boo Congressmen or refuse to give up the microphone.

That's one rules oddity that became clear last week as the 168 members of the Republican National Committee and top party functionaries met in beachside splendor to discuss the GOP's messy search for a consensus presidential candidate.

Osinbajo, had in an interview on Tuesday said, «If you recall when I was Acting President, I signed the 2017 budget and, at that time, I made the announcement with the full consensus of the National Assembly that, from 2018, we are going to have a budget that is going to apply in January and end in December the normal financial year.

In hope of finding consensus, the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) in Rockville, Maryland, combed through 267 recommendations in nine of these reports from a variety of groups that include the National Academy of Sciences and a group of postdocs.

There is still no consensus, however, and these two mysteries are just a drop in the ocean, according to Sharon Nieukirk of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.