Sentences with phrase «on contentious issues in»

Also, sometimes the US press also has reported on specific disagreements among nations on contentious issues in negotiations.

It's valuable to have civil, informed discourse on contentious issues in which feelings, so often, get in the way of facts.

The aim of Catholic Voices is to assist interested parties in articulating well - founded arguments supporting traditional Catholic teaching and to train participants in presenting the Church's case on contentious issues in the media.

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«The determination of the PSD - led government to charge ahead with the contentious criminal justice reform in disregard of widespread public discontent and political opposition sets a scene for tumultuous period ahead, highlighting a risk of further deteriorating operating environment,» Andrius Tursa, advisor on central and eastern European issues at Teneo Intelligence said in a note last week.

Eight days of talks in Mexico's capital failed to make headway on new rules governing the content of products made in North America, which has been one of the most contentious issues in the talks.

These CEOs are intentionally courting controversy by weighing in on contentious issues without any obvious pretense of raising profits.

The «Byrd bath» isn't a public event: We'll know its outcome by what's included in the final legislation put forward by McConnell — and some of the most contentious issues could be litigated on the Senate floor.

One source of uncertainty and frustration in Canada and Mexico is that the Trump administration has not yet made concrete proposals on the most contentious issues — although these may be coming at the fourth round in Washington.

As head of Herbert Smith Freehills» private wealth practice in Asia, Richard acts for HNW individuals, their families, private banks and other advisors across Asia on a range of contentious and non-contentious trust and probate issues together with charitable and family company matters.

The more you grow to see them as an actual three - dimensional human being, the easier it will be to engage them on contentious issues without things blowing up in your face.

While these contentious issues have already generated a heightened interest in Pope Francis» words and the American bishops» public statements, they also call on young Catholics to reflect more deeply about the seriousness of their faith and Catholic identity.

Instead, they want the church to change its position on some very controversial and contentious issues (a key example is the gay / lesbian push for acceptance of a sinful behavior), and that's not going to happen... most especially not in the Roman Catholic Church or Eastern Orthodox Church.

«We have joint meetings and discussion on some of the most unbelievably contentious issues, like pro-life issues, to see if we can somehow arrive at some sort of way of living the Gospel in parliament,» he said.

Washington (CNN)-- As the Supreme Court considers two major same - sex marriage cases that could change marriage in the United States, religious leaders on both sides of the debate believe they are on God's side of the contentious issue.

Presbyterian votes on contentious theological and moral issues often fall within the range of 55 percent to 45 percent, the equivalent of a vote of eleven to nine in a local church.

Read goes on to comment that «This revival of Latin and the return of the Tridentine rite, together with unambiguous restatement of traditional Catholic teaching on contentious issues, will no doubt dismay not just liberal Catholics but many of the Catholic bishops of England and Wales: certainly the muted response by the Bishops» Conference to Sacramentum Caritatis hascaused indignation in some Catholic circles.»

Each concerned a growingly contentious issue in politics, each sought to take it out of politics by deciding it judicially on constitutional grounds, and each did so by basing the decision on the due process clause of the Constitution.

Some signed treaties are left in limbo and never ratified, very few become contentious issues and fail (e.g. in a referendum) but for the most part, all the head of states / governments and their representatives around the table have a parliamentary majority behind them and can get whatever they agree on through their own parliament.

In particular, I think it is important for me to speak quickly on the contentious issue of the tenure of our National and State Executive Officers.

The ultimatum handed down by Cuomo and the legislature on the prevailing wage issue in June 2015 — which put developers and construction unions in the position of having to agree on an extremely contentious issue — has been painted by some observers as doomed from the start.

That week, he identified charter schools during a radio interview on «The Capitol Pressroom» as the most contentious issue in the budget, as opposed to universal pre-K.

Grandparents, cousins and similarly close relations of people in the United States should not be prevented from coming to the country under Trump's travel ban, a federal appeals court has ruled in another legal defeat for the administration on the contentious issue.

Recognizing this, China has offered to invest billions in Indian infrastructure and has moderated government rhetoric on contentious Sino - Indian issues, including border disputes.

It; s a counter-weight to one of the few contentious issues in the speech: allowing fracking companies to dig on people's land without their permission.

And the religious organisations can not be excluded in the public debate on many contentious issues that besiege the country today.

Voters will get a third chance to make their feelings known on term limits after the City Charter Revision Commission voted this month to put the contentious issue back on the ballot in November.

And Switzerland, with its extensive experience in direct democracy, has often been able to successfully manage campaigns on contentious issues.

Commenting on the report published today by the Education Select Committee into PSHE and SRE in schools, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The NASUWT recognises that the Select Committee is trying to address a difficult and contentious issue.

Party bigwigs have opened a new policy consultation on the contentious issue of electoral reform — and suggestions made so far would not look out of place in a Liberal Democrat manifesto.

Weighing in on one of the most contentious issues in American politics — the danger posed to host countries by the 4.8 million people who have fled from Syria's civil war — Syrian President Bashar al - Assad told Yahoo News that some of the refugees are «definitely» terrorists.

Cuomo himself was in Broome County on Tuesday to announce the expansion of a marketing company in the area — good economic development news for a region that was initially denied a casino license and has been debating the contentious hydrofracking issue for natural gas drilling.

New York's highest court on Tuesday will hear oral arguments in a court case that seeks to authorize physician - assisted suicide — a contentious issue that appears to be going nowhere this year in the Legislature.

The late budget nonetheless resulted in a variety of deals on contentious issues, including raising the age of criminal responsibility for minors.

Republicans remain wary of a contentious debate on the divisive issue, which could anger their core voters and undercut potential electoral gains in the November elections.

Cuomo and de Blasio have over the years feuded on issues both big and small, going even beyond the usual contentious dynamic that is seen between a governor and mayor in New York.

The absence of a ninth justice since Antonin Scalia's death in February has hamstrung the court in several cases and forced the justices to look for less contentious issues on which they are less likely to divide by 4 - 4 votes.

Democrats in the remaining 26 - member conference grumble about the IDC's propensity to side with Republicans on contentious issues such as a constitutional amendment for independent redistricting and a vote that some saw as watering down the powers of the lieutenant governor in order to provide needed votes (it was even joked about at the LCA Show in May).

Gov. Andrew Cuomo had another one of those quickie press avails with the Capitol press corps, the focus of which was his focus on «collegiality» in negotiating with the legislative leaders over contentious issues — everything from the budget to the property tax cap.

And shadow cabinet members from Corbyn down are even following more conventional rules about what they say in relation to contentious issues: McDonnell refused my invitation to support illegal public sector pay strikes on my show yesterday, for example.

On Sept. 7, the state Assembly and Senate will hold what could be a contentious joint hearing in Albany on water quality issueOn Sept. 7, the state Assembly and Senate will hold what could be a contentious joint hearing in Albany on water quality issueon water quality issues.

He broke his silence on the contentious issue at his private Fuo residence in Tamale, where he received Hassan...

On teacher evaluation, among the most contentious education issues in the fight, the legislation includes a fairer, more rational scoring system than the current complex system that relies on points and percentageOn teacher evaluation, among the most contentious education issues in the fight, the legislation includes a fairer, more rational scoring system than the current complex system that relies on points and percentageon points and percentages.

However, the most contentious issue - the # 24,000 - a-year second homes allowance available to all non-London MPs - will now be looked at by the independent Committee on Standards in Public Life.

COPENHAGEN — The economic outlook may be daunting, and everyone in Copenhagen agrees on the need to cut CO2 emissions, but just how to stimulate investment in low - carbon technologies is a long - standing and contentious issue.

The agreement, months in the making, came together after a dinner at Xi's official residence, following lengthy bilateral talks on contentious issues ranging from trade to maritime disputes.

Q: One of the most contentious issues in the negotiations was R&D on advanced centrifuges.

In Cell Metabolism on August 13, the Harvard scientists who discovered irisin address this contentious issue by showing that human irisin circulates in the blood at nanogram levels and increases during exercisIn Cell Metabolism on August 13, the Harvard scientists who discovered irisin address this contentious issue by showing that human irisin circulates in the blood at nanogram levels and increases during exercisin the blood at nanogram levels and increases during exercise.

In a study slated for publication in the journal Advances in Political Psychology, a Yale - led research team found that people who are curious about science are less polarized in their views on contentious issues than less - curious peerIn a study slated for publication in the journal Advances in Political Psychology, a Yale - led research team found that people who are curious about science are less polarized in their views on contentious issues than less - curious peerin the journal Advances in Political Psychology, a Yale - led research team found that people who are curious about science are less polarized in their views on contentious issues than less - curious peerin Political Psychology, a Yale - led research team found that people who are curious about science are less polarized in their views on contentious issues than less - curious peerin their views on contentious issues than less - curious peers.

In examining the ultimate transdisciplinary issue, humanity's evolving two - way relationship with the climate, I've had the rare privilege of studying the whole picture, from the climate models running on supercomputers in Boulder in 1985 to the burning rain forests of the western Amazon in 1989 to the shifting sea ice around the North Pole in 2003 to the contentious climate treaty talks in one city after anotheIn examining the ultimate transdisciplinary issue, humanity's evolving two - way relationship with the climate, I've had the rare privilege of studying the whole picture, from the climate models running on supercomputers in Boulder in 1985 to the burning rain forests of the western Amazon in 1989 to the shifting sea ice around the North Pole in 2003 to the contentious climate treaty talks in one city after anothein Boulder in 1985 to the burning rain forests of the western Amazon in 1989 to the shifting sea ice around the North Pole in 2003 to the contentious climate treaty talks in one city after anothein 1985 to the burning rain forests of the western Amazon in 1989 to the shifting sea ice around the North Pole in 2003 to the contentious climate treaty talks in one city after anothein 1989 to the shifting sea ice around the North Pole in 2003 to the contentious climate treaty talks in one city after anothein 2003 to the contentious climate treaty talks in one city after anothein one city after another.

We also commit to supporting members of the global sustainability research community in nations where public access to reliable information is at risk and where scientists are being undermined or gagged on politically contentious issues.