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It is ten years since an international commission that I co-chaired gave birth to the concept of the Responsibility to Protect (“RtoP”), and six years since more than 150
heads
of state and government endorsed it unanimously at the UN’s World Summit in 2005.
This should include government ministers, members of the Electoral Council, the Supreme Court, and the Constituent Assembly ex officio, as well as the attorney general, the
heads
of the National Guard and the civilian and military intelligence services, and others.
So why is the European business community claiming that the "super Euro" is bringing calamity down upon their
heads?
There are many ways people stick their
heads
in the sand, and some parallels between our own time and Europe in the early 1930s can be seen.
That is why we are announcing a “Carbon Pricing Panel,” which will bring together
heads
of state, city and state leaders, and representatives of top companies to urge countries and businesses around the world to put a price on carbon.
That this outcome is possible – despite protestations to the contrary by all involved – reflects the willful ignorance and lack of imagination of Europe’s
heads
of state and government.
Defenders of the European ideal need to engage more directly with its critics and articulate an inspiring vision, rather than sticking their
heads
in the sand and intoning the words “ever closer union” at every opportunity.
Indeed, engaging with ideas is a passion for Ireland’s poet-president – one that more
heads
of states should take up.
Higgins’ experience as an academic and his status as an acclaimed poet undoubtedly give him an advantage over other
heads
of state, enabling him to hold his own with top thinkers in a way that few others can.
Such intellectual leadership should be a major function of all titular (non-executive)
heads
of state, an important way for them to “earn their keep.”
But there is also considerable scope for
heads
of state to behave in accordance with Ecclesiasticus 44:4: “Leaders of the people by their counsels, and by their knowledge of learning meet for the people, wise and eloquent are their instructions.”
It can also provide an opportunity for Europeans to demonstrate again to the US their willingness to invest in self-defense capabilities, and to play an active role in a process that, until now, has been conducted largely over their heads, by the US and Russia.
Then they can keep their
heads
down and hope for the best.
The European Council, which groups EU
heads
of government, met in Brussels on March 11, but agreed only to call for Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi’s resignation.
Like Saddam, President Bashar al-Assad
heads
a secular regime that rules through brutal repression.
The alternative is to overcome past divisions by forging a new, more inclusive definition of “us,” one that acknowledges the potential contribution of the knowhow that exists, in the
heads
where it exists, and ensures that it can flow to a broader segment of society over time.
So great care and cool
heads
will be needed in the seas around Korea in the days and weeks to come.
Conversely, NATO must avoid the temptation of a US-Russian condominium making decisions above the
heads
of NATO’s European members.
Participants from all over the world, including 38
heads
of state and government, came together to create a plan for implementing the 2015 Paris climate agreement, which aims to limit global warming to well below two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
After launching at the Global Education & Skills Forum this year, we are bringing together former education ministers and
heads
of state from around the world to advise governments and policymakers on tackling the major issues of our time, not least refugee education.
And with Germany set to turn further inward as it struggles to form a new government – and possibly
heads
to another federal election next year – a hole has emerged at the heart of Europe, and France’s bold young president, Emmanuel Macron, will not be able to fill it alone.
These religious parties, a coalition of which now
heads
the provincial government in the North West Frontier Province, were politically marginalized until given a central role by Pakistan's military dictator of the 1980's, General Zia ul Haq, who led Pakistan's covert intervention in the war against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.
Leaving the campaign trail behind, cooler
heads
and wiser advisers would constrain him, and he would inevitably learn how the US government works.
The two-day event attracted 29
heads
of state, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and 1,200 delegates from over 100 countries.
The most important question is this: Will Modi continue to maintain his strategic ambiguity about addressing his own party’s extremist elements, or will he demonstrate true leadership by curbing party members’ tirades about core state institutions and exercising greater care in selecting the
heads
of public institutions?
His government’s judgment in selecting
heads
of public institutions is similarly questionable, especially in the case of cultural and educational institutions.
In many countries,
heads
of government are using the SDGs to guide their national planning and efforts to legislate reforms.
Heads
of state tripped over one another to meet business leaders in Mumbai, hoping to pave the way for a significant expansion of trade and investment.
At home, he still ranks first in popularity among the country’s
heads
of state, kindling nostalgia like a popular old record – a corollary to people’s frustration and anger at the current government of President Lee Myung-bak.
During his stint as foreign secretary, Johnson was a near-constant cause of embarrassment for the UK, with gaffe after gaffe leaving Britain’s friends abroad with their
heads
in their hands.
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