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Europe has a historic responsibility to help victims of war and violence, and responsible politicians recognize that it is inhumane to bar entrance to people fleeing for their lives.
Worthy though these attempts are, they suffer from an inherent weakness: they still place responsibility on readers to check whether a news story is true.
Countries and nongovernmental organizations must remain vigilant against exploitation of migrants, and governments should share responsibility for accommodating refugees.
By addressing all of these concerns together, the international community can uphold the principle of shared prosperity through shared responsibility, which is at the heart of the UN’s 2030 sustainable development agenda.
Of course, Afghanistan does not bear sole responsibility for its plight.
Obama is pursuing a coherent grand strategy – what he called in his 2009 inaugural address a “new era of responsibility.”
Of course, the responsibility for mitigating climate change does not fall only on government.
Choice is the essence of governance, and to abstain from it – for whatever reason – is to shirk responsibility.
Investors need to be motivated to assume responsibility for their investments’ environmental impact and to adopt a longer-term view in their risk assessments.
Here, the scientific community has a special responsibility to share their research and its potential implications.
It requires a sense of social responsibility that accompanies and cushions the painful process of modernization.
Much responsibility rests with Lukashenko, but the EU must make every effort to coax Belarus into the family of European nations, where it belongs.
Whatever responsibility poor adults may bear for their lot in life – they may not have worked hard enough, saved enough, or made good decisions – children’s circumstances are thrust upon them without any sort of choice.
Historically, Europe must shoulder much of the responsibility for Africa’s current state of development.
Let me stress that I have no complaints about the policies implemented by the United States Federal Reserve, which has had the main burden of responsibility for “managing” the crisis.
The world cannot expect a small group of countries on the borders of war zones to bear sole responsibility for displaced people.
Of course, the responsibility to avert dangerous anthropogenic climate change does not fall only on countries that are home to World Heritage sites.
Successive French governments, over three decades, abdicated responsibility for engaging in this debate.
While he was on the front lines grappling with sensitive issues relating to ethnic minorities, interlopers were offering him a constant stream of take-it-or-else advice for which they would never have to assume responsibility.
The essential responsibility for this state of affairs lies with Europe’s ruling class and policymakers.
She never tried to persuade Germans of their responsibility as an economic hegemon to fix the system fairly, in the interests of all.
None of this progress, however, has been accompanied by the strengthening of our citizens' sense of responsibility to their nation.
But everyone cannot have a weak currency at the same time, so, in 1944, responsibility for preventing beggar-thy-neighbor depreciation was assigned to the International Monetary Fund, whose Articles of Agreement mandate it to “exercise firm surveillance over the exchange-rate policies” of member countries.
This is encouraging, but the institutions themselves must now see the process through to show that they are serious about their human-rights obligations and their responsibility to those on the front lines of development.
Libya’s proximity to Europe both lowered barriers to participation and stimulated Europe’s sense of responsibility, while Qaddafi was a reviled figure with few friends.
So why is it that central bankers would rather look at external issues than focus on their own area of responsibility?
Second, removing imbalances is the responsibility of national governments within the context of a rescue regime arranged by supranational authorities – the European Commission and the European Central Bank – in cooperation with the European Council, which in turn represents national governments.
If Germany insists on national responsibility, it may find that enforcing the rules will have to be ever harsher, eventually leading to such social and political upheaval that the entire euro-edifice collapses.
The alternative is to embrace a “transfer union” that ensures a better balance between solidarity and responsibility.
As long as Greece’s finances are propped up by international creditors, the country’s policymakers will be able to abdicate their responsibility to manage the provision of public goods like education, health care, national security, and infrastructure.
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