Sentences with phrase «by foreign affairs»

I was part of the team that discovered government support for fracking, and our research has been extensively reported and validated by the New York Times, Associated Press and a powerful new book by Foreign Affairs editor, Jonathan Tepperman called The Fix.

The Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee in Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, on the other hand, said he was glad the statement was read by the Foreign Affairs Minister.

The committee faulted the reported conduct of a parallel congress by the foreign affairs minister, adding that, «I did advise when I met him, there is rule of engagement for any competition and we have to abide by it.

On Syria, Mr Corbyn's long - held opposition to air strikes has now been endorsed by the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.

A report presented to Parliament by the Foreign Affairs Committee said the two: Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al - Dhuby, should be allowed to stay in the country because they posed no threat.

The Government of Ghana had in an earlier statement signed by Foreign Affairs Minister Hanna Tetteh, condemned the coup of September 17, noting that it violates with impunity «the internationally brokered process to promote the principle of entrenching democracy and constitutional governance in Burkina Faso.»

It does not meet the seven tests set by the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.

But like Blair before him, his legacy has been tarnished by foreign affairs, and as this report makes plain, Libya is perhaps the darkest stain.

The decision, according to a statement signed by foreign affairs minister Hanna Tetteh, is at the behest of the US government.

The four - member Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group, led by Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy, met with Pakistan's army ruler Pervaiz Musharraf, the Chief Justice of Pakistan, and other political leaders and government officials as they assessed the political situation in the country.

Perhaps emboldened by Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird's claim that China is a «friend and ally,» the Chinese appear to be putting this to the test.

Not exact matches

Following the talk by Rice in Beijing this fall, GE hosted a panel whose speakers included Joachim von Amsberg, a World Bank veteran who is now a vice president at the new AIIB, and China's former vice minister of foreign affairs, He Yafei.

Jonathan Miller, Channel 4's foreign affairs correspondent, investigates footage taken from thousands of videos circulating online, with the aim of determining whether or not there is prima facie evidence of widespread and systematic torture being carried out by the Syrian state on its own people.

Yannick Lamonde, an official within Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), received word in January last year of an impending report by a prominent non-governmental organization.

Responding to the latest pro-unionist march in Catalonia, Raul Romeva, the region's foreign affairs minister, told CNBC on Sunday that there had been a larger pro-independence response from the Catalan people and that needed to be addressed by Madrid.

The financial affairs of numerous previously low - key unlisted or foreign - owned companies headquartered in Western Australia have been released by the Australian Taxation Office for the second year running.

«Cohen's directorate appeared to cross over from public relations and «corporate responsibility» work into active corporate intervention in foreign affairs at a level that is normally reserved for states,» Assange said, referring to an e-mail leaked by WikiLeaks claiming to discuss Cohen's activities as Google Ideas chief.

A reform committee led by Xi called on the Foreign Ministry to «forge a politically resolute, professionally exquisite, strictly disciplined foreign affairs corps,» and in October, Xi appointed China's top diplomat to the country's powerful Politburo, making him the first former Foreign Ministry official in 20 years to reach thatForeign Ministry to «forge a politically resolute, professionally exquisite, strictly disciplined foreign affairs corps,» and in October, Xi appointed China's top diplomat to the country's powerful Politburo, making him the first former Foreign Ministry official in 20 years to reach thatforeign affairs corps,» and in October, Xi appointed China's top diplomat to the country's powerful Politburo, making him the first former Foreign Ministry official in 20 years to reach thatForeign Ministry official in 20 years to reach that level.

The panel, and the day of presentations surrounding it, were part of a series of boot camps for Canadian tech startups organized by the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT).

During one event attended by the prime minister that week, an investment seminar hosted by the Japan External Trade Organization and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry at the Pierre Hotel, Dr. Ziad Haider, special representative for commercial and business affairs at the US Department of State said, «Secretary Kerry... likes to say that foreign policy is economic policy, and in saying that he's referring to that interplay between foreign policy, foreign affairs, economic issues, and it's certainly true with bilateral diplomatic relations, as well.»

According to the visa requirements set out by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, foreigners who excel in the fields of science, technology, business or sport can apply for an extended work visa for up to 10 years.

Said Rep. Ed Royce, R - Calif., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee: «I am very concerned by reports of deep cuts that could damage efforts to combat terrorism, save lives, and create opportunities for American workers.»

Cummings said in the letter, which he wrote with the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel, that «it appears that General Flynn violated federal law by omitting this trip and these foreign contacts from his security clearance renewal application in 2016 and concealing them from security clearance investigators who interviewed him as part of the background check process.Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel, that «it appears that General Flynn violated federal law by omitting this trip and these foreign contacts from his security clearance renewal application in 2016 and concealing them from security clearance investigators who interviewed him as part of the background check process.foreign contacts from his security clearance renewal application in 2016 and concealing them from security clearance investigators who interviewed him as part of the background check process.»

The business mission is supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs and...

Supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the mission includes over 20 executives representing Canadian multinationals and small and medium - size enterprises that will promote their products and services and explore business opportunities and partnerships...

Part of the decline in program expenses was attributable to the timing of payments to municipalities under the Gas Tax Fund transfer payment program and to foreign governments / agencies by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Internationalforeign governments / agencies by the Department of Foreign Affairs and InternationalForeign Affairs and International Trade.

The plan is being pushed ahead by Mexico's ministries of finance and foreign affairs, who see the possible fall of Venezuela as an opportunity to create more allies in Central America and the Caribbean.

The government's announcement, made by Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird, lists the following far - reaching amendments to the CFPOA:

The Canada Spotlight was sponsored by MaRS, the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Employment, the federal department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, the not - for - profit foundation Sustainable Development Technology Canada and the City of Vancouver.

Such an initiative could perhaps be led by Global Affairs Canada, which is heavily involved in assisting Canadian firms targeting foreign markets.

Greater investments are needed by our defence, foreign affairs and other establishments to bring a serious security dimension to Canada's approach to the Asia Pacific.

Nonetheless, if transaction charges are someway linked to bitcoin costs, as proposed by coinmetrics, not a lot could be mentioned concerning the present state of affairs till the foreign money breaches its earlier all time excessive as soon as once more.

The Liberals have also attempted to counter the image of Prime Minister Stephen Harper put forth by the Conservative Party, instead portraying him as a controlling and secretive leader with a hidden agenda, and attacking his judgment by tying him to past Conservative scandals, such as the Cadman affair, alleged spending misconduct in the last election, and the conduct of Maxime Bernier, the former Conservative minister of foreign affairs.

And with John Baird away from the House of Commons, opposition questions directed at Mr. Clement are now being handled by Deepak Obhrai, the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The Foreign Ministers» Meeting on Security and Stability on the Korean Peninsula, co-hosted by Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, kicked off this morning in Vancouver, Canada.

The New York Alternative Investment Roundtable recently conducted a survey on the topic of how the United States stacks up in foreign affairs and found that many in the alternative investment industry think the United States is diminishing its global influence, according to a recent release by the roundtable.

Canada is «totally committed» to supply management, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said last year, and Ottawa has given no indication that it is willing to change a system that, by design, protects the entire Canadian dairy supply chain from competition and dings consumers with some of the highest dairy prices in the world.

«Isolationism is the policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, foreign trade, international agreements, etc., seeking to devote the entire efforts of one's country to its own advancement and remain at peace by avoiding foreign entanglements and responsibilities.»

«My elder brother was taken away by these thugs without any reasoning and then they came back and started beating up my nephew, and they used stakes and violently beat him up,» Chen told the House Foreign Affairs Committee from his hospital room.

The «U.N. is dead» exclaimed the Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister on December 26, 1998, following the latest bombardment of Iraq by United States and British aircraft.

Eight years of a bumbling religious fundamentalist, driven by a naïve ideology in foreign affairs and an outmoded attachment to markets (and to wealthy friends) in domestic affairs, were enough.

Meanwhile, the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted last week to pass two resolutions: one calling for support of the creation of an international war crimes tribunal to prosecute those involved in Syria, and the other calling the crimes perpetrated by ISIS against Christians and other minorities there «war crimes,» «crimes against humanity,» and «genocide.»

After World War II the executive branch of government argued that it needed absolute power in foreign affairs because (1) in a nuclear age, when missiles can make the trip from Moscow to New York in 20 minutes, there is no time to consult Congress and the people, and (2) the «secret, subversive» techniques of the communists can be challenged only by subversion and secrecy on our part.

When foreign affairs, the crushing issues of war and peace in a technologically shrinking, increasingly interdependent world, begin to outweigh internal affairs, and domestic policy becomes largely determined by foreign policy las in the U.S.A. with its Vietnam war today — DWS the democratic process is doomed to be stifled and choked.

I am a little concerned that Mitt's only prior foreign affairs experience is having attempted to convince French citizens, one by one, that they should toss away the religion they had grown up with and convert to Mormonism.

«The Russian Orthodox church is part of a bulwark of Russian nationalism stirred up by Vladimir Putin,» David Aikman, history professor and foreign affairs expert, told CT. «Everything that undermines that action is a real threat, whether that's evangelical Protestant missionaries or anything else.»

When Lord Granville became British Foreign Secretary in 1870, he was informed by the Permanent Undersecretary that «he had never, during his long experience, known so great a lull in foreign affairs, and that he was not aware of any important question that he (Lord Granville) should have to deal with.Foreign Secretary in 1870, he was informed by the Permanent Undersecretary that «he had never, during his long experience, known so great a lull in foreign affairs, and that he was not aware of any important question that he (Lord Granville) should have to deal with.foreign affairs, and that he was not aware of any important question that he (Lord Granville) should have to deal with.»

Chaired by State President P.W. Botha, the SSC expands and contracts at the whim of the leadership from a central core of the ministers of defense, foreign affairs, police, justice and their lieutenants.

In January 2004, Foreign Affairs published «A Duty to Prevent,» by Ann - Marie Slaughter and Lee Feinstein of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson Center, which built upon the earlier paper but made the case for preemptive intervention for security reasons.

In «The Fusion of Civilizations: The Case for Global Optimism» (Foreign Affairs, May / June 2016), Kishore Mahbubani and Lawrence Summers champion «pragmatic problem - solving» in a «stable and sustainable rules - based order,» undergirded by a scientific, technological, and economic consensus that encourages a «fusion of civilizations.»