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In this context, it is perhaps to be expected that some countries might be tempted to use ratification to try to placate those pressing for improvements in human rights, thereby turning ratification into a substitute for, rather than a spur to, real improvements in human rights.
We cannot afford to wait for outside powers to resolve our most pressing problems.
Here, as in other areas of the reform plan, change is dangerous; but Xi has come to believe that pressing ahead is vitally important if China is to take the next crucial steps toward building a middle-class, digital-age economy.
This method was highly successful during the post-war period of European reconstruction, because it allowed diplomats and officials from different countries to bypass national disagreements or lingering resentments and address the continent’s most pressing problems.
Austerity and Debt RealismCAMBRIDGE – Many, if not all, of the world’s most pressing macroeconomic problems relate to the massive overhang of all forms of debt.
In Washington, London, Paris, Berlin, and Moscow, preventing bank failures, not military escalation, was the most pressing problem.
With no one having a direct financial interest in the outcome pressing an alternative view, the SEC’s initial decision was as predictable as it was bad.
For centuries, governments have used prizes to spur innovative research that yields creative solutions to pressing global challenges.
In order to tackle the twenty-first century’s most pressing challenge – providing access to sustainable energy for all – the world needs the same inspired leadership and long-term vision that spurred innovations in maritime navigation and food preservation.
From the kingdom’s uniqueness now arises a set of economic and social questions that are of pressing interest for the entire world.
For the world’s poorest countries, such questions are not the most pressing.
But, as pressing as the Middle East, south Asia, and Russia (as well as Iran and North Korea) are, another crisis far closer to home could create as much peril as a nuclear-armed Iran, an aggressively resurgent Russia, or even an Islamist-dominated Pakistan.
Nowadays, the world’s most pressing challenges – from climate change to cyber-crime – increasingly transcend national borders, making them extremely difficult to address effectively.
WWI began with a mindset, one based on the belief that military means could resolve pressing social and political issues in Central Europe.
Likewise, Quest University in Canada encourages students to bring both scientific and humanistic knowledge to bear on today’s most pressing problems.
The summit in Johannesburg can draw the world's attention to these pressing problems.
DENVER – US President Donald Trump’s administration, like many before it, has had a rocky start; but the most pressing challenges are yet to come.
Meanwhile, the European Union and China are pressing to close their own deals in Asia and elsewhere.
Far from suggesting a policy of laissez faire, this question addresses the pressing problem of prioritization head on.
Breaking the cycle of poverty by addressing the most pressing issues of disease, hunger, and polluted water will not only do obvious good, but also make people less vulnerable.
What makes the demands for reform more pressing this time are ominous developments in Egypt, the region, and in the wider world.
The European Neighborhood Policy is worthy enough, but it does not address the pressing concerns about maintaining and securing Ukraine’s independence.
America’s next president will face a host of pressing and difficult foreign policy challenges – and how he or she responds will affect not only the US, but the entire world.
Yet she also pointed to “significant areas of common interest,” arguing that, “if we want to address, manage, or solve some of the most pressing issues of the twenty-first century, India, China, and the US will have to coordinate our…efforts.”
For some, globalization is a pretty reliable ticket to success; for others, it will have little effect by itself, since the most pressing social and economic crises hitting those countries can’t be solved by free trade or market reforms alone.
Despite these underlying tensions, there is widespread agreement on the most pressing Arctic issues.
It seeks to be finely balanced, respecting the regime’s sovereignty while subtly pressing home the point in unison, as neighboring states.
In 2005, when the US government was pressing China to allow the renminbi to appreciate, Phillip Swagel, a former member of President George W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers, wrote: “If China’s currency is undervalued by 27%, as some have claimed, US consumers have been getting a 27% discount on everything made in China, while the Chinese have been paying 27% too much for Treasury bonds.”
The UN Special Representative for International Migration, Peter Sutherland, has already deepened thinking on today’s pressing issues and the great challenges of tomorrow.
It is simply an expression of gratitude to the US for helping to bring down Communism and, more recently, for pressing ahead with NATO enlargement--despite objections from Russia--at a time when the EU was hopelessly dragging its feet with regard to its own enlargement.
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