Sentences with phrase «urged other heads of state»

In his speech at COP21, Tuvalu Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga urged other heads of state and government to strive for a global temperature goal of below 1.5 degrees Celsius relative to pre-industrial levels.

Not exact matches

But others in the State Senate urged Albany to take on ethics reform — including State Senator Jeffrey Klein, head of the Independent Democratic Conference, who once co-led the State Senate with Mr. Skelos.

While other groups also pointedly urged Cuomo, as head of the state party, to step in, one union president was noticeably reserved.

With Rio +20 now a month away, a coalition of 22 green groups, representing some 5 million people, is urging President Obama to confirm his attendance at the environmental conference (like 130 other heads of state have done).

He urged countries to send their heads of state to the Copenhagen negotiations, which in some ways led to the chaotic nature of the event's closing hours as Obama shared the spotlight with more than 120 other presidents and prime ministers, including Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.