Sentences with phrase «general conference in»

As a follow up to the Decade, UNESCO has developed a Global Action Programme on ESD, which was endorsed by the UNESCO General Conference in 2013 and will be launched in Nagoya.

The CITES office in Geneva confirmed that Monaco has submitted a formal bid to add bluefin tuna to the Annex I list of threatened species and that the proposal will be part of the formal agenda at the next general conference in Doha, Qatar, in March 2010.

Bishops and deacons surround the communion table during opening worship for the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore., on May 10.

The church may call a special General Conference in 2018 or 2019 to address the results, Council of Bishops president Bruce Ough told delegates.

Two «agree to disagree» proposals were soundly defeated during separate votes by the nearly 1,000 delegates gathered for the United Methodist Church's General Conference in Tampa, Fla..

It wasn't until August 1852, at the LDS Church's general conference in Salt Lake City, that plural marriage was first spoken about publicly.

Not exact matches

Helena Morrissey of the London - based Legal and General is making a big push for sustainable investing, saying at a conference Monday that individual investors are becoming increasingly wary of putting their money in the market as they fear companies will act in ways that run counter to the investor's own moral beliefs.

At a conference of county sheriffs in Washington, DC, on Thursday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions promised «we're going to do something» and «we can and must do better.»

At Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen in July, investors at private equity firms TPG Capital and General Atlantic — both large shareholders of Uber — said neither of them had marked down their holdings amid the company's turmoil.

The founders point out how attendance at conferences in general has gone up dramatically over the last five years because people are making these digital connections with brands and peer - to - peer, and want to meet people in real life.

Martin Moen, the director general at Global Affairs Canada who oversees North American trade policy, told a conference in Ottawa earlier this month that it would be «very difficult to see a path forward» for NAFTA if the U.S. continued to insist on changes that would constrain cross-border commerce, such as a the suggestion that the value of U.S. government contracts won by Canadian and Mexican firms should match the value of contracts American companies secure in Canada and Mexico.

In a press conference today, Russian Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff, Colonel Sergei Rudskoy, said Syrian military facilities had suffered only minor damage from the strikes.

Here's how Conaway and team make the most of their time and money at SaaStr Annual 2017 — though these are good tips for any other marketing conference in general:

In a press conference announcing the special counsel Robert Mueller's indictments against 13 Russian individuals, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said there was «no allegation in the indictment» that an American knowingly participated in the alleged crimeIn a press conference announcing the special counsel Robert Mueller's indictments against 13 Russian individuals, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said there was «no allegation in the indictment» that an American knowingly participated in the alleged crimein the indictment» that an American knowingly participated in the alleged crimein the alleged crimes.

«Corporations that exercise sufficient control over their franchisees can not claim ignorance,» said Catherine Ruckelshaus, general counsel and program director for the National Employment Law Project, in a Tuesday conference call held by the organizations supporting the lawsuits.

OPEC is working on a «very long - term» deal to try to extend its alliance with other oil producers, Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo said at an energy conference in Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday.

Secretary General of OPEC, Mohammed Barkindo (R) and Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, Khalid Al - Falih (L) hold a joint press conference during the 173rd Ordinary Meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna, Austria on November 30, 2017.

At the annual Herzliya security conference near Tel Aviv, Major - General Amir Eshel said qualitative and quantitative improvements in the air force since the 2006 Lebanon war meant it could carry out in just two or three days the same number of bombings it mounted in those 34 days of fighting.

«We know our solution works for the general U.S. population, but we want to make sure it is more culturally respectful, and can help the health outcomes of these population groups,» says Goodwin, whom I first met at IEEE's Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference last spring.

That was a welcome relief for Ben Bethel, owner and general manger of The Clarendon Hotel and Spa in Phoenix, whose business depends on tourism and conferences.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions takes questions during a press conference at the Department of Justice on March 2, 2017 in Washington, DC.

Former Maple Leafs general manager (and current Calgary Flames president of hockey operations) Brian Burke is so firmly against entrusting sports decisions to computers that he's become the Sloan Conference's gadfly, travelling there to denounce it in flamboyant speeches.

Their tensions seeped into public view in February, when General McMaster said at a security conference in Munich that the evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was beyond dispute.

Its research activities seek to develop actionable, prescriptive theory that can guide general managers in the decisions they must make, re-invigorating general management research by following a proven research process, refining it through collaboration with practitioners, and then distributing it to a broad audience In pursuit of these goals, the Forum both hosts conferences to bring together academic experts, leading practitioners, and Harvard Business School alumni to develop current ideas and engages in extensive publishing activitiein the decisions they must make, re-invigorating general management research by following a proven research process, refining it through collaboration with practitioners, and then distributing it to a broad audience In pursuit of these goals, the Forum both hosts conferences to bring together academic experts, leading practitioners, and Harvard Business School alumni to develop current ideas and engages in extensive publishing activitieIn pursuit of these goals, the Forum both hosts conferences to bring together academic experts, leading practitioners, and Harvard Business School alumni to develop current ideas and engages in extensive publishing activitiein extensive publishing activities.

In the United States, the General Services Administration spent $ 1 million on a 2010 Las Vegas conference.

12-21-2009 Caledonia Mining Secures a Renewed Zimbabwe Gold Dealership License 11-12-2009 Caledonia Mining Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results 11-09-2009 Blanket Mine Awarded Exporter of the Year 09-04-2009 Caledonia reduces exercise price of outstanding options 08-11-2009 Caledonia Mining 2009 Second Quarter and Half Year Results and Management Conference Call 07-01-2009 Mitsubishi Corporation Withdraws From Proposed Participation in the Rooipoort and Mapochsgronde Platinum Projects in South Africa 05-28-2009 Report on 2009 Annual General Meeting and Shareholder Update 05-18-2009 Caledonia Mining First Quarter 2009 Results 05-06-2009 Blanket Mine Commences Production and Export of Gold 04-03-2009 Caledonia Mining announces the Imminent Resumption of Gold Mining at the Blanket Gold Mine in Zimbabwe 04-02-2009 Caledonia's Q4 and Annual Results 2008 Conference Call 04-01-2009 Caledonia Mining announces its Fourth Quarter and 2008 Annual Results 04-01-2009 Caledonia Mining Fourth Quarter 2008 Results Filing Delayed

05-14-2014 Q1 2014 Results 05-06-2014 Major Shareholder Notification 04-25-2014 Notification of Annual General Meeting 04-08-2014 Caledonia Declares Second Quarterly Dividend 04-07-2014 Q1 2014 Production Update 03-31-2014 Fourth Quarter and 2013 Results 03-21-2014 Confirmation of Publication Date for Q4 and 2013 Results and Dial - In Details for Management Conference Calls 01-29-2014 Caledonia confirms receipt of the full sales proceeds from Fidelity Printers and Refiners 01-28-2014 New Marketing Arrangements for Gold Exports 01-09-2014 2013 Production Update and 2014 Production Outlook 01-07-2014 Caledonia Declares First Quarterly Dividend

Sean Riley, the President, CEO, and General Counsel of Mortgage Equity Partners, will be moderating the Cyber Security - Overseeing your IT Department panel discussion at the New England Mortgage Bankers Conference («NEMBC») this year in Newport, RI.

Additional reasons might be given for The United Methodist Church to rid itself of a commitment to abortion rights: the increasing numbers of African delegates (who are, in the main, pro-life) to General Conference; the horrifyingly high abortion rates (though the annual totals are continuing to decrease) in the United States; the pro-life drift of American public opinion (which United Methodism seems to follow); the uncommon clarity of ecumenical teaching on the dignity of the human person; and the providence of God.

Furthermore, though some of the more pro-choice delegates to General Conference displayed savvy political skills in holding off the pro-life advance, political skills among the pro-life delegates are sure to increase.

It should be mentioned that the 2008 General Conference sustained United Methodist membership in RCRC by a margin of only 32 votes out of a total of 800 cast; this is the narrowest vote, to date, on United Methodist membership in RCRC.)

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From April 23 until May 2, the 2008 General Conference met in Fort Worth, Texas.

In 1972, General Conference adopted the denomination's first explicit teaching on abortion under the heading «Birth and Death.»

Before reviewing the 2008 General Conference's action on the church's official teaching on abortion, a little history is in order.

The main business of a General Conference session is to elect the officers and departmental heads at both the General Conference and division levels and to make changes in the constitution of the church and in the Church Manual.

The General Conference responded in 1974 by arranging a conference of theologians to explore Conference responded in 1974 by arranging a conference of theologians to explore conference of theologians to explore the issue.

At the General Conference session in 1985 an African graduate student studying in America pointedly asked when the Adventist Church would follow the papal lead in appointing African «cardinals.»

This was the culmination of almost two decades of study and debate in which the General Conference leadership had played an uncharacteristically indecisive role.

While the primary purpose of a quinquennial General Conference session is to conduct business, it is also a celebration of Adventism and its progress; a «fair» where church publishers, departments, educational and medical institutions and unofficial «self - supporting ministries» show their wares and garner support; an old - fashioned revival meeting; and a «family gathering» where church employees, in particular, meet former schoolmates and colleagues.

Since the presidents of these conferences publicly dubbed this a «moral issue,» it will probably be difficult for them now to reverse positions, in spite of a warning from the head of the General Conference Ministerial Association during the debates that any unilateral action would be tantamount to rebellion.

In November 2006 Cardinal Carmillo Ruini, the Vicar General of the Diocese of Rome and at the time the head of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI), gave a keynote address to an international conference entitled «University and The Social Teaching of the Church» (Università e Dottrina Sociale della Chiesa, Rome Conference (CEI), gave a keynote address to an international conference entitled «University and The Social Teaching of the Church» (Università e Dottrina Sociale della Chiesa, Rome conference entitled «University and The Social Teaching of the Church» (Università e Dottrina Sociale della Chiesa, Rome 17.11.06).

The Conference examined the way sacred music has evolved in Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions, its different modes of expression, its contribution to deepening religious experience, and its place in wider musical and general culture of the three faith traditions.

In 1950, The AA Grapevine, the official periodical of AA, published a proposal by Bill and Dr. Bob that a General Service Conference of AA be formed.

The Protestant Episcopal Church of America then raised a general call to all Churches «which accept Jesus Christ as God and Saviour to join in conference following the general method of the World's Missionary Conference, for the consideration of all questions pertaining to the Faith and Order of the Church of Chriconference following the general method of the World's Missionary Conference, for the consideration of all questions pertaining to the Faith and Order of the Church of ChriConference, for the consideration of all questions pertaining to the Faith and Order of the Church of Christ.»

Although precise figures are elusive and probably higher than reports indicate, organizations — for example, Open Doors, the Catholic Bishops» Conference of India, the All India Catholic Union, the Evangelical Fellowship of India, and the recently founded United Christian Forum for Human Rights — that monitor persecution in India testify to the general trend.

I am thinking of independent churches, the Holiness traditions, the Assemblies of God, and the Nazarene Church, and the Baptist General Conference, which ordained its first woman in 1943 — the Reverend Ethel Ruff.

Several Protestant statements — for example, the Mennonite General Conference's 1977 statement, the Church of the Brethren's 1984 declaration and perhaps the Lutheran Free Church in Norway's 1979 declaration — have condemned abortion.

Establishing a precedent for John Paul II at Puebla, Paul VI journeyed to Medellín in 1968 to address the General Conference of Latin American Bishops.

Accordingly, all thoughtful and concerned Methodists rejoiced when, in the great Episcopal Address of the bishops of The Methodist Church to the General Conference of 1952, there was a forthright statement in contemporary terminology of what Methodists believe.