Sentences with phrase «secretary general events»

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The Secretary - General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki - moon, officially opened the event by stating «The world can not continue on the current course.

«This is a made - for - TV event,» says John Krimsky, U.S. Olympic Committee deputy secretary general and managing director for business affairs, «and there are a number of things we can do to enhance that.

the General Secretary of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Nii Armah Akomfrah, has promised that in the event of a CPP ascension to power after this year's polls, the Nkrumaist party will do away with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell and shadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey both attended a private event held by the club in the run - up to the general election, and McDonnell also recently attended a private round table event at the London Stock Exchange.

The event was attended by party stalwarts including the founder, former President Rawlings; the sitting President and Leader of the party, President John Dramani Mahama; the Chairman, Mr Kofi Poturphy; the General Secretary, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah; Alhaji Huudu Yahaya among others.

The NDC General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah; Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu; Former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah; Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini; MP for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, and a former Northern Regional Minister, Moses Bukari Mabengba were among the party bigwigs that participated in the event.

In the event the implementation of the Boundary Review was postponed for partisan reasons until after the next General Election by Home Secretary James Callaghan (on the pretext of waiting until after the Redcliffe - Maud Report on local government reorganisation).

UN Secretary General Ban Ki - Moon not only hosted president Mahama and commended him for his «exemplary leadership» but also joined him at the deliberation of the SDG Advocates and the «Pathway to Zero Hunger» Events.

Party executives including Alban Bagbin, Alhaji Hudu Yahaya, Deputy General Secretary Koku Anyidoho, Ama Benyiwa - Doe and a host of others who are at the forefront of the event will be giving various historical details as far as the party's progress story is concerned.

At 8:30 a.m., NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray will deliver remarks at the launch event for UN Women's HeForShe Arts Event with actors Emma Watson and Forest Whitaker and Phumzile Mlambo - Ngcuka, Under - Secretary - General of the United Nations and executive director of UN Women, The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St., Manhaevent for UN Women's HeForShe Arts Event with actors Emma Watson and Forest Whitaker and Phumzile Mlambo - Ngcuka, Under - Secretary - General of the United Nations and executive director of UN Women, The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St., ManhaEvent with actors Emma Watson and Forest Whitaker and Phumzile Mlambo - Ngcuka, Under - Secretary - General of the United Nations and executive director of UN Women, The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St., Manhattan.

Also speaking at the event will be Dr Walker - the mother of Anthony Walker - as well as Karen Chouhan of Equanomics UK, National President of the NUT Marilyn Harrop and the General Secretary of the NUT, Christine Blower.

The NDC deputy General Secretary retorted, «When they prevented people like Kwesi Pratt from appearing on GTV programmes, stop NDC from appearing on Radio Ghana programmes, state media like Graphic and Times will not cover pro-NDC events that is what we call abuse of incumbency.»

USDAW undertakes joint campaigning with Progress (Campaign for a Labour Majority) and USDAW general secretary John Hannnett speaks at Progress events.

According to a piece published in Le Figaro on 22 November 2017, Najat Vallaud - Belkacem, former Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research and defeated candidate in the 2017 legislative elections, sought to lead the Socialist Party (PS) list in the 2019 European elections as a condition of her becoming a candidate for the party leadership, in addition to asking that the post of general secretary be paid in the event that she obtained the post.

National officers of the NDC who graced the event include Koku Anyidoho, deputy general secretary, Kofi Adams, national organizer, Kofi Fonu, deputy national youth organizer among others.

Together with the German Chancellor and the Norwegian Prime Minister, President Mahama will on Saturday host a major side event on Strengthening a healthy future: Resilient Health Systems to fight epidemics and ensure healthy lives, a follow - up to the proposal made by the three world leaders to the UN Secretary General to set up a panel to review the world's response to health crisis.

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on Tuesday, said recent distasteful events including unwarranted harassment of perceived opponents of the APC, supposed and actual presidential hopefuls as well as opposition members, show that the APC has now gone into jittery mode, having realized that its chances of winning the 2019 general election has already vanished.

[34] Matt Wrack, General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union pointed out Maude's advice was dangerous and illegal, and could be disastrous in the event of a fire.

While extolling the virtues of Tesla Motors at an event at Columbia University on August 26, U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz joked about the riskiness of the government's now repaid $ 465 - million loan to the electric carmaker, noting that the loan was made in the same month that General Motors declared bankruptcy.

Strong, secretary - general of the event, was torn.

«We need 18 helicopters but no one has provided it and yet we are so concerned about Darfur,» said former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan at an event at Columbia University in September, noting the stretched resources of the peacekeeping forces in that region.

The UN secretary general, Ban Ki Moon, is hosting the event and has been pleading with governments for months now to come to the summit prepared to show the world that they are taking the situation seriously and are prepared to grow their ambitions on tackling the problem.

Before coming to Fermilab, she served for 10 years as social secretary for government relations to the Consul General for India in the Chicago office, where she was responsible for scheduling and logistics for diplomatic events at the Consulate General.

The opening address for the event will be delivered by IMO Secretary - General Koji Sekimizu.

The model chose a tiny red dress to attend the special event for UN Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon hosted by Brett Ratner and David Raymond

Chic in off - the - shoulder black to attend the special event for UN Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon hosted by Brett Ratner and David Raymond

Proving age is but a number in a simple silk slip dress and knit at the special event for UN Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon hosted by Brett Ratner and David Raymond

UN Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon opened the event.

At an event at HGSE on Tuesday, Andreas Schleicher, director for education and skills, and special adviser on education policy to the secretary - general at OECD, who led this effort in coordination with countries participating in PISA and the OECD Secretariat, will introduce the OECD PISA framework and assessment strategy.

As the Main Event Partner, Microsoft is looking to build partnerships that design solutions in the education sector with technology and the power that the cloud brings, through the Innovation Africa platform that has over 200 government officials comprising of ministers, secretaries of state, deputy ministers, permanent secretaries, and director generals from over 30 countries.

Speaking at a fringe event at the Conservative Party Conference, Malcolm Trobe, interim general secretary of the ASCL, stressed that the country needs education solutions «which help the many, not the few».

Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, told Schools Week that while social media is a useful way for a school to talk to parents about news and events, and respond to queries and concerns, his organisation does not see «any scope for using it to monitor a school from afar».

In 2015, the NAHT conference took place just a few days before the general election, but Nicky Morgan, the then education secretary, appeared at the event, as did schools minister David Laws.

General secretary Russell Hobby said he had serious concerns about events in half of these schools.

Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, told a Conservative party conference fringe event, hosted by Schools Week and the Education Policy Institute (EPI) on Wednesday, that the DfE's «latest thinking» was that it should «reinstate in local authorities the same functions that they have for health».

The event will feature Andreas Schleicher, director for education and skills and special advisor on education policy to the secretary - general of the OECD.

Mary Bousted, the general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers and president of the Trades Union Congress, told Wednesday's fringe event that responsibility for admissions had to be taken back from academies as additional powers given to them under the reforms could be open to abuse.

Available video includes an edited package with highlights of the event, featuring soundbites from Michiel van Ratingen, Euro NCAP Secretary General, Jérôme d'Ambrosio, Lotus F1 third driver and FIA Road Safety Ambassador, as well as a Statement of Aled Williams on the Euro NCAP AEB fitment survey.

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Following the terrible events in Norway, the UNWTO Secretary - General, Taleb Rifai, made the following statement:

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For this event Sutherland will read from his new work in progress called «Jenkins, Moore and Bird», a metrical proposal for managing the full disclosure of the hidden relationships between the Qatari sovereign wealth fund, sanity, the former Chief Executive of Barclays Capital's Private Equity Group, the suspended general secretary of UKIP, art, and the dream analogues of the Monte Carlo - based ex-star of «For Your Eyes Only».

He noted that the High - Level Event convened by the UN Secretary General earlier this fall had created the demand for a breakthrough at Bali, a «political commitment to concrete commitments, actions, and timelines.»

The man selected to be the first executive director of the new agency was Maurice Strong, a Canadian, who had served as secretary - general of the Stockholm event and was at the time a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation.

If an El Niño event develops, it will influence temperatures and precipitation and contribute to droughts or heavy rainfall in different regions of the world,» said Michel Jarraud, secretary - general of WMO.

Like many other conference speakers and attendees, Secretary - General Ban cited the recent droughts, floods, and Tropical Storm Sandy as proof of the dire consequences of man - made global warming, even though many studies and scientists (including scientists who usually fall into the climate alarmist category) have stated that there is no evidence to support claims that «extreme weather» has been increasing in frequency and / or magnitude in recent years, or that extreme events (hurricanes, droughts, heat waves, etc.) have anything to do with increased CO2 levels.

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Also addressing the event, were Peter Thomson, President of the General Assembly, and Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, told reporters at the event that Mr. Bloomberg was ideal for the role, noting that he «has made an enormous difference, and makes us believe that we will soon be running faster than climate change, that we will soon be starting to defeat climate change, that the Paris Agreement can be fully implemented but with an enhanced ambition».

Following hot on the heels of the UN Secretary - General's Climate Summit in New York in September, a couple of events this week should put climate change back in the headlines...