It also includes civil society partners, which is also unique in terms of a U.S. government-led process that makes civil society a partner of governments in developing these initiatives.
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Together, we have been entrusted with operating a civil society governed by a unique and historically unprecedented representative democracy, the founding values of which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The organisation works with governments and civil society in a practical way to promote security and co-operation.
Yet it would be easy to overstate the influence of Taraf, as indeed of civil society as a whole.
Hence the pressure from the West to improve human rights and promote the development of civil society and a free press.
The strong involvement of Mauritian civil society played a key role in designing a local strategy and action plans to support the development of the country's cultural industries.
It will inevitably involve an extensive political machine for control, but also patronage and spoils distribution at all levels, an emasculated civil society and a pervasive political police not only enforcing Putin's will, but also participating directly in political and economic life.
Mr Assad himself added more oblique warnings in a rare interview published in February, declaring that the forums were not representative of public opinion, that the term civil society was a foreign invention, and that he would never allow the interests of the state to be endangered.
There's a -- I'm doing the schedule from memory -- there's a civil society event and there's a business event that will talk about the cooperation between the two countries and business.
The institutions of a civil society are weak in Egypt but they remain a modest restraint.
Essam al-Tajouri, a civil society activist from Benghazi, told me they need a constitution that guarantees the rights of their region to prosperity, education and health.
For instance, will the presence of military resources alone suffice to train the Afghan army, secure population centers, create a civil society, and prevent Al Qaeda from leveraging Afghanistan as a safe haven for terrorism?
Civil society delegates issued a statement during the meeting welcoming and endorsing the Plan.
They agreed that an information literacy citizenry is required to mobilize an effective civil society and create a competitive workforce.
At the same time, civil society can become a double-edged source.
This week, the United Nations Foundation will join governments, the private sector and civil society organizations for a summit in Washington focused on ending preventable child deaths.
He envisioned a space for civil society and although he considered himself a liberal he eschewed the more socialist tendencies that defined many revolutionaries of his day.
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At the meeting, representatives from eight regions and one district debated issues and established regional coalitions for cultural diversity, in which civil society can play a greater role.
This time, though, a large and far-sighted group of countries have banded together to send a resounding message that the protection and advancement of civil society bring about the advancement of society as a whole.
At the core is its multistakeholder model that leverages the collective wisdom of leaders from business, government, the media, academia, the arts and civil society by building a global platform for collaboration and action to address priorities on the global agenda.
By all means, many believe, an enlarged and more representative civil society - ideally a larger, wider group of people from all over the country, not just a bunch of well meaning lawyers and activists from Delhi - should be putting pressure on a stubborn government to act against corruption.
The workshop gathered officials from PDMA, elementary and secondary education department, communication and works department, Pakistan army, police department, academia, private sector school organizations, UN agencies, and other civil society organizations on a common platform to urge and emphasize need of safe schools, especially in the scenario of floods and earthquake.
Finally, along with a corporate default, we would face civil unrest and a society tipped into chaos, as unemployment spikes and people are left without basic necessities, much like in Argentina back in 2001-2002.
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Before WWI and the 1917 Communist coup, signs of a vibrant civil society in Russia, including an independent judiciary and a landowning peasantry, had begun to emerge.
It implied that a person could never fully recover from mental illness and would continue to be excluded from civil society even after making a recovery.
But deeper than political mistakes were structural weaknesses in Russian society, namely a lack of civil society and the near omnipresence of violence.
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Though the Palestinians now had their chance to build a decent civil society without so-called Israeli interference, the outcome has been a disaster.
Many of his supporters favor a stronger state role in the economy and society, while his opponents advocate a greater role for civil society, private enterprise and the rule of law.
The outcome is being widely seen as a significant maturation of civil society in Singapore, which has grown into a financial capital and aspires for cultural leadership as well.
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