The Fifth International Workshop-Conference on Gestational Diabetes endorsed targets of capillary fasting glucose <5.3 mmol/l, 1-h postprandial <7.8 mmol/l, and/or 2-h postprandial <6.7 mmol/l until further data addressing optimal goals become available (5).
In particular, Mr Kerkorian and his sidekick Jerry York veteran of turnarounds at Chrysler and IBM wanted Mr Wagoner to endorse targets and a timetable for reversing GM's decline.
As my colleague discussed, Presidents Obama and Piñera should endorse targeted efforts together on energy efficiency and non-conventional renewable energy.
The widespread emphasis on outputs of marine conservation efforts is illustrated in the ongoing preoccupation with one of the internationally endorsed Aichi targets (Target 11, 10% of marine and coastal areas under protection).
Leading companies under the umbrella of the Prince of Wales EU Corporate Leaders Group have also endorsed the target.
In January, President Obama called for raising the federal minimum to nine dollars an hour, and, more recently, he endorsed a target of ten dollars.
Moreover, some of the world's biggest car parts companies have endorsed the target as part of an effort to make Europe a more competitive manufacturing hub.
The European Council has endorsed this target which is binding at the EU level.
Four former Nobel Peace Prize winners have endorsed a target of 350ppm.
Ninety-two nallons, all poor and vulnerable to the early affects of climate change have endorsed a target of 350ppm.
The 117 countries that endorsed the target of 350 ppm were the poorest and most vulnerable countries, not rapidly industrializing countries like India and China or the "rich, powerful, and deeply fossil-fuel addicted" countries of the Global North.
