Sentences with phrase «with national minorities»

In the modern world, «holding together» may be the challenge facing many plurinational states with national minorities engaging in their own claims for Wilsonian «self - determination.»
Article 14 provides that Convention rights should be «secured without discrimination on any ground such as sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status».

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After all, these companies employ more than 2.2 million people, according to the National Minority Supplier Development Council, which works with corporations to include minority - run businesses in their supplyMinority Supplier Development Council, which works with corporations to include minority - run businesses in their supplyminority - run businesses in their supply chains.
Corporate Plus ® is an exclusive membership program for NMSDC - certified minority businesses with national capabilities and a proven track record of delivering innovative solutions, quality services and products.
Corporate Plus ® addresses corporate member requests for assistance in locating minority suppliers with the capacity to fulfill national contracts.
NMSDC PRESENTS JOHNSON & JOHNSON WITH INNOVATION AWARD Orlando, Florida, November 6, 2014 — The National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC ®) recognized Johnson & Johnson with its Corporate Innovation award at a black - tie awards banqWITH INNOVATION AWARD Orlando, Florida, November 6, 2014 — The National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC ®) recognized Johnson & Johnson with its Corporate Innovation award at a black - tie awards banqwith its Corporate Innovation award at a black - tie awards banquet.
The National Minority Supplier Development Council presented Chrysler Group LLC with its most prestigious award at a black - tie Awards Banquet at the conclusion of its annual Conference in Orlando.
In China, we have seen how rigid compliance with regime orthodoxy has led to political and policy disasters, whether during the Cultural Revolution and Tiananmen, or on contemporary issues of environment, national minorities, and corruption, many of which still can not be discussed openly.
The present situation is in no sense an accident of history; it is a deliberate perversion of the natural order by a minority, supported, with the blessing of the Catholic hierarchy, by the national army which in turn is supported by the American government.»
Today those percentages have grown to 16 percent (for staff) and 35 percent (for students), which compares favorably with the national average of 27 percent of all college students who identify themselves as ethnic minorities.
According to the national economics standards, students should be taught only the «majority paradigm» or «neoclassical model» of economic behavior, for to include «strongly held minority views of economic processes risks confusing and frustrating teachers and students, who are then left with the responsibility of sorting the qualifications and alternatives without a sufficient foundation to do so.»
At the beginning of the Fall 2017 semester, white supremacist groups had just sparked a national debate on racism with a series of protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Moody students of color were reeling with other minorities across America.
Azariah who later became Bishop of Dornakal argued that the church in accepting the position of a communal political minority with special protection would become a static community and it would negate its self - understanding as standing for mission and service to the whole national community, that in any case the Indian church is not a single social or cultural community since it consists of people of diverse background, each of whom would have its own political struggle to wage in cooperation with the people of similar background in other religions; and therefore theologically and politically Christians should ask only for religious freedom for its mission and service to all people, not as a minority right, but as a human right (ref.
The total destruction of a structure associated with a minority religious group and the communal carnage and bloodshed that followed it have inflicted a deep wound in our national psyche.
As a minority group living in a hostile culture, members of the early Christian churches were in no position to identify the bestowal of God's grace and blessing with national peace and prosperity.
Moreover, such criticism has been made by those involved, and it has been taken with increasing seriousness as the movement has attained greater maturity and impact: witness the large representation of poor and minority women at the 1977 National Women's Conference in Houston.
To end, I want to quote my late brother who was also a minority, the great Howard Truman (the italics are my additions): «Why is it that Christianity seems impotent to deal radically, and therefore effectively, with the issues of discrimination and injustice on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, sizeand national origin?
With the exception of a tiny minority of vital and mature congregations, the local church standing alone in relation only to national headquarters is a dependent rather than a viable and interdependent entity.
On the other hand, there was another minority who, looking back to their own religious and cultural traditions with a newly acquired Western - type national consciousness, became extremely conservative and rejected the West in toto.
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«I don't know if the most effective way is to sit down during the national anthem with a country that's providing you freedom, providing you $ 16 million a year... when there are black minorities that are dying in Iraq and Afghanistan for less than $ 20,000 a year.»
I'm not saying that national breastfeeding month isn't a good thing, but as someone who is grouped with whites I don't have to fight tooth and nail for the same level of acceptance like «minorities» do when I choose to nurse a 2.5 year old in public.
In June 2012, CDC awarded a 3 - year cooperative agreement to the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality to assist 89 hospitals, mostly located in states that have lower breastfeeding rates and that serve low - income and minority women, with improving maternity care practices to support breastfeeding and to move toward the Baby - Friendly designation.
if you give a small minority of people a second vote (Say, inventors, or National medal of Honor recipients), that won't materially affect the influence of everyone else with 1 vote.
Nelson Mandela the first Black to be elected South African President, was once in jail with a life sentence for the charge of «treason», imposed by a Nazi - like White minority ruling - National party Regime that ruled South Africa for more than 70 years, and he went on to become the President of a fully integrated South Africa.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority in Parliament, has accused the government of causing financial loss to the state with the recent issuance of the Energy Sector Bond.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo expressed frustration with his fellow Democrats on the national level for what he characterized as inaction on gun control, two which U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer replied: «The national Democrats are seriously debating it, so for him to say we won't do it is incorrect.
As for the territorial federal option, which minority nations would be satisfied with until they can get full national recognition when the context gets more favorable, it seems to be hardly viable because of its outright rejection by Spanish center - right political parties (PP, UPyD).
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority in Parliament, has accused the government of causing financial loss to the state with the recent...
Which could probably conflict with EU rules for the rights of minorities / free speech / political activities, but it is not the same than «death threat against a national minority».
Former President John Dramani Mahama today [Thursday] February 8, 2018, dined with some members of the National Democratic Congress [NDC] minority at Parliament's cafeteria.
But Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D - N.Y.), who opposed the deal in 2015, said he agreed with Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford «that it's in our national security interest to keep the deal in place.»
Abducting sitting governor, Impeaching officers with minority, Substituting list of party candidates with procured injunctions, Publicly ridiculing the president of the country by pronouncements, letters and fabrication Factionalisation of state or national structures Holding the party to judicial ransome.
He stated that the party is inclusive, has a national scope and a very rich tradition with the minority groups, especially with those from the Northern part of the country with the likes of Chief Dombo, Tolon Naa, Abaiyifaa Karbo, C.K Tadem, the late Alhaji Aliu Mahama who was Vice-President for two - terms, and also the likes of Modesto Apaloo, S.G Antor, Courage Quarshiga amongst others from the Volta region.
Bone believes a switch to a minority government, with the Liberal Democrats back in opposition, is in the «national interest».
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says U.S. AG Jeff Sessions must recuse himself from any investigation into former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn's dealings with Russia.
The Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs) have taken cover under the Speaker's protection barely 24 hours after threatening to impeach him for persistently treating them with disdain, suppressing, bullying and denying them the opportunity to have their say in parliament.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi wants national security adviser, Michael Flynn, to be fired immediately, saying in a statement that his conduct «was alarming enough before his secret communications with the Russians were exposed.»
About 25 Wall Street executives, many of them hedge fund managers, sat down for a private meeting Thursday afternoon with two of the most powerful Republican lawmakers in Congress: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, and John Cornyn, the senior senator from Texas who runs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, one of the primary fundraising arms of the Republican Party.
«Jim D * ke, a Republican consultant based in South Carolina and an adviser to Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, called the nomination «an opportunity for the minority party to represent a majority of Americans who oppose judicial activism» but added that Republican would do well to wait until a nominee is chosen «before passing judgment lest they lose credibility with the American people.»
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) minority in Parliament has learnt with profound sadness and dismay, the illegal raid and invasion of the office and privacy of the Deputy Commissioner of the Electoral Commission (E.C) in charge of Finance and Administration, Mrs. Georgina Opoku Amankwa.
Jim Dyke, a Republican consultant based in South Carolina and an adviser to Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, called the nomination «an opportunity for the minority party to represent a majority of Americans who oppose judicial activism» but added that Republican would do well to wait until a nominee is chosen «before passing judgment lest they lose credibility with the American people.»
The Special Prosecutor nominee responded to over 180 questions from all members of the Committee in the session with most of the queries coming from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority, and its leader, Haruna Iddrisu.
The day of Maloney's town hall call, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer said he met with the secretary of defense about accelerating PFOS cleanup at Stewart Air National Guard Base.
However Amy Fowler, deputy secretary of the state Agency of Education, said national studies have found schools with resource officers suspend and expel minority and low - income students at higher rates.
The National Democratic Congres (NDC) minority asked the most questions; 75 % of all questions asked, with the caucus» leader, Haruna Iddrisu, being individual who asked the most number of questions.
Minority participation in the National Bone Marrow Registry is extremely low, with African Americans among the lowest at 8 %, Hispanics at 9 % and Asians at 7 % of all registrants.
The office recently launched a diversity initiative with Sens. Cory Booker and Brian Schatz, asking all of the Senate to use the «Rooney Rule,» a National Football League policy that requires the league's teams to interview minority candidates for head coaching and senior football operation jobs.
The Minority in Parliament is unhappy with what they consider as a clear deviation of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), from its core mandate.
The mayor lumped the United Federation of Teachers — the teachers» union in New York City — with the National Rifle Association as he listed groups controlled by a vocal minority.
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