Sentences with phrase «which called on»

The progress comes ten years after the adoption of the UN's Climate Neutral Strategy, which called on UN Environment's Executive Director, as chair of the UN's Environment Management Group, to support the shift towards more sustainable practices across the UN system.

Like the 2000 Whitney Biennial, which called on six curators in regional institutions to organize that popular survey of American art, State of the Art bodes well for urban and rural artists living outside major art centers.

His exhibit will reconstruct the offices of Artist Actualization Services, a short - lived but influential artist organization in Los Angeles between the years of 1980 to 1985, which called on artists to constantly reinvent themselves.

At an appearance at Kenmore Middle School in Arlington, Virginia on Monday, President Obama outlined his vision for reforming the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which he called on Congress to complete before school reconvenes in the fall.

But Grim said what Bennett didn't discuss in his media rollout of the state's intervention plan yesterday was that Washington Community High School is in year two of a three - year turnaround plan with the state, which called on a third - party organization to help the school improve its test scores when it was written.

In February, Schools Week reported on the findings of the education select committee's teacher recruitment and retention inquiry, which called on the government to give all teachers the chance to formally improve their professional development as one way to boost retention rates.

The Indiana General Assembly unanimously passed the measure, which called on state education officials to craft robust reading standards for Indiana students.

The watchdog claimed the finding was a cause for concern in a letter to Reading Borough Council, which called on the authority to do more to improve exam results.

But the terms of the agreement with the original trust required the society to honor the provisions in the fund's founding document, which called on the fund «to advance science education and research in the petroleum field.»

Their plan for achieving this goal was the so - called «Lisbon strategy» which called on European countries to spend no less than three percent of their gross domestic product on research and development (R&D) starting no later than 2010.

«This policy is an irresponsible «no room at the inn» approach that does nothing to address the record number of people experiencing homelessness in New York City as winter approaches,» she said in a joint statement with General Welfare Committee Chair Annabel Palma, which called on the Bloomberg administration to reverse the policy.

Meanwhile, Lanza also came under fire Wednesday from Common Cause / New York, which called on him to hold a Codes Committee meeting and take up a vote on a bill to close the campaign finance loophole involving limited liability companies, or LLCs — legislation the Senate GOP opposes.

Mr Reid's comments echo a speech made by David Cameron to the Police Federation, in which he called on governments to tackle the underlying causes of crime, leaving the police free to detect it.

The ad brought condemnations from the Zeldin campaign as well as the state Republican Party, which called on him to pull the spot.

Sen. Ruth Hassell - Thompson led the conference, which called on the Assembly to also pass the bill.

, which called on the government to introduce statutory guidance against the teaching of creationism and garnered significant press coverage.

Earlier today, Paladino blasted out a missive to his sizable email chain in which he called on Libous to ask the «grassroots / Tea Party taxpayers» for forgiveness for «past transgressions» and pledge to advocate for and defend Conservative / Republican interests.

Moore's spouse, Kayla, wrote a fundraising appeal in which she called on supporters to rally around her husband's candidacy.

His statement comes after President Barack Obama's televised address to the nation on Sunday night, in which he called on Americans to turn away from discrimination.

While the document does not use the word «decriminalisation», senior Liberal Democrat sources told Politics.co.uk the pre-manifesto was adopting «the essence» of a policy document proposal which called on the UK to follow the approach used in Portugal.

SNA championed better nutrition for children for 67 years and supported the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act, which called on the Agriculture Department to require schools to provide healthier meals in exchange for an increase in federal spending on school lunches.

The notice, which calls on local authorities to «create and refine platforms for exposing defaulted borrowers» by the end of the year, was jointly issued by China's Supreme People's Court, the Chinese Communist Party's Publicity Department and the China Banking Regulatory Commission, according to the state - run Xinhua News Agency.

December 1 was World AIDS Day, and a new social - hashtag campaign was launched, #TreatmentForAll, which calls on everyone around the world to demand that governments find a way to provide the resources to allow treatment for all those infected and offer the resources to stop the factors that are contributing to the spread of HIV and AIDS - related illnesses.

Buffett and Bill Gates have teamed up to promote their «Giving Pledge,» which calls on other wealthy people to pledge at least half their fortune to philanthropy.

Following the news that his church will offer gay marriages, Steve Chalke has launched an «Open Church Charter» which calls on all churches to... More

Even as the formalized creed of a society, the ideology is the basis of praxis — it serves as a principle which calls on individual sacrifice on behalf of something other and greater than oneself.

A church which calls on the government to take care of the needy in our community has surrendered — not to Jesus — but to the state.

The letter comes just a day before Labour MP Frank Field tables his School Holidays (Meals and Activities) Bill, which calls on the Government to give all councils the duty and resources to provide food and activities during the school holidays, for children who would otherwise go hungry.

Then, in words which call on the central motifs of the civil religious tradition, Reston thanked the Charlottesville citizen committee for suggesting «that a responsible society must have a common center to which the loyalty and trust of the people are bound, and that these fundamentals must be defined and discussed among the people and put right before the bicentennial of the Declaration in 1976.»

«We really differentiate ourselves in the way we organize our company, how we call on customers and the frequency in which we call on our customers.

A new report released September 22 assesses the world's progress toward Target 12.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which calls on all nations to halve food waste and reduce food loss by 2030.

Baby Milk Action's Campaigns and Networking Coordinator, Mike Brady, asked the Chairman (third from right on the platform, below), Directors and shareholders to reconsider the four - point plan put to the company repeatedly since 2001, which calls on the company to bring baby food marketing policies and practices into line with World Health Assembly requirements.

Health campaigners are welcoming a new resolution passed at the 65th World Health Assembly which calls on governments to strengthen controls on the marketing of breastmilk substitutes and to establish «adequate mechanisms» to deal with conflicts of interest.

MRSA Action UK are members of the Independent Alliance of Patients & Healthcare Workers for Hand Hygiene which calls on the Department of Health for the campaign to be followed up with a clear national strategy to drive further improvements in hand hygiene.

The appeal, which calls on supporters to «make your voice heard against the Blairites» was set up in response to the moves in the PLP to topple the left - winger.

Governor Cuomo signed the New York Democracy Protection Act Wednesday, which calls on all political advertising in print, TV & radio to disclose the organization or individual paying for that ad.

Conservative MP George Eustice explained the «menu of alternatives» put forward by the First Start Group of Tories which calls on the UK government to review its relations with the EU.

A group of around 30 MPs have signed a letter written by former Tory chairman Grant Shapps, which calls on the party to give members three weeks to pick a leader after the third place candidate is eliminated today.

Sean Collins is with Capital Area Against Mass Incarceration, which calls on local law enforcement officials and agencies to use discretion in dealing with juveniles.

The 14 authors of last week's paper say that state of affairs could complicate poor countries» ability to appropriately participate in agreements like the Paris deal, which calls on nations to formulate and fulfil their own commitments.

For example, Lawrence B. Lindsey, President Bush's assistant for economic policy, says the Kyoto Protocol, which calls on nations to limit their CO2 production, «could damage our collective prosperity and, in so doing, put our long - term environmental health at risk.»

Outreach to policymakers and journalists is part of the association's ongoing Transformation Initiative, which calls on AAAS to ramp up advocacy around science - society issues, while also becoming more member - facing and focused on digital - first technologies, as well as innovation.

The union has launched the FE Unplugged campaign, which calls on students to make their opinions known to the review teams, which will decide how the sector will be restructured.

Students and teachers in East London have launched a «Curriculum Campaign» which calls on the government to ensure women and ethnic minorities are fairly represented on the UK's curriculum.

UNESCO's commitment to stand up for the protection of the right to education during conflict has been reaffirmed on several occasions recently, including through the recently released Guidance Note on the Implementation of the Security Council Resolution 1998 («attacks on schools and hospitals»), which calls on Member States to prevent attacks on schools and hospitals, as well as their military use.

The platform is host to a Timmers» «climate action project», which calls on students to research the climate change status in their country and then share their findings to other participating schools by uploading an explainer video on Timmers» website.

The Maryland School Performance Assessment Program for example, is frequently commended for the thoughtful way in which it calls on students to demonstrate multiple abilities in answering a single question or problem.

As part of the celebrations on September 8, UNESCO will also launch the Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE III), which calls on all countries to invest in lifelong learning.

Demonstrators will also be promoting the National Resolution on High - Stakes Testing, which calls on state and federal officials to drop high - stakes testing mandates.

In addition to the traversal abilities, you're also granted four combat powers: summon, which calls on a group of minions to attack your enemies; blast, which turns your foes into stone; a devastating stomp and an aura that continually damages nearby enemies.