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In the recent presidential election, a large turnout carried Carlos Alvarado Quesada to victory with more than 60% of the vote, against an opponent who would have rolled back longstanding commitments to human rights by restricting gay marriage.
One reason why democracy might matter for international currency status is that democratically elected governments are best able to make the credible commitments needed to develop deep and liquid financial markets.
Countries tempted to undermine these principles by failing to fulfill their solemn commitments only demonstrate their own lack of solidarity.
If it works, what will emerge will be commitments from G-20 countries to undertake policies that are globally beneficial – on the condition that others are keeping their commitments.
If an international agreement to protect the world’s climate is to be reached, much greater action to reduce CO2 emissions will be needed on the part of the US, as well as binding commitments on China’s part to reduce its carbon burden.
Across the Atlantic, America’s fiscal crisis and weak economic growth will force it to reduce its global military commitments.
We embraced these norms to avoid barbarism; if we want them to be respected, we need unflinching commitments from the great powers, such as a pledge not to support or remain in coalitions with those who hold humanitarian norms in contempt.
It is vital that countries take advantage of the opportunity offered by the Istanbul summit to reaffirm their legal commitments to safeguard civilians in conflicts and to expedite the development of new mechanisms to prevent the victims of catastrophes from being abandoned.
Over the next three years, progress toward fulfilling the commitments made at the upcoming summit will be evaluated.
The peripheral countries might just experience enough growth to sustain their ambitious austerity commitments.
This huge drop results from successive reforms of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy, owing to commitments made by the EU to the WTO and to other developments on world markets.
It leaves open basic metaphysical commitments and takes a plural and tolerant view of religious life.
Should Musharraf’s government backslide even more on its commitments to restore parliamentary democracy, Pakistan’s crisis would not only be exacerbated, but it might begin to infect the wider region.
Under the World Trade Organization’s General Agreement on Trade in Services, violations of commitments to most-favored-nation (MFN) treatment, market access, and national treatment can be enforced through actions brought against the offending government by an affected company’s home country.
An increasingly uncompetitive civilian industry, the burden of military commitments overseas, wage stagnation: all signal that the American titan may be wearying.
Women’s Development GoalsNEW YORK – As the 2015 deadline for the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approaches, world leaders will face a choice: move the goal posts back another decade or two, or hold accountable those who have failed to deliver on their commitments.
And several other commitments and resolutions were undertaken by world leaders before and after the MDG declaration.
We must break away from the current unwritten code of “zero accountability” for leaders who fail to honor their own commitments to internationally agreed goals.
The final risk is that, if many countries fulfill the criteria, the Fund might not have enough resources to meet its commitments in a crisis.
The British and French are busy briefing, and preparing to scale down their commitments in Afghanistan.
The crisis illustrates the burden developing countries face as they try to meet their people’s hopes for higher living standards and their international commitments to decarbonize their economies.
That finding provided a basis for the Obama administration’s new auto-emissions standards and Clean Power Plan, which were established to help America meet its commitments under the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
Finally, reducing the presence of US tactical nuclear weapons in Europe would add to the concerns expressed by many European leaders about America’s long-term commitments to the continent.
Don’t Appease PutinBRUSSELS – Both US President Barack Obama and Donald Trump, the Republican party’s putative nominee to succeed him, have criticized European members of NATO in recent months for failing to fulfill their defense-spending commitments.
If we are not serious about upgrading our industrial structure, we will fail when it comes time to fulfill our commitments to cut emissions.
But improving relations with its neighbors to the South will require making commitments at several levels.
Three commitments are particularly important.
It is urgent that the US wake up to global realities, and that it follow through on its commitments.
To implement these commitments, world leaders, including US President George W. Bush, met again in Monterrey, Mexico, to adopt the Monterrey Consensus on how to achieve the breakthrough from poverty.
The alternative was to pursue a full policy agenda aligned with the priorities and commitments enunciated in Obama’s election campaign.
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