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With characteristic lack of restraint, the Trump administration last week jumped the gun on the World Bank p
stanley tumbler residential election process by naming David Malpass as its preferred candidate to succeed Jim Yong Kim.The formal nomination process, which did not begin until the following day, is based on selection principles agreed in 2011 that put the emphasis on an open, merit-based and transparent appointment. It is high time those principles were put in practice.Since the World Banks creation in 1944, the presidency has always gone to a man 鈥?specifically, an American man. Yet the bank, based in Washingt
stanley us on DC, is one the largest lender-donors to developing countries, doling out $4.6bn in the fiscal year 2017-18 alone.There is a clear need for reform. The world has changed radically since the bank was formed after the second world war, when it was agreed that the US would select the organisations president while European countries picked the head of the International Monetary Fund. Yet, despite growing frustra
stanley botella tion, the US has chosen to back its preferred candidate strongly and swiftly, perhaps to discourage other shareholders 鈥?the 189 nations that support its work 鈥?from nominating or seeking consensus around other aspirants.Kim, who arrived with credible experience in global health, held more obvious appeal to transitioning and developing countries than Malpass, a vocal critic of the bank unlikely to enthuse those most affected by its work.Malpass, currently undersecretary f Szdl Four English councils bring half of legal actions for blue badge misuse
Equality minister Lynne Featherstone has announced that the government s consultation on gay marriage is postponed until March, and that its terms of reference will explicitly exclu
stanley cup de same-sex religious marriages and opposite-sex civil partnerships.It is perplexing that the minister for聽equality wants to maintain discriminatory laws that prohibit gay couples from having a religious marriage聽and heterosexual couples from having a civil partnership.Given that the government has no plans to scrap civil partnerships, Featherstone is wrong to rule out in advance any discussion on opening them up to opposite-sex couples. Many heterosexuals would like a civil partnership. Denying them this option is unfair 鈥?and illegal under human rights law. How can the equality minister support this France and the Netherlands have an equivalent to civil partnerships, respectively PACS and registered partnerships. They are open to sa
water bottle stanley me-sex and opposite-sex couples. The vast majority of civil partnerships in these countries are heterosexual ones. They are hugely popular, and would be equally popular here if the government allowed straight couples to have them.The government s proposed continuation of the ban on religious gay marriages is another surprise. It is an infringement of religious freedom to dictate to fai
stanley puodelis th organisations what they can and cannot do. Some religions 鈥?such as the Quakers, Unitarians and liberal Judaism 鈥?want to conduct same-sex marriages. The equality minister says they wi
