The phrase "called for recognition" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that something requires acknowledgment or appreciation.
Example: "The artist's groundbreaking work called for recognition from the art community."
Alternatives: "demanded acknowledgment" or "required appreciation."
accepted the United Nations resolution that called for recognition of Israel and a renunciation of terrorism.
Professing loyalty to the democratic system, he called for recognition of the German minority as an autonomous body.
But several hundred Israeli doves called for recognition on the basis that only the creation of an independent Palestinian state can guarantee Israel's own future in the region.
Although support for recognition is high many delegates to the referendum council which is designing the proposal have called for recognition to be scrapped in favour of a treaty.
Delegates called for recognition of the negative impact of sexism and the need to protect equal rights for women.
While still in the UN's human rights focused third committee, the US had supported a Saudi Arabian amendment to the resolution that called for recognition of "the sovereign right" of countries to determine "legal penalties" — effectively undermining the spirit of the resolution.
But growing numbers of Indonesians are calling for recognition from their own government.
It's striking that Slaughter's conclusion – calling for recognition "that caregiving is a vital human activity" – should appear so compelling, even original.
We support the work of joint Israeli-Palestinian projects that calls for recognition of "the right of both people to independence, sovereignty, freedom, justice, dignity and respect".
Abdullah's offer, now the Arab world's offer, calls for recognition of Israel and "normal relations" in return for a Palestinian state on lands Israel occupied in 1967.
If he annoys Israel or the Jewish-American lobby too much, it will be harder for Congress to spike resolutions calling for recognition of the massacres of Armenians by the Ottoman Turks in the first world war as genocide.
