WASHINGTON -- The repeal of the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy over the weekend was a major victory for the White House, but it is now imperiling a chief priority: the ratification of the nuclear-arms-reduction pact with Russia known as the New START Treaty.
President Obama gave Hillary Rodham Clinton a pass when it comes to opposing one of his administration's highest priorities, the ratification of a major new trade deal with 11 Pacific Rim nations.
Agricultural biotechnology is a national priority and following ratification of a national agricultural biotechnology programme, implemented in 2001-2005, a national commission was established to address issues of biotechnology and biosafety policy.
A priority for Mr. Obama is Senate ratification of the New Start nuclear arms control treaty with Russia, which requires a two-thirds vote.
"Including children with disabilities into all aspects of society in particular education is one of UNICEF's priorities in the region and Russia's ratification is significant not only for Russia but the region".
Tauscher said the ratification of the CTBT had high priority.
Our priority now is to go for an early ratification and entry into force of the Paris Agreement.
The treaty, which would bar each side from deploying more than 1,550 strategic warheads or 700 launchers, is perhaps the most tangible foreign policy accomplishment of Mr. Obama's presidency to date, and winning ratification is one of his top priorities.
In Sunday's meeting with Mr. Medvedev, Mr. Obama told him that his "top priority" on foreign policy for the Congressional session is ratification of the two countries' new arms control treaty, which is stalled in the Senate.
He told President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia here that his "top priority" on foreign policy for the Congressional session is ratification of their new arms control treaty, which is stalled in the Senate.
UNICEF appeals to every country in this region and in the world to make ratification and implementation of this protocol a national priority".
