Other programme effects complemented the reported increases in parental confidence to prevent smoking and children's
social commitment against smoking.
Not exact matches
Exxon has argued
against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and
commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental,
social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»
Both of the major camps of
social conservative reaction to the challenges of the last few years are right in part: We have always had to struggle
against the inclination of our liberal society to furiously pound itself into what Edmund Burke called «the dust and powder of individuality,» and to resist its elevation of choice above
commitment.
Affinities, Brown notes, include «the
social or communal stress as a safeguard
against individualistic Christianity, the stress on praxis, a methodology arising out of the human situation rather than being imposed on it, a passionate
commitment to the dispossessed, and a recognition of the systemic nature of evil» (p. 141).
We stand for the Monarchy; traditional marriage; family and community duties; proper pride in our nation's distinctive qualities; quality of life over soulless utility;
social responsibility over personal selfishness;
social justice as civic duty, not state dependency; compassion for those in need; reducing government waste; lower taxation and deregulation; our ancient liberties
against politically correct censorship and a
commitment to our democratically elected parliament.»
President Geingob appreciated the support given Namibia during the struggle for independence, and Namibia's strong
commitment to also lending its support to the fight
against social inequalities that are stifling the growth of nations and states.
The petition copied to Mr Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention
against Corruption reads in part: «SERAP considers these amendments to be in bad faith, patently an abuse of legislative powers, politically biased, and demonstrably unjustified in a democratic and representative society governed by the rule of law, and incompatible with the country's international human rights obligations and
commitments particularly the UN Convention
against Corruption, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights, and the African Charter on Human and Peoples» Rights, which Nigeria has ratified.»
I think this emerging form of emissions accounting provides a valuable way to show how the growing coal (and natural gas) greenhouse - gas emissions
commitment will play out, but — because of the competing
social and economic values embedded in that extracted energy, along with the equity argument poor countries use
against established fossil - powered industrial giants — I'm not sure it leads to a more effective strategy for cutting those emissions.
This directly goes
against the principles of the UNFCCC and is outlined in Article 4 (7): «The extent to which developing country Parties will effectively implement their
commitments under the Convention will depend on the effective implementation by developed country Parties of their
commitments under the Convention related to financial resources and transfer of technology and will take fully into account that economic and
social development and poverty eradication are the first and overriding priorities of the developing country Parties.»