Sentences with phrase «support un»

Washington, DC About Blog The United Nations is the one international organization with the reach and vision capable of solving global problems.The UN Foundation, a public charity, was created in 1998 with entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner's historic $ 1 billion gift to support UN causes.

«That's why we support the UN's call for the U.S. corporate sector to commit to science - based targets to reduce emissions.

His knowledge in this field informed his conclusion that scientific data does not support the UN's claims of catastrophic man - made global warming.

Sorry, no evil conspiracy here, cooking the science to support UN world domination, just the scientific method at work.

Michael Bloomberg, the three - term former Mayor of New York City, has been chosen to support the UN's climate strategy and mobilise action towards climate change.

-- Thomas Gass In September 2015, 193 countries signed up to support the UN's 17 sustainable development goals for our planet and the people that live on it.

In September 2015, 193 countries signed up to support the UN's 17 sustainable development goals for our planet and the people that live on it.

In September 2015, 193 countries signed up to support the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals for our planet and the people that live on it.

Concerted efforts are thus required to address the energy challenges and support the UN initiative of «Sustainable Energy for All».

The SDG advocates comprise 16 persons meant to support the UN...

We strongly support the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in calling for a full and transparent investigation in to reports of attacks on Libya citizens.

But the report places its full faith in the UN process, saying «anything done in parallel such as by the major economies meeting or the G8 will only be helpful if they support the UN process».

This probably means Russia would not support any UN intervention, and as a veto country they have the power to prevent the UN from doing anything meaningful.

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I support the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development with a focus on Goal 3 which promotes good health and wellbeing for all.

This is fundamental to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the advancement of a more inclusive, sustainable future.

-- matt) and I've given you a 30 - second elevator pitch on why you should support the UN World Food Programme (and probably told you a bunch of other things, too).

«We urge the British government to support the UN Secretary - General's call for an independent investigation into the killings.

The Champions effort supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals adopted in September 2015.

Second, supporting any UN military efforts sets the precedent that such actions could be used on them in the future for such reasons as their nuclear weapons development or severe human rights violations.

Part of her practice is giving lectures and supporting un documented refugees.

Considering that my and our, in the US, tax money supports the UN, I don't see why I shouldn't have the right to see all of their documents at all stages.

Selected for two international tours to Afghanistan in supporting the UN in Operation Enduring Freedom.

The Global Moms Challenge supports the UN Secretary - General's Every Woman Every Child initiative to help women and children lead healthy lives.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

The framework that has been developed to support this includes the UN's partnership with the Costa Rican government in the form of its Certification for Sustainable Tourism.

The UN process could be reformed to allow for ratification when a proposal receives the support of a large majority of countries.

Starbucks also formally joined the the UN Refugee Agency's #WithRefugees campaign, to express solidarity and support for refugees.

Through its sister organization — the Better World Campaign — the UN Foundation works to support a fully funded United Nations so that it can continue to be an effective voice for international cooperation on behalf of peace, development, human rights and the environment.

Since last March, China has blocked India's attempts to put a ban on Azhar, under the sanctions committee of the UN Security Council, despite support from other members of the 15 - nation body.

Nicki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, is holding up American contributions to the UN Relief and Works Agency, which provides support for all kinds of programs for Palestinian refugees, unless the Palestinians agree to resume negotiations.

The firm also secured hundreds of thousands of dollars of business with John Bolton's Super Pac, formed by the hawkish former UN ambassador to support conservative candidates campaigning on national security issues.

A survey of more than 5,500 business leaders from all over the world from the 2016 Global Opportunity Report revealed widespread support of the UN's new Sustainable Development Goals, including the ones relating directly to climate change (SDG 7, 11 and 13).

Yussuff and one of the other task force members, Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan, were at the centre of the effort to secure McKenna's commitment to set up the task force and ensure financial support for laid - off coal miners, after the minister led the formation of the Powering Past Coal Alliance during last year's UN climate change conference in Bonn.

The UN Global Compact is a call to companies everywhere to voluntarily align their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment, and anticorruption, and to take action in support of UN goals and issues.

North Korean leader Kim Jong - un said he strongly supports denuclearization during a rare meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

For example, we support the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which stands at the basis of the UN Global Compact's Human Rights Principles, and our CEO Paul Bulcke signed the UN Global Compact CEO Statement for the 60th Anniversary of the UDHR.

Royal Military College professor Walter Dorn, one of Canada's pre-eminent experts on peacekeeping, found himself hard - pressed to think of another UN mission whose mandate included supporting a counter-terrorism mission.

Such support is to be restricted to Mali, in accordance with the UN mission's own boundaries, and only when it won't negatively affect the peacekeeping mission's own operations.

An agreement between the UN, EU and G5 Sahel members to provide operational and logistical support to the force through the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, or MINUSMA, was signed in February, a UN spokesperson said.

Britain, France and other countries voiced outrage, but having already committed air and logistical support in Libya, the best they could do was seek a toothless condemnation from the UN Security Council.

The 2015 annual report of the UN's Aviation Safety Section, Department of Field Support stated that there 21 military unmanned systems with MINUSMA, although it did not specify the type of aircraft.

Add to that both thousands of years of tribal warfare and the political insertion of the Jewish state into Palestine by the UN and America's support of Israel and there is little reason to believe religion per se is a primary cause.

USA support for Israel in the UN is overwhelming, How do you conclude that the US department of State is anti-Israel?

This revolution in religious thought is exemplified by religious leaders» current support for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was drafted by the UN Commission on Human Rights.

One can not help but be impressed also by the strong support the Holy See has given the UN from the start.

One irony is that some member nations actually sense that their status is enhanced by supporting the inflation of the UN's claims to govern.

Along with the time delay, allowing the campaign longer to work up support, the revisions in Draft II have probably increased the document's chances in the UN, and the revision process is not over yet.

I'm not sure what is meant by «global loyalty» - perhaps it would become a virtue in the event of invasion from other planets - but I am sure that such jargon contributes little to understanding why so many thoughtful Americans are coming to a jaundiced view of the UN and other institutions created in support of an internationalism that is now unsupported by clear doctrine, or any doctrine at all.

«Internationally the Government must take a lead in its role on the UN Security Council to support calls from the United Nation's own committees for the creation of a «safe zone» in Iraq, enforced by UN peacekeepers, to protect the country's minorities.