Sentences with phrase «former un»
The office is tucked in to a corner of the sitting room where a former UN translator's desk was chosen for practicality and historical appeal.
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Harris worked for John Bolton's super-PAC, which was attempting to bring more attention to national - security issues in three select Senate races ahead of a prospective presidential campaign by the hawkish former UN ambassador.
Hi - level representatives include Nobel Peace laureate Ms. Jody Williams, former UN disarmament chief Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala of Pugwash, and Ms. Yukie Osa, the president of Association for Aid and Relief Japan, the country's largest humanitarian and disaster relief organization.
The session at the annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland featured four speakers: former UN disarmament chief Angela Kane, BAE Systems chair Sir Roger Carr, artificial intelligence (AI) expert Stuart Russell and robot ethics -LSB-...]
And there was Louise Arbour, the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, and ex-chief prosecutor of the international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
«Asked about Sudan's accession, Marike Paulsson, author of a book about the covention, reminds GAR that the likes of former UN secretary general Kofi Annan and Lord Mustill have hailed it as one of the most important treaties in international law and the most important piece of legislation in commercial law.»
Signatories included two former UN rapporteurs, a former President of the International Law Commission, a former judge on the ICTY, and dozens of professors in international law.
This figure was then upped to 300,000 by the now defunct Global Humanitarian Forum, under the stewardship of former UN chief, Kofi Anan.
Kofi Annan, the former UN Secretary General, has some good reasons to be skeptical about all the ambitious plans and ideas floating around the Clinton Global Initiative.
With «80 + «concerned civic leaders» — including former mayors David Crombie and John Sewell, former UN ambassador Stephen Lewis, a whole slew of famous architects and planners,» (and me) signing open letters, you would think he might read them and reconsider.
Former UN climate chief Yvo de Boer has already drawn his own conclusion, claiming that it will «scare the wits out of everybody».
Former UN climate chief says there's little chance 2015 summit will be able to curb soaring emissions, arguing high carbon price is best solution
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Former UN chief Boutros Boutros - Ghali has long said that the next Middle East war will be fought for water, not oil.
 Set for release this week, a newly updated U.S. Senate Minority Report features the dissenting voices of over 650 international scientists, many current and former UN IPCC scientists, who have now turned against the UN.
Sincerely, Boutros Boutros - Ghali» (former UN Secretary General)
Marc Marano releases a «sampling of what current and former UN scientists have to say about the UN's climate claims and its scientific method» on Climate Depot, a few months before the UNIPCC's 19th COP in Warsaw, Poland.
In the words of former UN Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon, who helped launch Sustainable Energy for All in 2011, «Energy is the golden thread that connects economic growth, increased social equity, and an environment that allows the world to thrive.»
Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres laughed off her call for a UN «centralized transformation» of our lives when confronted by CFACT's Marc Morano at COP 23, the UN climate conference in Bonn, but here's what she originally said:
The former UN climate chief led 195 countries to agree an historic pact to tackle global warming in Paris last December, and hoped this success would convince governments to back her in the contest for the New York post.
Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former UN Commissioner for Human Rights, said, «Climate change is the greatest threat to human rights in the 21st century,» and, «People who are marginalized or poor, women, and indigenous communities are being disproportionately affected by climate impacts.»
As the former UN commissioner Mary Robinson told the Guardian last week, that will have «huge implications for social and economic development.»
If that sounds far - fetched, consider that the treaty's main architect was former UN diplomat Maurice Strong, who declared at its unveiling, «We may get to the point where the only way of saving the world will be for industrialized civilization to collapse.»
In a ceremony at the Victoria and Albert Museum last night, former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan announced Mosse's win and spoke of the recurring theme of «hope» in the works of the shortlisted photographers, who included Thomas Ruff and Michael Wolf.
From former Jungle commando rescue team leaders to Ex-UK Special forces and former UN Peace Corps members, you will be in good hands.
Kofi Annan, Former UN Secretary - General.
In October of last year, former UN Assistant Secretary - General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs Thomas Gass noted, «Educators have an essential role in making sure the SDGs become a real social contract with the people.»
Brad Pitt plays a former UN investigator who is traveling with his family just as the zombie attack on Philadelphia unfolds.
The script, loosely based off of a novel of the same name, centers around rugged former UN employee, Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt, «Killing them Softly»), as he attempts to mingle back into civilian life.
When the zombie plague broke out, former UN investigator Gerry Lane (Pitt), his wife Karin (Mireille Enos), and their two children were deadlocked in traffic, leaving them no choice but to take their chances in the panicked chaos of a city overrun by a plague that turned its own people against it in a matter of seconds.
The basic plot deals with Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt), a former UN investigator who's living with his family in Philadelphia when a zombie outbreak occurs.
The plot — mostly new, with a few scenes or set pieces borrowed from the source material — sees star Brad Pitt play Gerry Lane, a former UN investigator now retired, a seemingly happy stay - at - home dad with wife Karen (Mireille Enos) and daughters Rachel and Constance (Abigail Hargrove and Sterling Jerins).
Clegg, who sits on the commission alongside the former UN general secretary, Kofi Annan, and the former presidents of Mexico, Colombia and Brazil, also hit out at the home secretary.
Gifted Kwesi Haywood has sketched the likes of former UN boss Kofi Annan, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, Speaker of Parliament Mike Oquaye, international football star Emmanuel Adebayor, musician Sarkodie, religious leaders and other key personalities.
The former UN Secretary General called for political equality and the need to fight the incidence of unregulated money in politics which leads to vote buying and bribery by candidates.
Former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan says some African leaders perpetuate themselves in office because the citizens are too tolerant and respectful of their leaders.
A report published today points out that the World Service promotes British values across the globe extremely effectively, leading to former UN secretary - general Kofi Annan calling it «perhaps Britain's greatest gift to the world».
President John Dramani Mahama and his two predecessors, President Rawlings and John Agyekum Kufour as well as former UN Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan are among Ghanaian dignitaries that will grace the Akwasidae Kese in Kumasi at the Baba Yara sports stadium.
President John Dramani Mahama and his two predecessors, President Rawlings and John Agyekum Kufour as well as former UN Secretary...
A leading member of the opposition NPP, Paul Collins Appiah - Ofori has kicked against a suggestion by former UN Secretary - General Kofi Annan that cannabis should be legalized.
Other members of the former UN coalition seem to be happy following the USA lead (there are no separate political initiatives coming from the UK, France or Australia).
The former UN special representative for business and human rights John Ruggie wrote to the justice minister to make just this point, while human rights lawyers firm Leigh, Day & Co have been equally critical.
The letter comes as the Global Commission on Drug Policy, whose members include former UN secretary general Kofi Annan Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson, argued for a similar action to take place at international level.
Guests included Prince Alexander and Princess Katherine of Serbia, former UN General Assembly President Vuk Jeremic, David Hryck, Cheri Kaufman, conductor Charles Z. Bornstein, Hampton Sheet's Joan Jedell, and Mary Sliwa.
World leaders joined former UN secretary general Kofi Annan to call for an end to the criminalisation of drug users in a Global Commission on Drug Policy report in 2011.
The presidents of several Latin American countries are now openly calling for a more liberal policy, while senior diplomats, including former UN secretary general Kofi Annan, are pushing for reform.
The firm also secured hundreds of thousands of dollars of business with John Bolton's Super Pac, formed by the hawkish former UN ambassador to support conservative candidates campaigning on national security issues.
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has been chancellor of the University of Ghana since 2008.
The event includes former Gov. George Pataki, former UN Ambassador John Bolton, fellow Romney advisor Dan Senor, radio host and Long friend Laura Ingraham and commentator Dinesh D'Souza, who stars in this election - year polemic documentary about Barack Obama.
As the story rumbled on through the week, Andrew MacLeod, a former UN worker who has been highly critical of his former employer, estimated that UN staff had raped 60,000 people.