Sentences with phrase «urgent issues which»

Instead, he argues that there are many more urgent issues which we should be focusing on, e.g., malaria prevention, reducing malnutrition, trying to prevent HIV / AIDS.

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«The protection and improvement of the human environment is a major issue which affects the well - being of people and economic development throughout the world; it is the urgent desire of the people of the whole world and the duty of all Governments.

The French dramatic theorist Antonin Artaud, in speaking about the French classical theater, which had become formal and aloof from the issues of human hope, wrote, «In the anguished, catastrophic period in which we live, we feel an urgent need for a theater in which events do not exceed, where resonance is deep within us, dominating the instability of the times.»

Just as in Bultmann's analysis the questions of belief and truth that theology now faces can be adequately answered only by way of radical demythologizing and existentialist interpretation, so it is now clear to me that what is required if theology is to deal satisfactorily with the issues of action and justice (which for many persons are even more urgent) is a theological method comprising thoroughgoing de-ideologizing and political interpretation.

The issue has only become more urgent since then, with groups such as the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) lobbying this year for the First Amendment Defense Act, which «prevents the federal government from punishing an individual or faith - based business because they can not in good conscience accommodate same - sex marriage in certain situations.»

Just as in Bultmann's analysis the question of belief and truth that theology now faces can be adequately answered only by way of radical demythologizing and existentialist interpretation, so it is now clear to me that what is required if theology is to deal satisfactorily with the issues of action and justice (which for many persons are even more urgent) is a theological method comprising thoroughgoing de-ideologizing and political interpretation.32

(Unless you have an addiction issue, in which case you have a more urgent problem than determining a safe level of consumption.).

The letter titled: «Urgent issues for which the board needs answers from the CEO» dated April 13, 2018 Mr. Boakye Agyen also stated in parts that: ``....

A Democratic insider with ties to the governor told me that the dissolution of the IDC became an urgent issue because of upcoming special elections, which are crucial for Democrats to win if they want control of the state Senate.

Among the changes is a rehabilitation of the «urgent question», a piece of procedure which allows MPs to raise topical issues more quickly.

Mr Cameron wants an urgent resolution to the crisis over health which he sees as politically toxic for the Conservatives and the single issue most likely to tear the coalition apart.

A real showman, «the under» (as the department's second in command is referred to) once staged a drug raid (via the URGENT task force which he led) on a building across Main Street in Kingston from the County Office Building while the legislature was in session debating an issue involving the sheriff's department.

A statement dated April 23 which was signed and issued by the Speaker of Parliament Prof. A. Micheal Oquaye fell short of details of the «urgent business».

Understanding differences in how cancer develops and behaves in the elderly and determining which older patients can benefit from treatment — and which ones lack the resilience to tolerate it — are therefore increasingly urgent issues.

Meanwhile, WHO and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) today issued fresh and even more urgent calls for immediate, massive international action to contain the West African outbreak, which is spiraling out of control.

The Department has now issued an urgent consultation which outlines a proposed directed revision to LA Schemes for Financing Schools (i.e. forcing LAs to alter the wording in their local Scheme) as follows:

Putting any personal agendas aside, urgent issues remain in education which are as important now as they were on the 23rd June.

These differing approaches kept coming to mind as I read Ron Childress» And West is West, a novel that addresses some serious, even urgent, social questions but which seems at times more interested in scoring quick points for being socially conscious than really exploring the issues it raises in a thoughtful and thorough way.

Learn how to handle the most urgent puppy training issues, including safe socialization with people, puppy biting, house training, and chewing - all of which should be addressed during your puppy's first three months of life.

«As the world in which we live becomes more pluralistic — and issues such as global peace, environmental health and economic justice become more urgent — institutions with strong interfaith and intercultural commitments such as the Rothko Chapel become increasingly important.»

In light of recent events in which the demand for societal reform has become an urgent issue both abroad and at home — from the Arab Spring to the Occupy movement — Ezawa's portrait of democracy could not be more timely.

I'm of the opinion that it's actually a perfect time for artists to use the world stage of the most respected and long - standing international art exhibition, to address some urgent issues of world politics: In particular migration which is the subject of Vik Muniz's «Lampedusa» (Pace Gallery), a fragile paper boat floats around the Venetian canals, printed with headlines about migrants who died at sea in recent months after attempting to make the treacherous journey from Libya to Lampedusa in Italy.

Perhaps no other medium is better suited than paper to explore urgent issues such as disposability and obsolescence: Proof are Ester Partegàs's «garbage can» into which one can throw papers listing things one doesn't like and Patrick Killoran's «watches» made to be worn and tossed out.

His former tutor welcomed him to his study with an apology that an urgent issue had arisen which would occupy him for 10 minutes or so.

«Ministers stressed the need for urgent action to reduce SLCP emissions to contribute to Arctic climate change mitigation and to the preservation of the unique culture and ecosystems of the Arctic which are under threat from rapid climate changes,» read the statement issued at the conclusion of the meeting.

«I think [countries] need to understand that the issue is most urgent and the required rate of reduction of emissions is much greater than that which has been achieved,» said Hansen.

«We agree that climate change is one of the world's most urgent and serious issues, but we respectfully disagree with Divest Harvard on the means by which a university should confront it,» Harvard spokesperson Tania deLuzuriaga said in a statement.

We are also regularly instructed in high - profile challenges to the decisions of public authorities and regulators, including claims which require urgent applications for interim relief, and which involve complex issues of international, EU or human rights law in the commercial sphere.

He also never loses sight of the goal, the focus, or the strategy — which is extraordinary when there are so many issues requiring urgent consideration and response.»

As previously reiterated, the pool does not think SegWit properly addresses network capacity, which they explain «is now the most urgent issue for [b] itcoin.»

In January 2017, several members of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots attended a retreat by artificial intelligence leaders at Asilomar in Monterey, California in January 2017, which issued a set of «principles» including a call to retain human control of systems with artificial intelligence and affirms the urgent need to avoiding an arms race in lethal autonomous weapons systems.

Meanwhile the real meat of the week will come in statements or urgent questions, which are often not decided on until the morning of the day in question, and in committee hearings on a series of sensitive issues.

These include health, safety and welfare issues and also if one parent is incarcerated or on deployment or out of the State of California or the United States for an extended period of time since decisions may need to be made which are urgent.

The immediate nature of the Australian Government's response reflects the very first recommendation of the Little Children are Sacred report into the protection of Aboriginal children from child abuse in the Northern Territory which said: «That Aboriginal child sexual abuse in the Northern territory be designated as an issue of urgent national significance by both the Australian and Northern Territory Governments...» [7]