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Editor's note: This story was revised to include more details about the United States assuming chairmanship of the Arctic Council next year, and a reference to Thursday's Arctic Day events.

Prior to assuming the chairmanship, Steve served as a Council board member and assisted with the transition from the 100 million dollar South Florida Annenberg Challenge to its successor organization, the Council for Educational Change.

In response to the UK assuming the chairmanship of the Council of Europe today, the British Humanist Association has said the chairmanship «provides a welcome opportunity for the UK to affirm the importance of strong and effective human rights legislation, and to promote the inclusion of humanists as well as religious people in European initiatives.»

«I am very honored to be assuming the chairmanship,» said Dhillon.

He assumed the chairmanship of the Board of Management in the fall of 2015 when the Company faced the greatest challenge in its history.

Next month Britain has a once in a generation opportunity to spearhead reform of the European Court of Human Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights and their related institutions when it assumes the chairmanship of the Council of Europe.

The UK assumed the chairmanship of the Council of Europe in November 2011 to run for six months until May 2012 and Foreign Secretary William Hague announced that the «overarching theme» of the chairmanship would be the promotion and protection of human rights, with reform of the European Court of Human Rights «the top priority.»

It said: «The invasion of the party headquarters today by Ahmed Ali Gulak who reportedly assumed the chairmanship of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is regrettable and condemnable.

Mimiko said: «The invasion of the party headquarters by Ahmed Ali Gulak, who reportedly assumed the chairmanship of Peoples Democratic Party is regrettable and condemnable.»

«The invasion of the party headquarters on Wednesday by Ahmed Gulak, who reportedly assumed the Chairmanship of the PDP, is regrettable and condemnable.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has assumed the chairmanship of the Republican Governors Association, CNN has learned.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry — who was often the lone member of Congress to attend U.N. climate talks — will assume the chairmanship from Leona Aglukkaq, the Canadian environmental minister whose tenure at the council's helm has prioritized economic expansion (ClimateWire, Oct. 20, 2014).

Now that the United States has assumed chairmanship of the Arctic Council, the University of Alaska Fairbanks will play a central role in carrying out the U.S. agenda in the region, UAF's top two administrators said Friday.

Rogoff says the state and the nation have an ideal opportunity now to respond to international challenges presented by climate change because the U.S. representative to the Arctic Council, retired Coast Guard Admiral Joseph Papp, is about to assume chairmanship of the council.

Not exact matches

Assuming the parliamentary rights previously enjoyed by the Liberal Democrats, the SNP has gained the right to ask the Prime Minister two questions each week and the chairmanship of two select committees.

Before assuming his current position as town supervisor of Schoharie in 2015, he became the vice chair of the county's Republican Committee, and advanced to the chairmanship last year.

And Manning, a veteran Democratic fundraiser with ties to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, assumed the authority gavel for the next year (the chairmanship rotates between the two delegations annually) while expressing his confidence in bridge management.

Nigeria's Permanent Representative to the African Union, Bankole Adeoye made this known in an interview with newsmen in Abuja, as the country assumes the rotational chairmanship of the AU Peace and Security Council, AU - PSC.

Steele sought to silence those critics by noting that since assuming the national committee chairmanship he has traveled to 23 states meeting with grass - roots activists, while at the same time turning a deaf ear to the talk in the nation's capital.

Chairmanship of the council rotates among member states every two years; the United States will assume this role in 2015.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) nuclear engineer Susana Reyes has assumed the 2014 - 15 chairmanship of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) Fusion Energy Division, following her election as vice chair in 2012.

The new infrastructure also would improve safety and security in Arctic waters, which is one of the goals the United States set when it assumed the Arctic Council chairmanship in April.

Authors: Robert T. Watson (co-chair of IPCC Working Group II until September 1997, at which time he assumed the overall chairmanship of the IPCC.

On April 24, however, the U.S. assumed the rotating two - year chairmanship of the Arctic Council, the eight - nation body responsible for environmental, maritime and emergency preparedness policies.