Sentences with phrase «with civil society representatives»

Tillerson made brief mention of human rights and religious freedom while in Beijing, but had no known meetings with activists or engagements with civil society representatives.

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Generally these discussions include representatives from industry, NGOs, government and civil society and, like dialogues, are conducted in accordance with Chatham House Rules.

The foreign debt continues to be an issue and new voices have began to sound the need to look for ways to face it; (ii) At the national level two questions are concentrating increasing attention: one is the reassessment of the necessary role of the state to correct the distortions of a runaway market (currently discussed in Europe and in the discussions about the role the initiatives of «an active state has played in the economic development of Asian countries); the other is the need for a «participative democracy over against a purely representative formal democracy: in this sense the need to strengthen civil society with its intermediate organizations becomes an important concern; (iii) the struggle for collective and personal identity in a society in which forced immigration, dehumanizing conditions in urban marginal situations, and foreign cultural aggression and massification in many forms produce a degrading type of poverty where communal, family and personal identity are eroded and even destroyed.

Representatives of CSW met with religious communities and civil society in Jakarta, West Java, Central Java and North Sumatra, including representatives from the Ahmadiyya and Christian communities, and Parmalim traditRepresentatives of CSW met with religious communities and civil society in Jakarta, West Java, Central Java and North Sumatra, including representatives from the Ahmadiyya and Christian communities, and Parmalim traditrepresentatives from the Ahmadiyya and Christian communities, and Parmalim traditional religion.

Led by the World Resources Institute (WRI), the partnership includes representatives from the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with review and feedback provided by more than 200 additional stakeholders from business, government, civil society, and academia.

Reporting from the Open Government Summit in London, where sixty countries are represented along with 300 representatives from civil society organizations, Susannah Vila and Christopher Wilson cover how those non-governmental groups are trying to use the summit to pressure their governments to actually live up to the nice promises they keep mouthing.

SERAP also urged the Special Rapporteurs to «prevail on the Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo to decline to sign the bill into law; and on the House of Representatives and the Senate to exercise their legislative powers for good governance, and ensure a safe and enabling environment for civil society organizations both in practice and rhetoric, in line with the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) and the government's international human rights obligations and commitments.»

The petition copied to Mr Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption reads in part: «SERAP considers these amendments to be in bad faith, patently an abuse of legislative powers, politically biased, and demonstrably unjustified in a democratic and representative society governed by the rule of law, and incompatible with the country's international human rights obligations and commitments particularly the UN Convention against Corruption, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the African Charter on Human and Peoples» Rights, which Nigeria has ratified.»

She worked closely with civil society in Sierra Leone to ensure that the national survey was representative and would provide data of use by and interest to the local population.

In May 2015, Chiefs of State and Ministries of Education of the UN countries, as well representatives of global civil society organizations, universities, entrepreneurs and media will meet in the city of Incheon, South Korea, to discuss and firm a commitment with the realization of the 4th Sustainable Development Goal of the post 2015 Agenda: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life - long learning opportunities for all.

More than 1,500 participants were invited by the UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova, with more than 100 Ministers of Education, heads and members of delegations, heads of agencies and officials of multilateral and bilateral organizations, and representatives of civil society, the teaching profession, youth and the private sector.

Representatives of States and governments, together with representatives of international organizations and civil society, met in October 2014 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, to jointly address the situation of refugee children in the Middle East anRepresentatives of States and governments, together with representatives of international organizations and civil society, met in October 2014 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, to jointly address the situation of refugee children in the Middle East anrepresentatives of international organizations and civil society, met in October 2014 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, to jointly address the situation of refugee children in the Middle East and North Africa.

Representatives from Ministries of Education from Europe and North - America, together with international organisations, European institutions and civil society organisations, are gathering to further discuss the education agenda in the future Sustainable Development Goals -LSB-...]

Dr Wykes was arrested by armed Angolan police on the morning of Sunday 18th February in Cabinda, whilst visiting the oil rich enclave to meet with local civil society representatives.

Through her work on the Collective Leadership with La Via Campesina North America (LVC - NA) region as a representative of the Rural Coalition, she has collectively developed strategies that advocate for a stronger civil society voice on food sovereignty and in negotiations that represented the Global south in the North.

A representative report from our recent meeting with Washington DC - based civil society actors can be found here.

the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) and several other high level policy fora, we work with representatives of governments, the private sector, and civil society to promote effective carbon pricing policies that deliver emissions reductions while encouraging innovation and protecting the rights of those affected.

As a member of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) and several other high level policy fora, we work with representatives of governments, the private sector, and civil society to promote effective carbon pricing policies that deliver emissions reductions while encouraging innovation and protecting the rights of those affected.

Warsaw, November 22 - With the United Nations climate negotiations in Warsaw expected to wrap up this evening, civil society representatives will brief media on the crunch issues that are still in play.

During a period of three years, the members of the Commission and other contributors for its five working groups conducted 22 national consultation processes with representatives from local governments, academia, civil society, and grassroots movements.

On 6 December 2017, after a year long consultation process with states and civil society representatives, the Committee against Torture (CAT) adopted its revised General Comment (GC)(now No. 4) on the implementation of Article 3 of the Convention against Torture (the Convention) in the context of Article 22.

The week kicked off with the Public Voice meeting, hosted by civil society representatives and canvassing a breadth of public policy issues.

In parallel, the Commission is launching a public consultation and will organise hearings with key stakeholders, such as representatives of the self - employed, civil society and social protection providers.

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is grateful for her engagement with civil society and welcomes the appointment of India's disarmament representative Ambassador Amandeep Singh Gill to chair the CCW process on killer robots in 2017.

I joined with Senator Kate Lundy, staff from the Australian Mission, civil society representatives and people like Les Malezer and Geoff Scott along with the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) Catherine Branson, on the floor of the room once it was over and we were all in fierce agreement about how well the process went.

The International Conference on Shared Parenting on 9 - 11 December 2015 in Bonn, Germany, with about 120 participants from 20 countries and 3 continents gathered scholars, practitioners and representatives of civil society interested in the emerging paradigm of shared parenting in families in which parents are living apart.