With the shortage of public funds, political pressures have been building on the Government to scale back its global commitments.

Even so, the exercise found that the armed forces could wage and win a major regional conflict while maintaining other global commitments.

The convention was an acknowledgment of a new global commitment to human rights.

The problem is that we have not made a national or global commitment to do so.

It is also a matter of great concern to the Commission, in line with the global commitment to stop biodiversity loss by 2010.

The way forward should be a new policy of global commitment, in which the EU will play its key role.

We should also consider the global commitment to fight climate change.

I also support those colleagues who regard this as a global commitment.

We have further requirements placed upon us by global or international commitments.

He concluded that the country had become over-extended in its global commitments, and announced a new approach.