Near the end of his speech, Skerrit requested immediate aid to help Dominica recover from Maria, and a long-term international commitment to countering climate change.
On Tuesday, Carter told coalition military personnel at a Jordanian air base that the US and Israel had a "common commitment to countering Iranian malign influence in the region".
During the same speech, he said: "I think we've demonstrated in the way we have stopped the boats, I think we have demonstrated with our commitment to countering Islamist death cults both here and abroad, that we do take our responsibilities to keep our communities safe very, very seriously indeed".
As an American and an Ahmadi Muslim, you will find in me a commitment to counter the narrative of hate and extremism.
For its part, Pakistan gives lip service to redemption; Gen. Mattis said he spoke by phone to Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, Pakistan's chief of army staff, who "reiterated Pakistan's commitment to counter all militant groups operating in its territory".
At a 2006 WHO ministerial conference, governmental representatives (including Swedes), experts, and civil society representatives declared their commitment to counter obesity in Europe (40).
This includes, in line with the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, a clear commitment to counter attempts to create new organisations and initiatives in the (global) health sector duplicating existing mandates and tasks.
In the multi-faith open letter, the signatories criticise the commitments to counter climate change made by Australia's Liberal and Labor parties.
While efforts to meet international commitments to counter biodiversity declines by establishing networks of marine protected areas (MPAs) continue, assessments of MPAs rarely take into account measures of effectiveness of different categories of protection, or other design principles (size, spacing, governance considerations).
After Myanmar, Obama will attend an East Asia summit in Cambodia as he seeks to recalibrate U.S. economic and security commitments to counter China's influence at a time when America is disentangling itself from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Although a significant reduction from the 41,000 Nato troops currently in the country, this international commitment to counter-insurgency is vital, said Mohammad Isaqzadeh, a political analyst in Kabul.
