Sentences with phrase «principled commitment to the issues»

I have always admired your principled commitment to the issues that matter to you and I hope that we can work together in future on areas like human rights and equality.

Not exact matches

The OSCE chairmanship has served as an important platform for other post-Communist European countries to demonstrate the maturity of their diplomatic capabilities, showcase the commitment of their political leaders to the Helsinki principles, and earn the respect of other OSCE participating states by exercising leadership on key regional security issues.

Suppose, further, that this issue was logically related to matters of principle at a deeper level, so that one could not commit oneself on this issue without also making significant commitments about the internal logic and character of the tradition as a whole.

Neville's discussion of these issues is largely taken up with considerations of Platonic and Aristotelian views of universals in relation to Hartshorne's commitment to «the old principle that the concrete contains the abstract» (CSPM 236f).

Since Harold Lindsell assumed the position of editor late in the sixties, Christianity Today has moved away from the mere elucidation of socially related Biblical principles, as Henry thought was right, to an ongoing commitment to social critique and specific commentary on a wide range of social and political issues.

In 1988, Planning Policy Guidance 2 was issued, which reaffirmed the Government's commitment to the principle of the Green Belt, and added a requirement to take account of sustainable development.

It highlights the reality of his commitment to the basic liberal principle at the heart of the issue.

The stance that Paddy was prepared to take on issues like passports for the people of Hong Kong, the importance of freedom of speech and publication, the need for freedom of information his firm commitment to Britain's future in the European Union: these all add up to a powerful record of principle.

As a key component of DOT's 1995 EJ strategy, the Department issued an internal DOT Order on EJ in 1997 (DOT Order 5610.2), setting forth the Department's commitment to achieving EJ as part of its mission and providing that it is DOT policy to promote EJ principles through the incorporation of those principles in all DOT programs, policies, and activities.

The auditors stated in a Form 8 - K filed by the Company on July 2, 2007 that they found «a number of serious issues and encountered significant difficulties in the performance of the audit that... called into question the commitment of Fiberxon's management to maintain reliable financial reporting systems, including accounting books and records, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. and China.»

In the absence of a court adjudicating what equity requires of nations in setting their national climate change commitments, a possibility but far from a guarantee under existing international and national law (for an explanation of some of the litigation issues, Buiti, 2011), the best hope for encouraging nations to improve the ambition of their national emissions reductions commitments on the basis of equity and justice is the creation of a mechanism under the UNFCCC that requires nations to explain their how they quantitatively took equity into account in establishing their INDCs and why their INDC is consistent with the nation's ethical obligations to people who are most vulnerable to climate change and the above principles of international law.

Thus, we consider this case against the background of a national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide - open, and that it may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials.

a profound national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide - open.

Agreement on this issue should be reached with the states and territories, and formalised by COAG through re-committing to the principles of the 1992 COAG National Commitment.