Sentence examples for common obligation from inspiring English sources

The proposed bill says that "safeguarding China's sovereignty and territorial integrity" is a common obligation of all Chinese, including those in Hong Kong.

Romania's prime minister, Emil Boc, said Thursday that all European countries had a "common obligation" toward the millions of Roma on the Continent, The Associated Press reported.

Laying out their belief that "peace is a common and irreplaceable good and its defence is a common obligation", the authors are urging "all writers in the world" to join them.

As he told us: 'Individual faults and frailties are no excuse to give in and no exemption from the common obligation to give of ourselves.' Through his own suffering, Ted Kennedy became more alive to the plight and suffering of others.

The rule "hinges on the doctrine that general principles of justice require that in the case of a common obligation, the discharge of it by one of the obligors without proportionate payment from the other, gives the latter an advantage to which he is not equitably entitled". George's Radio, Inc., v. Capital Transit Co., 1942, 75 U.S.App.D.C. 187, 189, 126 F.221221, 221.

We need at the G20, or some other appropriate forum, as soon as we can, to raise this issue as a matter of urgent global importance and work on a common charter to be accepted by all nations, and endorsed by the UN, which makes it a common obligation to ensure that throughout our education systems, we're committed to teaching the virtue of religious respect.

Also, it stipulates the common obligations of governments at various levels and international organizations.

In spite of these common obligations, there exist significant variations in how European states prioritize and fund programs designed to meet their responsibilities.

The circle of responsibility for the welfare of soldiers may be wider, but in football, too, there are common obligations--owners to players, fans to players, players to each other.

The level of cohesion in criminal justice systems across Europe, the argument went, and their common obligations under the European convention on human rights, provided a sufficient basis of trust that an arrest warrant by an EU country could be agreed by the UK with little scrutiny.

Though the Obama campaign has tried to exploit this with millions of dollars in anti-Bain ads, the real issue is how Romney's experience relates to a president's need to balance budgetary responsibility with the heavy lifting required to address our collective concerns, our common obligations.