Sentences with phrase «head of state are»

Rather, multiple political actors, such as parliament, the cabinet, and the presidential head of state are involved at different stages in the process that leads to an early election.

American sanctions on heads of state are rare, largely reserved for instances where the U.S. is seeking a change in government leadership.

See the verdict given by the International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State committed by vatican and heads of state re crimes against humanity.

Jesus was more central, higher, more like «the head» then the head of state was.

Think of the coronations in the United Kingdom, where the civil head of state is crowned in Westminster Abbey by the Archbishop of Canterbury attended by all the prelates of the church, in a centuries - old religious ceremony replete with choirs, trumpet fanfares and processionals, seen and heard worldwide by millions on radio and television.

Speaking as a Canadian, I prefer to have my (admittedly titular) head of state be statutorily prevented from being answerable to the bishop of Rome in any and every capacity.

Our formal head of state is the Queen of Australia (also known as the Queen of England), who is represented in Australia by the Governor - General (GG).

This would include, for example, a separation of church and state so that the Head of State was not also Head of the Church of England and an end to Bishops sitting as of right in the House of Lords.

Expectations were lower, far fewer heads of state were present (around 10 compared to 120 at Copenhagen), and editors and news consumers alike are suffering from climate fatigue.

Its head of state is the president of the United States and its head of government and commander - in - chief is the Governor of Puerto Rico, who's also responsible for presenting the budget to the legislative assembly for their consideration.

Electing a non-executive head of state is easy.

The sub-regional heads of state are also...

The sub-regional heads of state are also expected to discuss issues affecting all member states.

Immediate past National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd), has sworn that he never maltreated nor took part in maltreating President Muhammadu Buhari when he, as military head of state was removed in a coup in 1985 as being erroneously alleged.

@Movos, well compartmentalization infers differently: otherwise no head of state is culpable for the effects of their decisions.

The head of state isn't part of the government?

Just a thought experiment (covering the missing human part): If you were a sub commander in charge of ICBMs and you learned your country was destroyed, and took the time to verify (days perhaps because you have no communication) and you are somewhat certain but not perfectly certain as to who did the attack, and your state no longer supports life, and your head of state is gone, do you fire your weapons killing millions of innocent people?

The Turaki Vanguard, an independent group pushing for the presidency of former Vice President, Atiku Abubarkar has alleged that the former Military Head of State was been sponsored by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP because it knows he will fail again.

Congress members Jerrold Nadler, Carolyn Maloney and Hakeem Jeffries joined a press conference to denounce Iran a block away from the United Nations, where more than 140 heads of state are meeting this week for the U.N. General Assembly.

The lives of many European heads of state are threatened, and Holmes is the only hope to keep the peace.

The surreal side effect of the wall - to - wall use of licensed stock footage — much of it featuring passersby — is that it makes it seem as though no one cares that half of London's landmarks have been blown up and all of Europe's heads of state are dead.

Blockbuster exhibitions and visits by celebrities, royalty, and heads of state are also highlighted.

A meeting with heads of state is planned for July.

While President Obama and more than 100 other heads of state are expected to participate in the United Nations Climate Summit today, President Xi Jinping of China, the country making by far the biggest contribution to the atmospheric buildup of greenhouse gases, will not appear.

The future head of state was addressing a European Parliament Conference.

Will heads of state be able to hatch a plan to leave with an operational accord in hand, or offer platitudes for a process that failed to deliver?

By Sonja van Renssen Decisions on a new European climate and energy policy for 2030 are relegated to autumn as heads of state are caught up in the Ukraine crisis.

In the case of Australia, the Head of State is Queen Elizabeth II.

Heads of state are also expected to announce national climate plans at a specially convened September climate summit hosted by UN chief Ban Ki - moon, before official negotiations resume at a Lima conference in December.

At the EU Spring Summit end of next March, EU Heads of States are expected to agree on a «New Energy Policy» for Europe.

Heads of State were brought to address the talks in the first week as opposed to the second week like in Copenhagen (for some early inspiration, and to keep the drama minimal towards the end).

In fact last minute visits by heads of state are fairly common once the tough crunches finally appear.

I was attached to one of the delegations, whose head of state was also present for most of the time.

But the targets set by the EU's 28 heads of state are far below what is necessary and what could be done by Europe to combat climate change, according to Friends of the Earth Europe.

The EU heads of state are still determined to finalise the package before the end of the year, but they expect tough negotiations with a group of reluctant countries led by Poland.

European Heads of States are scheduled to address the issue in March 2013.

Let's try to compare the point 50 of the opinion: «While the movement of citizens of the Union between Member States is governed by EU law, and in particular by Article 21 TFEU and Directive 2004/38, the same does not apply to visits to Member States by Heads of State» which basically says that the movement of diplomats falls outside the scope of EU law, with the judgment of the Court in paragraph 51: «Accordingly, the fact that a Union citizen performs the duties of a Head of State is such as to justify a limitation, based on international law, on the exercise of the right of free movement conferred on that person by Article 21 TFEU.».

So why is it that this rule has been superseded by the EU rules on free movement, but the rule on the international travel — or lack thereof — of heads of state is not?

51 Accordingly, the fact that a Union citizen performs the duties of a Head of State is such as to justify a limitation, based on international law, on the exercise of the right of free movement conferred on that person by Article 21 TFEU.

In any event, certainly in Australia (not sure about Canada), the head of state is the Governor General, not the Queen.

An elected Head of State is incompatible with a parliamentary regime since it would set up a competing centre of democratic legitimacy — one emanating through election — to cabinet government responsible to Parliament, and ultimately to the people.

A country's Head of State is not just a hollow symbol of old history.

A head of state was entitled to immunity ratione personae (see Mighell v Sultan of Johore [1894] 1 QB 149).

There was some discussion at the hearing of the question whether the privileges and immunities of a head of state were functional.

At their latest African Union (AU) Assembly meeting, held in July, African Heads of State were asked to adopt a draft amended protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights (hereafter «African Court») which would have expanded the jurisdiction of the African Court to include the competence to prosecute individuals for international crimes.

Not exact matches

To build trust, business leaders must be honest about the state of the company, where they see the company heading, how they want to get there and which skill sets are needed to round out the team during the early talent - recruitment process.

MIKE Young sits at the head of one of Western Australia's fastest growing iron ore producers; he spends much of his time based in a Perth office and is considered one of the state's prominent business

«You may live 300 or 400 miles from a Whole Foods — or even further if you live in a state where we don't have a store — and this is really an opportunity to bring the store to you,» Jeff Jenkins, head of digital strategy at Whole Foods, says.

That's a category that (ethically, if not legally) includes a number of famous heads of state.

EU Parliament head Guy Verhofstadt told Business Insider that Brexit was an opportunity for the EU to become a tighter, more unified family of nations, but this ambition is under threat from populist, anti-EU movements in numerous member states.