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By ratifying the Convention, governments become legally bound to implement the rights therein.
Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.
NGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women.
Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow.
I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.
The message from the United States and Europe is that governments must live within their means.
Everyone knows that the Workers' Party governments did much more good than bad for the country.
I know that many in Europe are unhappy with their governments' policies toward the Palestinians.
With the globalization, it's difficult for governments to impose decisions on private companies.
Probably the best advertising jobs of all are done by governments to convince people to go to war.
Previous governments, particularly the one before I took over, mismanaged the economy quite badly.
I have always believed governments must adapt to the needs of the people, not the other way around.
Governments should not be able to bulldoze a person's home or business to benefit other individuals.
Formation of alignments for governments are done by our central parliamentary board and not locally.
I do not accept the right of big powers to change governments as and when it affects their interests.
Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
I tend to be naive and gullible, I guess, but I try to believe that governments believe what they say.
Nobody is opposed to paying taxes; governments need to coordinate, work together and simplify the law.
A lot of people in America and Europe feel that their governments are not representing them very much.
I happen to be one who believes very strongly that state and local governments have their proper roles.
Governments must give to all those who have hit life's hurdles the chance to rebuild and have a future.
Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don't change governments during war.
Sadly, Indians are not very easily accepted in Pakistan, and that has a lot to do with the governments.
We now see hacking taking place by foreign governments and by private individuals all around the world.
Too close and unthinking an allegiance to Washington has sometimes got British governments into trouble.
If governments want to encourage good citizenship, they should try making the desired behavior more fun.
For governments at war, the media is an instrument of war or an element in war that is to be controlled.
Governments cannot do innovation. There are too many audits, and no one stays in a role for long enough.
I think there is a huge responsibility upon governments to understand the consequence of their decisions.
If you don't have collective agreements between unions and employers, governments have to legislate more.
It's a genuine dilemma for governments, deciding how much information to share in this threat-filled era.
When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.
If the world's using bitcoin, governments won't be able to fund wars through inflation like they do today.
Disciplined governments do not engage in the economic equivalent of binge eating followed by crash dieting.
Unfortunately for governments like that of Iran, when they forbid something, people become more interested.
Nations it may be have fashioned their Governments, but the Governments have paid them back in the same coin.
The Catholic Church played an integral role in supporting the opening between the U.S. and Cuban governments.
I spent my youth reading books in which corporations became governments, it's an old idea in science fiction.
WikiLeaks exposed the most dangerous lies of all, which are those that are told to us by elected governments.
Our governments have taught us that we should worship only two people - one is 'chacha' and the other 'bapu.'
If we do not adhere firmly to the constitution, our governments will not last long and will change frequently.
State and local governments in New Jersey are a critical line of defense in the effort to respond to COVID-19.
For years governments have been promising more than they can deliver, and delivering more than they can afford.
I think peace should be done not only among governments but among people. It was impossible before the Facebook.
International institutions are composed of governments. Governments control their own military forces and police.
Changing the ways of governments usually doesn't happen quickly, but time is a luxury the world no longer enjoys.
The first piece of advice I would have from my experience is that governments need to be vocal about human rights.
It's important to engage with governments around the world in how they're thinking about AI - to help inform them.
Governments that don't need to broaden their tax base have few incentives to respond to the needs of their people.
If our governments are so compromised that they will not tell us the truth, then we must step forward to grasp it.