In some ways, Governor Andrew Cuomo, who launched his reëlection campaign on Thursday, has been an effective and laudable leader for New York.
By John Cassidy May 23, 2014 In some ways, Governor Andrew Cuomo, who launched his reëlection campaign on Thursday, has been an effective and laudable leader for New York.
At the heart of all this frenetic activity is the idea that people everywhere need to know about the goals – which will replace the simpler but less ambitious millennium development goals – so that they can demand that their leaders translate laudable ideas into policies.
The report may not make the case for future funding, but UN Women is a new organisation with a laudable aim and an impressive leader.
Efforts to hold political and military leaders accountable for their crimes are laudable, but this multitude of mechanisms inevitably suffers from an excess of bureaucracy, poor coordination and duplication of efforts.
Letters are welcome via e-mail to [email protected] talksSIR – Your leader on global trade talks rightly acknowledged the laudable aims of the Doha round, which "deliberately put poor countries first", only to suggest that a new effort, a so-called Global Recovery Round, must leave agriculture aside ("Goodbye Doha, hello Bali", September 8th).
In the 21st century, a leader lasting more than a full term is in itself laudable.
Child protection experts say that the efforts in recent years by the Boy Scouts to better track, report and train youth leaders, and its humility in admitting failure, are all laudable steps, but that much more is needed by an organization that built its name and reputation on trust.
The investigators in Gadchiroli and other community intervention studies offer laudable examples of how to establish long-term relationships with community leaders, study participants, and the broader communities to ensure ethical study design that is sensitive to the local context, while continuing to fight for improvements in health for all on the national and international stage.
All that is laudable enough, but will also require political horse-trading as governments Europe's leaders are due to meet in March to discuss the various energy proposals try to avoid commitments that may hurt domestic energy companies or make European firms less competitive than rivals in America, Asia and elsewhere.
Real, courageous leaders weave in a second biblical attribute, wisdom, and use their salesmanship (a necessary and laudable political skill) to cast a vision in which we rise above ourselves.
