Ms. MORARJEE: Well, the Afghan parliament can make these resolutions but they don't have a binding power to see that they're carried out.

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The right to make binding obligations is a power of sovereignty.

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The government will amend company law so that shareholder votes on big businesses' prospective remuneration plans for executives will be binding - as opposed to the current system of advisory votes (which have the power to embarrass companies but not to compel them).

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In the UK, the government's best estimates are that new nuclear power stations will cut our emissions by four percent some time after 2020, yet our binding target is a 34 percent cut, by 2020.

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