Sentences with phrase «delegates said»

The delegates said that they found the study tour very useful, and that the knowledge they received would assist them in the administration of justice.
A report to the House of Delegates said Sessions» decision will lead to increased use of mandatory minimums for low - level and nonviolent drug offenders and a rise in incarceration.
As the talks enter the final scheduled day, some delegates said they are holding out hope for an agreement on forests and aid, as well as setting up an advisory body for adapting to climate change.
Meanwhile in Durban, where international climate talks are happening, China delegates said they'd be open to «negotiating a legally binding climate pact.»
It just wasn't necessary, many developed - country delegates said, since REDD + details had mostly been hammered out at past meetings.
At an international climate conference in Germany that ended Wednesday, some delegates said they were disappointed in the Obama administration's lack of robust leadership.
Some other delegates said they were unhappy with this, as they wanted the talks to focus on renewable energies.
Western delegates said they were disappointed by the characterization of the talks as a rich - poor struggle over responsibilities to address climate change.
Yet delegates said it wasn't surprising that negotiations on the Paris agreement would get stuck on money - always a stumbling block in the U.N. talks - and that it probably would be one of the last issues to get untangled.
Delegates said that, all too often, the results of an Ofsted inspection depended on the team of inspectors who turned up at the school and on the day or time of year when they arrived.
The NUT conference supported warnings over the «perfect storm» on workload, which delegates said had been exacerbated by teacher shortages and rising pupil numbers.
Iran's Zanganeh kept a low profile during the meeting, OPEC delegates said.
Delegates said opposition from some countries - including the United States, Saudi Arabia and Panama - had limited what could be achieved at a session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) this week in London.
LONDON, April 13 - The United Nations shipping agency reached an agreement on Friday to cut carbon emissions, delegates said, following years of slow progress.
Delegates said opposition from some countries - including the United States, Saudi Arabia and Panama - had limited what could be achieved at a session of the International Maritime Organization this week...
«OPEC's compliance has been more than anticipated,» an OPEC delegate said.
One delegate says the trip seems to have invigorated some of the biggest business organizations in Canada, including Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters and the Canadian Council of Chief Executives.
Meanwhile, as reported yesterday, Iran and Iraq continued to express objections to cutting their own supply during the lengthy meeting of OPEC officials Monday, as talks failed to bridge differences, one delegate said.
Saudi Arabia's reason for not attending was because kingdom wanted OPEC to do its own deal before talking to non-member producers, a delegate said
Delegates say about our conferences: «Brilliant — so useful for our practice», «Thought provoking & clear method of explaining research», «Very helpful».
«It was a bit flat,» one delegate said after conference.
Stewart worked for Clinton in 2008, but assuming she isn't in the mix in 2016, the delegate said she'd be open to supporting Cuomo.
During an «open mike» session near the end of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association's monthly meeting, one union delegate said that what cops really needed were new patrol cars, better computers, updated bulletproof vests and more manpower, sources told The Post.
Dan Postemski, an Iraq war veteran and chairman of the Hampton Republican town committee, was unopposed in the 2nd District, although delegates say they nominated Rep. Kevin Skulczyck of Griswold and he declined to accept.
At a 1992 disarmament conference in Geneva, a Chinese delegate said around 2 million shells had been left behind.
Many Warsaw delegates say the 2015 accord looks likely to be a patchwork of national pledges for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, anchored in domestic legislation, after Copenhagen failed to agree a sweeping treaty built on international law.
Portugal's delegate said the justifications for delisting were «feeble» and would set an «unacceptable precedent.
The «dull» content of modern foreign languages lessons, which one delegate said was «intellectually insulting» to pupils, was being made worse by a decline in exchange trips that would otherwise bring vocabulary to life.
But I saw Obama fighting desperately to salvage a deal, and the Chinese delegate saying «no», over and over again.
The Chinese delegate said no, and I watched, aghast, as Merkel threw up her hands in despair and conceded the point.
As one delegate said, «We are indigenous peoples.

Not exact matches

«Look, the internet belongs to the Americans — but blockchain will belong to us,» he said, according to one delegate who was there.
He says that it «gives a macro view of what's going on and allows you to delegate tasks that may be better completed by another person.»
Davos delegates were also amiss when it came to the dollar, which did the opposite to what they said it would.
«The best way to delegate is to create processes and systems,» says Baroan, who now employs 18 people and brings in $ 3 million in annual revenue.
The Ron Paul convention delegates should also «take a victory lap» for the influence they've had on the party, Bachmann said.
Although these tasks will help you develop a diverse skill set, you'll also need to learn to delegate, Branson said.
Thank you to our phenomenal speakers and delegates — and, in the coming days, I'll have much more to say on what I learned from you.
«This is not the time to humble brag by citing a mistake that can actually be seen as a virtue, like a time you worked «too hard» on a project or didn't delegate because you wanted to keep a close eye on quality,» she says.
«If you're not a hands - on person [and you] only know how to delegate, the transition to self - employment can be tough,» says John Zambelli, 61, who was previously COO of a retail menswear chain and now owns NaturesPet.com, an Elmwood, New Jersey - based company selling natural and holistic pet products.
When you're delegating, it's easy to say to yourself, «I have to do this, because I'm the only one that knows how.»
In this Inc. interview from last year, he says he had no design experience when he founded AKTA, but he learned how to delegate to people who did.
Sanders, who is still far behind Clinton in the delegate count needed to secure a nomination, says he will battle it out with the former Secretary of State through to the convention.
The 78 - year - old ex-guerrilla Mujica agreed after speaking to Cuban President Raul Castro and sending delegates to visit the detention center, the report said.
«I actually believe that people should delegate early on in their businesses, so they can start thinking about the bigger picture,» Branson said, advising that entrepreneurs should find people as good or better than themselves.
The club has sent three delegates to Liverpool in order to thrash out a deal, the newspaper said.
«Cash is the most rapid mechanism you can use,» said Tom Byrnes, an expert on cash transfers and a cash delegate for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
She said Sanders could not «break down the establishment,» and thought the super delegates and campaign finance were chief examples of that.
«At a certain point in the development of the company, the owner has to delegate or the business stalls,» says Jim Skinner, a marketing and entrepreneurship professor at Humber College.
Calling the fiduciary rule a «controversial regulation,» Acosta said that while courts have upheld the rule as consistent with Congress» delegated authority, it may not align with Trump's «deregulatory goals.»
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