Sentences with phrase «resolution calling on»

The next year Senator Arthur Roebuck (Liberal, Toronto - Trinity) introduced a resolution calling on the government to consider bringing a draft bill of rights to the next Dominion - Provincial conference (as such events were then known).

On June 17, 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a Resolution calling on the High Commissioner for Human Rights to examine «how international human rights law can be used to end violence and related human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.»

The UN General Assembly should pass a resolution calling on the ICJ to make an advisory ruling, he said, on what sort of responsibilities countries have in terms of cutting carbon emissions to avoid dangerous warming.

In 2006, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the European Commission to strengthen the EU shark finning legislation and progress is being made.

Shell's board believes that the shareholder resolution calling on the company to cut more emissions is unnecessary because of its commitment to a 50 - percent cut in emissions.

One of the most extreme and divisive proposals on ALEC's agenda is a proposed resolution calling on EPA Administrator and ALEC alumnus Scott Pruitt to review, and ultimately repeal, the EPA's 2009 finding that greenhouse gases are endangering the planet and public health.

The IWC has also passed a resolution calling on Norway to halt all whaling activities and refrain from trading.

350, a resolution calling on the US delegation to the International Whaling Commission to resume its leadership role and defend the ban on commercial whaling.

COAL: • Ameren shareholders approve a resolution calling on the company to detail local impacts of its coal ash storage sites.

Despite a Security Council resolution calling on Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories; Palestinians in the West Bank, including east Jerusalem, have lived under Israeli occupation since 1967.

Mayor de Blasio has failed to comply with a 2015 unanimous city council resolution calling on the NYC DOE to inform all parents of their rights regarding test refusal at the beginning of each school year and in fact this spring the NYC DOE removed language from guidance instructing schools to respect parents» right to opt out until faced by questions from the City Council Education Committee.

Thereafter, «[t] he board passed a resolution calling on itself to draft a resolution addressing its concerns with the PARCC exam and its role in teacher evaluations and school grades.

In Mississippi, the Greenville Public School District school board passed a version of NEA's resolution calling on district leaders to reduce high - stakes assessments.

Inspired by a statement adopted by more than 360 Texas school boards, major national education, civil rights and parents groups have launched a resolution calling on federal and state policymakers to reduce standardized test mandates and, instead, base school accountability on multiple forms of measurement.

Today, the Board unanimously passed my resolution calling on the state to raise per - pupil spending.

by: Jeffrey S. Solochek Tampa Bay Times October 20, 2015 The Florida School Boards Association has formally adopted a resolution calling on Gov. Rick Scott to waive the use of 2015 state test results for school grades, personnel evaluations, student progression and other uses.

The LAUSD Board will hold a special closed session on Tuesday, December 4 to confer with its legal counsel about the Doe v. Deasy case and to discuss labor negotiations: Board Members Monica Garcia and Tamar Galatzan will also introduce a resolution calling on state legislators to change «the lengthy, expensive [teacher] dismissal process required...

Erie County 5th District Legislator and Minority Leader Thomas A. Loughran (D - Amherst) has submitted a resolution calling on the Erie County Water Authority to eliminate language that makes it possible for people with no public utility management credentials to serve as the agency's executive director.

The situation deteriorated to the point where the Rensselaer County Legislature passed a resolution calling on the city to thaw the pipes, County Chairman Martin Reid telling Time Warner Cable News: «All they need to do is have the city engineer declare an emergency and they can hire people to come out right away.

The County Legislature voted, 7 to 4, on Thursday to approve a resolution calling on the state to repeal and revise the New York State SAFE Act of 2013 «in a manner that is respectful of the Second Amendment rights of New Yorkers.»

The organization took up the cause and passed a resolution calling on the state to change its policy.

He also met with 11 state senators who agreed to support a Vermont resolution calling on Congress to initiate the process.

In a last - minute move pushed by Mayor Shayne Gallo, the Common Council on Tuesday night passed a resolution calling on state lawmakers to convene a special session to restore the county's full 4 percent sales tax.

HUNTINGTON — The Democratic State Committee will consider a resolution calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to spurn the Independence Party nomination, a move that would effectively kill the third party.

Treyger also introduced a resolution calling on state lawmakers to amend state law to close the loophole.

Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to enact, and Governor Cuomo to sign into law, such legislation as shall protect the privacy of New York State Pistol License and Concealed Carry Permit Holders.

Last year, the owners of the Pine Grove Ranch and the Hudson Valley Spa and Resort, both in Kerhonkson, asked Ulster County lawmakers to adopt a resolution calling on the state to allow video lottery terminals at the two resorts.

In August, Southold school board members approved a resolution calling on state and federal officials to overhaul the current method of standardized testing tied to teacher evaluations.

Lawmakers in Saratoga County have passed a resolution calling on General Electric to monitor flood plains along the Hudson River for chemical contamination.

Erie County Legislature Majority Leader Joseph C. Lorigo sponsored a resolution calling on New York State to immediately and thoroughly review its policy concerning the placement of convicted sex offenders in state - operated residential housing units.

The Erie County Legislature has unanimously approved a resolution calling on the New York State Governor and Legislators to extend the Brownfield Clean - up Tax Incentives Program in support of regional business development.

New City — In a unanimous decision, the county legislature's budget & finance committee approved a memorializing resolution calling on the state legislature and governor to resolve problems with the state's chargeback system for community colleges at its March 12 meeting.

The state Democratic Committee once again declined on Monday to vote on a resolution calling on the five - member Independent Democratic Conference to rejoin the mainline conference in the state Senate.

The Kingston Common Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a non-binding resolution calling on state and federal officials to enact tougher regulations on firearms.

This was made clear when Community Board 1, upon hearing that Governor Andrew Cuomo, shortly after taking office, was thinking of removing Chris Ward from the Port's helm, unanimously passed a resolution calling on the new governor -LSB-...]

Yesterday, the Cortland County Legislature's Budget Committee passed a resolution calling on the state to increase aid for full - time, students.

They passed a non-binding resolution calling on the state to halt their plans and come up with a design that addresses the concerns from the...

Last June, Councilman King introduced a Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign Jaden's Law.

The organization passed a resolution calling on the state to change its policy.

In 2013, the owners of the Pine Grove Ranch and the Hudson Valley Spa and Resort, both in Kerhonkson, asked Ulster County lawmakers to adopt a resolution calling on the state to allow video lottery terminals at the two resorts.

Lending my support to the necessity of these improvements, I sponsored a resolution calling on the FAA to implement the changes without further delay.

Morris Faitelewicz wanted to add language to the resolution calling on teachers to stop parking their cars on the sidewalks.

Buffalo, NY - Erie County Legislator Peter J. Savage, III (D - Buffalo) has introduced a resolution calling on the Erie County Legislature's Health and Human Services committee to conduct fact - finding sessions to enable stakeholders in the public health and electronic cigarettes industry, as well as county government, to address the issues concerning electronic cigarettes and vapor lounges.

Committee member Morris Faitelewicz wanted to add language to the resolution calling on teachers to stop parking their cars on the sidewalks.

Chairman Savage will present a resolution calling on the New York State Senate to approve the measure at the next session of the Erie County Legislature, this Thursday, March 15 at 2 p.m.

Lawmakers approved a resolution calling on the mayor and the Department of Strategic Planning to explore various sites.

Next, on Thursday, advocates plan to march in solidarity just before the City Council is to pass a resolution calling on the city and the state to commit to creating 35,000 supportive housing units statewide.

The state's Democratic Rural Conference has passed a resolution calling on the state Senate's fractured Democrats to come together «for the common good as they enter the 2017 budget process,» and asking Cuomo «to do everything possible to ensure this outcome.»

Murphy conceded the Yorktown Town Board should have joined neighboring Cortlandt, Peekskill and Somers in passing a resolution calling on the federal government to fully review health, safety and environmental issues related to Spectra's proposed project.

Erie County Legislator Edward A. Rath, III has co-sponsored a resolution calling on the Social Security Administration to keep the Amherst branch open.