Sentence examples for responsibility for countering from inspiring English sources
Britain was assigned special responsibility for countering narcotics in Afghanistan on Blair's initiative in 2001.
Theresa May, the home secretary, and Philip Hammond, the foreign secretary - the most senior ministers with responsibility for countering terrorism - take the opposite view.
In such a context, fiscal policy would be the only effective macroeconomic policy tool left, and would have to assume much more responsibility for countering recessionary pressures.
The final agreement contained a good deal of the language sought by southern countries like Croatia, Greece, Italy, Malta and Spain, including a reference to a "fair sharing" of responsibility for countering the continuing migratory pressures.
By proposing it, France and those who support it are setting the stage for another momentous development they claim to oppose: the transfer of responsibility for countering the most serious threats to international security from multilateral institutions to the world's sole superpower.
Bottom line: It's a lot easier for governments to spread blame outwards, extending responsibility for countering terrorism beyond their own boundaries — onto an amorphous and 'dangerous' Internet.
Seal team six has responsibility for counter-terrorism activities in the Horn of Africa.
SOCA will focus on drugs and illegal immigration, but, unlike America's FBI, it has no responsibility for counter-terrorism.
Chief police officers have condemned a call by a committee of MPs to strip Scotland Yard of responsibility for counter-terrorism powers.
The practical effect was that this policy, oddly, put responsibility for counter-terrorism in the hands of Communities and Local Government (CLG), and community cohesion responsibilities in the hands of the police – which is backwards, and doesn't play to the strengths of either of these key institutions.
With Theresa May expected to announce a consultation next week on the introduction of direct entry to police service by outsiders and a law change to allow foreigners to apply for police posts in England and Wales, Hogan-Howe indicated he was unsympathetic to foreigners running police forces when they had responsibility for counter terrorism.
