We face both conventional and emerging security threats, and commit to act together based on our 2011 Common Strategic Objectives in addressing global challenges such as terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and piracy.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

With tight budgets, few mid-size firms can afford to take their eye off top-line growth to re-implement business applications that can scale or provide global reach required to meet their objectives.

FORBES: Why Midsize Companies Are Set to Lead Economic Growth

To rebuild trust, global leaders must redefine their organisations' objectives, Mr Edelman insists.

BBC: Davos 2013: Leaders fail to inspire trust

The objectives are to quantify the ocean soundscape on global scales, determine behavioral change thresholds of various species, and examine the functional relationship between sound and the viability of key marine organisms, at an individual scale, a species scale and the ecosystem level.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

"Applied Materials has pay-for-performance practices that align a significant majority of executive compensation with robust performance objectives, " says Mary Humiston, senior vice president, global human resources.

WSJ: 'Pay for Performance' No Longer a Punchline

We have established new objectives -- not only the bilateral agenda, but also at the regional and global level on the basis of which we would like to build an order of peace and cooperation.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama, President Rousseff Meet in Brasilia