"The main thing is that we are finally seeing a recognition of responsibility to help British citizens whose lives have been blighted," said Ian McCartney, the former government minister who has been at the forefront of the battle for compensation.
This would not be a surrender of their rights, but a recognition of their responsibilities.
"This has not been formalised, of course, but if you add all the pieces that have been coming up in recent weeks, they point to the idea that, yes, there is the beginning of a recognition of an institutional responsibility," Marchetti said.
According to Mr. Grilli and Junji Kitadai, vice president of international operations for the Tokyo Broadcasting System, Japanese businessmen see the new project as a way to contribute to their companies' visibility in the United States, as well as to demonstrate to the American public a recognition of their community responsibility.
The march for us is not only a gesture of empathy, but a recognition of our own responsibility as humans and neighbors.
That is why this agreement matters: it is a recognition of facts and of responsibility.
Ban appeared to have been bounced into making a clearer recognition of responsibility than ever before by the advent of a draft report by Alston into how the UN handled the crisis.
The UN's top diplomat appears to have been bounced into making a clearer recognition of responsibility than ever before by the advent of a new draft report from one of its own special advisers looking into how the UN handled the crisis.
Thus, there is a recognition of shared although differentiated responsibilities for the flourishing of the Earth Community.
Still, she said: "Australia's pledge, just days after reports that they would not contribute to the fund, is an important message of support and a recognition of the country's responsibility to act".
