Sentences with phrase «vulnerable nations first»

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Additionally, in a 2009 letter to the United States Senate, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops called on the legislative body to «place the needs of poor families and the most vulnerable in our nation and around the world first in setting priorities in the federal budget resolution.»

As a first step, in 2012, nations that are party to the convention will provide data on two measurable indicators: the proportion of the population in vulnerable areas living above the poverty line and the area of land covered by vegetation.

«Rather than putting America's health first, this budget instead puts the health and safety of all Americans — but especially our nation's most vulnerable, such as lower - income Americans, children and those living with a lung disease like asthma — in jeopardy.»

Meanwhile, in Maine, the nation's first statewide laptop program is looking financially vulnerable.

This week the first official estimate of the nation's vulnerable minors was revealed by the Children's Commissioner for England, which showed in the region of 800,000 children in the UK suffering from mental health problems.

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NCLB provided significant support for our nation's most vulnerable children and was considered a positive first step.

For the first time the Doha agreement sets up a mechanism by which vulnerable nations may receive funds from carbon polluters for loss and damages.

I had a bad 18 hours or so, was too angry to sleep one night, when it became clear that Fiji's COP, the first ever to be chaired by a Pacific island state, would send the world's most vulnerable nations home empty - handed on the life - and - death issue of loss and damage.

There's never really a light shone on these places and when we think about who is most vulnerable, you have to include the prison population, especially when we know that First Nations, racialized people and people with mental health disabilities are over-represented.

Lanise is also passionate about human rights and equality, particularly for First Nations and vulnerable people.