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For any believer in traditional European values, individual liberties – including economic freedom – and their associated responsibilities constitute the ultimate criteria for developing and assessing institutions, from the local to the European level.
In that sense, too, an aging society adds to the responsibilities of the young.
But, unlike most central banks, the Fed has global responsibilities.
The Fed has global responsibilities for two closely related reasons, neither of which has much to do with the need to avoid the “currency wars” that so concerned former Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega.
The second reason why the Fed has global responsibilities is that its policies affect monetary conditions worldwide.
But, so far, these agencies’ responsibilities are very limited.
ESMA supervises rating agencies directly; but, outside banking, national authorities retain their day-to-day oversight responsibilities.
The problem is that economic and social reform are purely national responsibilities, and do not lie within the competence of the Union; if there is to be economic and social reform in France and Germany, that is a matter exclusively for French and German voters and politicians.
Addressing these concerns will require a more clearly defined division of labor when it comes to allocating risks and responsibilities.
The demarcation of the India-Pakistan border by the British was a slapdash affair, concocted by a collapsing empire in headlong retreat from its responsibilities.
Rather than accept a more pluralistic political regime, both the Colorados and Liberals flagrantly disregarded their responsibilities as democratically elected representatives, and are gambling with Paraguay’s economic and political stability at the expense of its citizens.
But, as the 2008 global financial crisis starkly demonstrated, it can render markets dysfunctional, with ambiguity about different regulators’ responsibilities making it difficult, even impossible, to address the problems caused by failing firms.
As it stands, millions of girls are often forced to forego education for reasons ranging from poverty to household responsibilities to child marriage.
In particular, they object to the plan’s proposal to give increased powers and responsibilities to the Secretary General, whose selection is effectively in the hands of the Security Council’s five permanent members, which wield veto power.
The introduction of a price-and-rebate system would thus redistribute funds among countries in conformity with the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities.”
At this stage, there is no consensus on such basic issues as personal-data ownership, infrastructure security, and new disruptive businesses’ rights and responsibilities.
Furthermore, the government effort to portray independent journalists as vicious enemies unfairly condemns the many Ethiopian reporters and editors who take their responsibilities seriously.
As a Pacific power, the US has an abiding national interest in a just international order that emphasizes states’ rights and responsibilities and their fidelity to the rule of law; open access for all to the global commons of sea, air, space, and cyberspace; unimpeded economic development and commerce; and resolving conflict without the use of force.
But if the Western powers can’t agree on what they want from that order, or what their responsibilities are to maintain it, they are unlikely even to try.
If world leaders rise to their responsibilities, the rebirth and renewal of the UN will be at hand.
It shows that official institutions of governance will all too readily delegate their responsibilities, enabling those who run religious orders to live above the law.
Beyond that point, the goals of state action – the substance of ministers’ responsibilities – will still be assessed according to values whose richness and complexity cannot be reduced to the cold one-dimensionality of a spread sheet.
I truly wish you success in your responsibilities as acting Prime Minister and acting head of Kadima.
Likewise, China is nowhere to be found in today’s humanitarian crises, raising doubts about whether Xi is actually willing to shoulder the responsibilities that accompany the standing he claims for his country.
In this sense, the Charter is reactionary: if it is included in the constitution, it will impede the development of rights and responsibilities appropriate to the future.
Likewise, if EU leaders give Cameron too much – allowing the UK to reap the benefits of membership, without shouldering the same responsibilities as its partners – their populations could turn on them.
Europeans, too, have special responsibilities.
Further progress will become increasingly important as European responsibilities are placed on more shoulders: Iran, climate change, and the ESDP are all examples of shared decision-making.
The extension of human rights is a worthy goal, to be sure, but Vasella's saccharine altruism brings to mind economist Milton Friedman's reproachful observation that "businessmen believe that they are defending free enterprise when they declaim that business is not concerned 'merely' with profit but also with promoting desirable 'social' ends; that business has a 'social conscience' and takes seriously its responsibilities forproviding employment, eliminating discrimination . . .
Businesses do not have social responsibilities; only people do.
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