In a 1991 social policy statement, the ELCA officially took a stand to oppose the death penalty.

* 1956, " Draft statement of a ten-year China and Indochina policy, 1956-1966 ", Foreign Policy Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania

Despite a June 2008 certification by the United Nations that Israel had withdrawn from all Lebanese territory, in August, Lebanon's new Cabinet unanimously approved a draft policy statement which secures Hezbollah's existence as an armed organization and guarantees its right to " liberate or recover occupied lands ".

The message was aimed as much at the Soviets as it was at Berliners, and was a clear statement of U. S. policy in the wake of the construction of the Berlin Wall.

In 2005 the RSA launched the Adelphi Charter, aimed at creating an international policy statement to frame how governments should make balanced intellectual property law.

“ The new United States government policy allowing business activity in Burma ’ s controversial oil sector with reporting requirements will not adequately prevent new investments from fueling abuses and undermining reform ,” New York-based watchdog Human Rights Watch said in a statement.

In this context, the Agenda 21 for culture and the United Cities and Local Governments ( UCLG ) Executive Bureau lead the preparation of the policy statement “ Culture: Fourth Pillar of Sustainable Development ”, passed on 17 November 2010, in the framework of the World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders – 3rd World Congress of UCLG, held in Mexico City.

* Resolution ( debate ), the statement which is debated in policy debate

As his statement of policy at the general election of January 1835, Peel issued the Tamworth Manifesto.

A statement by the TUC argued that the unions ’ acquiescence to the government ’ s incomes policy was justified given that “ the government had deliberately refrained from attacking the social services.

He was in charge of drawing up a new policy statement in 1972 which contained the idea of the Social Contract between the government and trade unions.

Adenauer talked of the policy in a press conference on 16 September 1955 and again in a government statement to the Parliament on 22 September 1955, warning other states that establishing diplomatic relations with the German Democratic Republic would be regarded as an unfriendly act.

The Mulroney government undertook a defence policy review, publishing a new statement in late 1991, but political considerations meant that no comprehensive policy for the post-Cold War era was arrived at before the government's defeat in 1993.

A 2005 policy statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics ( AAP ) on sleep environment and the risk of SIDS deemed bed-sharing unsafe, recommending that infants sleep in a separate crib, bassinet, or cradle in the same room as a parent.

First, it presented a public statement that the preferences of parliament ( the claim of Catherine Grey in the succession crisis ) could not dictate her own policy.

The wording of this statement from a policy manual is typical: " All documents, publications or presentations developed by all constituencies … shall be written in gender neutral and / or gender inclusive language.

A typical statement of policy read: " at each further incident, a number, reflecting the seriousness of the crime, shall be shot.

A foreign policy doctrine is a general statement of foreign policy and belief system through a doctrine.

The definitive statement of the concrete policies advocated by neoliberalism is often taken to be John Williamson's " Washington Consensus ", a list of policy proposals that appeared to have gained consensus approval among the Washington-based international economic organizations ( like the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and World Bank ).

The purpose of the oath was both to issue a statement of policy to be followed by the post-Tokugawa shogunate government in the Meiji period, and to offer hope of inclusion in the next regime to pro-Tokugawa domains.

* Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Arab League disavowed the final statement made by the Zayed Center for Coordination and Follow-up, claiming that they adhere to a policy of supporting Israel's right to exist within pre-1967 borders, and restating that the conflict in the Middle East is between Palestinians and Israelis, not all Jews.

Their statement proclaims that “ this initiative will bring accumulated traditional knowledge of Indigenous peoples from North America coming from climate-energy impact zones and persons experienced in linking an indigenous rights-based framework to climate policy .”

Two strong dissents from the majority report of the Joint Economic Committee ( May 2 ) by Senators Proxmire and Butler allege that the New Deal fiscal policy of the Thirties did not work.

Although metics had no direct political influence many were wealthy business owners who could, and sometimes did, influence policy by not allowing their citizen employees time off to attend the assembly, as well as having the simple expedient of wealth.

She expressed reservations over the eventual winner David Cameron, feeling that he did not, like the other candidates, have a proven track record, and she was later a leading figure in parliamentary opposition to his A-List policy, which she has said is " an insult to women ".

Later in his presidency, in 1999, Clinton criticized the way the policy was implemented, saying he did not think any serious person could say it was not " out of whack.

4655 into law on October 31, 1998, which instituted a policy of " regime change " against Iraq, though it explicitly stated it did not provide for direct intervention on the part of American military forces.

In foreign policy, Gladstone was in general against foreign entanglements but did not resist the reality of imperialism.

In May 2010, the Washington State Supreme Court provided an opinion after it was asked to certify a question referred by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington: “ Whether a public library, consistent with Article I, § 5 of the Washington Constitution, may filter Internet access for all patrons without disabling Web sites containing constitutionally-protected speech upon the request of an adult library patron .” The Washington State Supreme Court ruled that NCRL ’ s internet filtering policy did not violate Article I, Section 5 of the Washington State Constitution.

In Cooley v. Board of Wardens ( 1852 ) the Court headed by Roger B. Taney had allowed the states, in the absence of federal legislation, to control those aspects of commerce that did not require a single national policy.

But Chernenko's short time in office did bring some significant policy changes.

Phillip Augustus wrote to Pope Innocent in strong terms to point this out — but the Pope did not change his policy — and many of those who went to the Midi were aware that the Pope had been equivocal over the siege of Zara and the seizure and looting of Constantinople.

After many months of negotiations with the Sudanese to try to end the incursions, the Government of Eritrea concluded that the NIF did not intend to change its policy and broke relations.

Only through the activities of her fleets did Elizabeth pursue an aggressive policy.

" It did not signify any modification to Fiji's adherence to the One China policy, he had explained to the Chinese ambassador.

Finland was considered a cooperative model state, and Finland did not oppose proposals for a common EU defence policy.

The Lisbon Treaty did however enhance the EU's capacity for foreign policy action.

The English colonies did not have an independent foreign policy, but otherwise were mostly left to manage their own affairs.

However, all 15 councils which initially refused to set a rate eventually did so, and the campaign failed to change Government policy.

During the 1970s and ‘ 80s rural poverty did decline, particularly in the Malayan Peninsula, but critics of the government ’ s policy contend that this was mainly due to the growth of overall national prosperity ( due in large part to the discovery of important oil and gas reserves ) and migration of rural people to the cities rather than to state intervention.

Preoccupied with internal problems, France played little attention to foreign policy in the 1911-14 period, although it did extend military service to three years from two over strong Socialist objections in 1913.

Hasdrubal pursued a policy of consolidation of Carthage's Iberian interests, even signing a treaty with Rome whereby Carthage would not expand north of the Ebro River, so long as Rome did not expand south of it.

The end of the Cold War significantly affected India's foreign policy, as it did for much of the world.

The methodological individualist points out that " we " in fact did not enact or carry out this policy ; among those who voted, a certain group of people voted for the policy, individuals all, and another group voted against it.

Even though the journalist did not violate a fiduciary duty to Company A's shareholders, he might have violated a fiduciary duty to Company B's shareholders ( assuming the newspaper had a policy of not allowing reporters to trade on stories they were covering ).

Mainstream Zionists, represented by the Vaad Leumi and the Haganah, practiced the policy of Havlagah ( restraint ), while Irgun militants did not follow this policy and called themselves " Havlagah breakers.