There is, in effect, a multilateral moratorium on testing.
In the concluding statement of the Summit, heads of states committed themselves to promote, in various multilateral forums, the testing and implementation of innovative financial mechanisms to help support education budgets.
Bertoli and Fernández-Huertas Moraga (2013) propose a formal test to the "Multilateral Resistance to Migration".
WTO Director General Pascal Lamy believes "the stress test of the multilateral trading system is still to come".
Kennedy backed his eloquent words with deeds--he announced a resumption of multilateral discussions towards a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty and a moratorium on American atmospheric tests so long as no other nation performed any.
In a much-awaited speech on Wednesday night that may prove the biggest test of Obama's multilateral approach to foreign policy, the president was poised to emphasise a mix of US military action, hitherto confined to airstrikes in Iraq, coupled with support for the forces ranged against Islamic State (Isis) on the ground.
Pyongyang conducted its first nuclear test in 2006 after a failed multilateral diplomatic attempt to resolve the restart of the North's nuclear program.
He and his Kenyan colleague, Dr. Lucas Otieno, presented the Phase III trial results at the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Pan-African Conference, in Durban, earlier this week: the RTS,S vaccine, which was tested on over sixty-five hundred infands anearlyrly nine thousand children, effectively protects young children and infants from malaria up to eighteen months after vaccination.
Multilateral development institutions must step up their efforts to test pilot models of these new elements, and encourage a broad dialogue between the public and private sectors in emerging countries to help build the foundation for this new ecosystem.
There are already well-known African-led initiatives to apply scientific innovation to combat important health concerns, such as the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria, and the African Malaria Vaccine Testing Network (AMVTN).
