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Governments will adopt a new set of Sustainable Development Goals, work together to draft a meaningful climate agreement, and craft a framework to provide the financial resources needed to deliver on a global sustainable development agenda.
In the days following his election, Sarkozy brought France “back to Europe,” reinvigorating the Franco-German partnership and giving decisive support to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s campaign to revive the European Union’s draft constitutional treaty.
Expansion and Democracy in EuropeEurope is poised on the rim of two nearly revolutionary undertakings: eastward expansion and the possibility of a draft constitution for the European Union.
He suggested, among other things, that designated-senators, an anti-democratic legacy of the military regime, should be abolished, and that Chile's obligatory military draft should come to an end.
A draft report by American intelligence agencies has also concluded that Afghanistan is in a “downward spiral” and casts serious doubt on the Afghan government’s ability to stem the Taliban’s resurgence.
The draft outcome document for the upcoming conference in Addis reflects the rapidly emerging consensus:“We will scale up investments and international cooperation to allow all children to complete free, equitable, inclusive, and quality early childhood, primary and secondary education, including through scaling up and strengthening initiatives, such as the Global Partnership for Education.”
In the coming weeks, we will draft an International Declaration on Information and Democracy, and in coordination with the leaders of several democratic countries, work to secure support from governments around the world.
LONDON – The best journalism, it is said, is the first draft of history.
It began with the publication by the Praesidium of the Convention on the Future of Europe of a draft of the first sixteen articles of the "Treaty to establish a Constitution for Europe."
Where markets and business are concerned, the draft text stretches the "economic governance" working group's conclusions so as to propose a centralized approach, one strongly tilted to favor social, environmental, and consumer objectives, neglecting economic freedom and the market economy.
But more than the draft's omissions are worrying.
The crucial surprise in the draft constitution concerns social policy, previously a closed preserve of individual nations.
In August 1989, I proposed in the Polish Diet a draft resolution apologizing to the Czechs and Slovaks for Polish involvement in the 1968 invasion.
The NCPO now is preparing to hold a referendum in August on its draft constitution, which, if approved, would mean elections in 2017.
But the draft includes a military-appointed 250-member senate, which would serve for a five-year “transitional period” and have considerable power to limit the actions of elected officials.
The draft also stipulates that the prime minister does not have to be an elected representative, thereby opening the door for a military appointee.
The King brought all the political forces together to draft a national charter for political participation.
Humpty-Dumpty IraqIraq’s draft constitution will probably be approved in the referendum to be held on October 15.
In short, the draft constitution is an attempt to square a circle.
In the United States, the American Medical Association has endorsed a draft bill that would make it easier for states to offer various non-cash incentives for donation.
The draft constitution had been many years in the making and had been crafted following extensive national consultations.
What the Kibaki government failed to mention was that it would change this draft at the last minute.
After stalling for two and a half years, the day before the draft constitution was due to expire, the government hastily pushed through Parliament an alternate draft that preserved strong presidential powers, weakened the bill of rights, and rigged the electoral percentages needed to win the presidency.
Public employees were informed that the draft constitution was a government project that they had to support, and newspaper and broadcast journalists were warned that their licenses could be revoked after a radio station aired an interview with a parliamentarian who opposed Kibaki’s constitution.
Only the US can bring Israelis and Palestinians to a new negotiation process, much less draft a blueprint for a political solution.
Italy’s Old New PopulismCANBERRA – Italy’s coalition government, comprising the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) and the far-right League party, made headlines recently for its new draft budget, which violates European Union rules.
Afterwards, the Commission will draft new merger control rules to replace the current ones which date back to 1990.
But isn't it the Convention's task to draft a new Treaty?
LONDON – Italy’s government has approved a draft budget that would fund its expensive election promises by violating European Union fiscal rules for at least the next three years.
Unsurprisingly, the market has reacted badly to the draft budget.
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