Water affects all living systems and many things we need: energy generation, biodiversity, food security, human rights, health, sanitation.
NGOs and big energy and mining companies, have signed up to a set of Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights.
If a Nobel prize is no defence against expropriation, that doesn't bode well for the security of property rights in Bangladesh.
Fourth, our joint vision reaffirms our role as global partners bound by shared values and committed to international peace, security and human rights.
"We want to make sure that all Americans in committed relationships have equal benefits, from health insurance and life insurance to Social Security and property rights and more, " she said.
Ray Haynes, would create a task force to review potential foreign investment by California's state employee and teacher pension funds and alert the funds of national security and human rights concerns.
In Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Mr. McDonough will conduct meetings with President Porfirio Lobo, members of his cabinet, and civil society representatives to discuss citizen security, human rights and economic development efforts between the United States and Honduras.
The conflict is now supposed to be about discrete issues such as boundaries, arms control and security arrangements, rights in Jerusalem and the like, issues that negotiators can nibble away at until the whole conflict is resolved.
The Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights was established in 2000 as a code of conduct for oil, gas, and mining companies, to maintain the safety of their staff and assets while avoiding human rights violations.
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For me, we find those common values and shared principles in the United Nations Charter, as well as the body of international agreements that are the foundation of our common quest for development, peace and security and human rights.
In a blog post Friday afternoon, the company announced the acquisition of Widevine , a Seattle-based provider of video delivery security and digital rights management tools used by studios, cable systems and channels to show content both online and on TVs.
This event capped the four-day annual gathering of the National Foundation for Women Legislators, in the course of which the Casey Chair also briefed dozens of female legislators during individual Committee meetings regarding this new, urgent national security and human rights challenge.
And individual investors, investment banks, fund-managers and particularly public pension funds should expand their "due diligence" assessments to include national security, human rights and other appropriate non-financial considerations so that the American people -- six out of ten of whom are now reportedly in the capital markets -- have the data required to make informed investment decisions.
Key themes of SD in the region include among other things poverty alleviation, citizenship, peace, ethics, responsibility in local and global contexts, democracy and governance, justice, security, human rights, health, gender equity, cultural diversity, rural and urban development, economy, production and consumption patterns, corporate social responsibility, environmental protection, climate change, prevention and adaptation, natural resource management, biological and landscape diversity.
The measures are designed to "ensure internet information security, safeguard the lawful rights and interests of citizens... and safeguard national security and social public interests", and were approved by China's top legislature at the closing session of a five-day meeting on Friday, Xinhua reports.
The two presidents discussed cooperation between the U.S. and Colombia on counternarcotics, security, and human rights.
In return he waived all future rights to Security Management and the estate.
The Joint Legislative Audit Committee hearing suggests that the State of California and its public employee retirement funds may play a critical role in fashioning a template for a truly national effort to introduce new national security- and human rights-minded "due diligence" into debt and equity purchasing decisions.
If we want to prevent more situations like Syria, we must work closely with Congress to protect or increase funding for the State Department's Conflict Stabilization Operations and the Complex Crises Fund, international organizations, transition initiatives, and programs focused on access to justice, governance and security reform, human rights and social inclusion.
Arguably, the least disruptive approach -- which would not impede the free flow of capital into and out of the United States and minimize the need for government intervention -- would be the voluntary adoption of new security- and human rights-minded "due diligence" by U.S. investment banks and fund managers, including those in California.
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As opinion polls show, the British public cares less for civil rights than for security.
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Challenges to the Social Security Act, the Civil Rights Act, and the Voting Rights Act all failed.
The task going forward will be to extend this modus operandi to more traditional challenges, including those of peace and security, development and human rights.
These purposes, added the Director, were specifically listed in the ICCPR as being reserved for protection of other rights, national security, and public health and morals.
Earlier this month, Serbia rejected an agreement proposal because the terms did not "guarantee full security and protection of human rights to the Serb people in Kosovo".
Just as challenges to the Social Security Act, the Civil Rights Act, and the Voting Rights Act all failed, challenges to health reform are failing as well.
We are promoting food security initiatives that recognize the rights and needs of women farmers, and ensuring that women and girls are at the center of global health programs.
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As the Santos administration works toward a resolution of the conflict, the United States reaffirms its longstanding defense and security partnership with Colombia and its commitment to work with Colombia to promote citizen security, respect for human rights, and economic prosperity for all its people.
We must stand up for our security, and for the permanent rights and the hopes of mankind.
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For peace and security, for development and human rights, the United Nations will be with you every step of the way.
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