Sentences with phrase «high commissioner in»

Sir Martin Ewans, who was high commissioner in Harare at the time, went on camera to say that his instructions from London were «to steer clear of it» when speaking to Mugabe.

And to the Tanzania high commissioner in the making you are currently deceiving he would be an NDC leader this year, tell him to stop masturbating and that he should relay this information to his co-dreamers, JDM 2020 is non-negotiable.

The minister telephoned the British high commissioner in Ghana on the issue, according to internal government documents cited by the Sunday Times, despite the fact it involved British business interests overseas, which is outside Mitchell's remit.

The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu while disclosing this in Abuja said already the Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Aisha Alhassan and Nigerian high commissioner in Cameroon had swung into action and were receiving a lot of cooperation from the Cameroonian authorities.

It's hardly surprising that the report recieves a warm welcome by Alexander Downer, the outgoing Australian high commissioner in London.

He has served as ambassador to Ethiopia and high commissioner in Nigeria

Here he describes his equally stormy involvement as deputy head of a Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) department in the arms for Sierra Leone affair, when a British company supplied weapons to that country's President in contravention of an embargo; his role as single - handed saviour of Ghanaian democracy when deputy high commissioner in Accra, and his participation in peace negotiations in Togo to end Sierra Leone's civil war.

Not exact matches

«Some extremely high valuations recently have come under pressure,» says Steven Wallman, a former SEC commissioner and founder of Folio Investing, a brokerage and institutional investment advisory in McLean, Virginia.

«I believe that the monetary penalty should be significantly higher in order to represent a sufficient punishment,» Bart Chilton, a commissioner at the agency, said at the time.

As a long - serving UN high commissioner for human rights, she framed crimes against humanity in strikingly personal terms.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wasn't resting on its laurels in 2017: The agency under new commissioner Scott Gottlieb approved 46 new medicines — i.e., completely new therapies, not just additional indications on already - approved drugs — the highest number of approvals in more than two decades.

Europe's transport commissioner Violeta Bulc and climate commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said in a joint statement while the EU had «sought a higher level of ambition, this is a good starting point that will allow for further review and improvements over time».

Announcing the report findings, commissioner for census and statistics Leslie Tang Wai - kong pointed out that the Gini coefficient - an index from 0 to 1 that measures the wealth gap - for households rose by 0.002 from 0.537 in 2011 to a record high of 0.539 last year.

This past week, at the Eurofi High Level Seminar in Sofia, Bulgaria, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner Brian Quintenz shared his views on the «tokenization revolution» and the evolving US regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies.

«We're the world's biggest dairy exporter, and Canada is probably the most protectionist dairy country in the world,» Simon Tucker, New Zealand's high commissioner, said.

He is also a commissioner for the Global Ocean Commission, whose mandate is to formulate politically and technically feasible short -, medium - and long - term recommendations to address four key issues facing the high seas: overfishing, large - scale loss of habitat and biodiversity, the lack of effective management and enforcement, and deficiencies in high seas governance.

«Because Myanmar has refused access to human rights investigators the current situation can not yet be fully assessed,» Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, said in a statement Monday.

Jews have been elected to Congress and appointed to high positions in government in numbers far exceeding their percentage of the population; Jews are arguably America's most affluent ethnic group; Jews have served as commissioners of Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, and the National Hockey League, as well as presidents of Princeton, Yale, Harvard, and Columbia; and, as the wedding notices in the Sunday New York Times indicate, Jews have not been reluctant to marry Gentiles, or vice versa.

Editor's note: Akbar Ahmed is professor and Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington and the former high commissioner from Pakistan to the United Kingdom.

«The city's highest obligation is to protect its children; therefore, it is important that parents know the risks associated with the practice,» said Dr. Thomas A. Farley, commissioner of the city's health department, in a news release.

The Hot Sauce Hall of Fame is back and commissioner Steve Seabury of High River Sauces will conduct the induction ceremony live at the 4th annual NYC Hot Sauce Expo in Brooklyn, NY on April 23rd at 2 PM.

Then - commissioner David Stern, who pushed for the creation of the age minimum in 2005, wanted to extend it to age 20 or two years past high school graduation.

He served as New Zealand's high commissioner to India and Bangladesh in 1980s, adding diplomat to his resume despite having no formal training.

The closeness continued at the highest levels of the game when NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, NHL Players» Association director Bob Goodenow and International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel hunkered down last Thursday in a four - man bobsled for a trip down the Olympic course at slap - shot speed.

Jones has also retained the services of high - profile lawyer David Boies, who may be best known recently for his work defending Harvey Weinstein, in his quest to stop the commissioner's planned extension.

Commissioners also agreed to continue following a policy of not charging out - of - district registration fees for programs offered at the new field house on the Lincoln - Way High School Central Campus in New Lenox.

But Park District commissioners voted recently to put in the courts now, after hearing that losing the York courts would otherwise cripple the Park District and high school tennis programs.

Another high - profile campaign for commissioner is taking place in the Northwest Side's 12th District, where three - term Democratic incumbent Ted Lechowicz is being challenged by Forrest Claypool, a former head of the Chicago Park District and two - time chief of staff for Mayor Richard Daley.

During the Sierra Leone arms affair, Murray is troubled by a British high commissioner whose propensity for acting outside UK government policy and engagement in diplomatic freelancing results in major scandal.

As an astute lawyer of your calibre and with your long association with the British legal system, I am very sure you know of the latter enactment, by declaring the court of High Commission, which James 11, had endeavoured to reestablish under the name of the commissioners for Ecclesiastical Caucus, to be illegal, put an end for ever to the attempts of the crown to set up courts where men might be tried in an uncertain and arbitrary manner, and which had proved such a fertile source of tyranny in the case of the then star chamber.

He was also full of praise for President John Dramani Mahama and his competent team of Ambassadors, High Commissioners and the immediate past Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon Hanna Tetteh for working very hard for this victory, «Yes, our immediate past President and his competent team started working for this victory over a year ago and I am very grateful to them for the hard work put in to ensure this victory», he stated.»

Quinn graduated from Canisius High School, earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, was director of development and commissioner of development of Buffalo, was a developer in Manhattan and Princeton, New Jersey, president and CEO of the Buffalo Sabres NHL hockey team in 1996 -98, the Sabres managing partner in 2004, part owner in 2008 and sold his interest in 2011.

Commissioners did say, though, that they would back a «modest» salary increase sometime in the future if the Legislature decides to remain a part - time body and a «substantially higher» increase if lawmakers change their status to full time and adopt strict limits on outside income.

Last year, in a comprehensive study, the deputy children's commissioner concluded there was «a high correlation between exposure to pornography and it influencing children's behaviour and attitudes».

ALBANY — Outgoing state education commissioner John King hopes to help school leaders in other states navigate the difficult transition to the Common Core standards and related standardized testing in his new position as the second - highest ranking official in the U.S. Department of Education.

King said serving as education commissioner gave him a close - up look at the political process, «which is different from maybe how I taught it in my high school civics class.»

The city's commissioner and assistant director of permits and inspection services told county legislators Thursday afternoon that the city plan focuses on education, collaboration with the county health department and concentrated enforcement in the three highest risk ZIP codes.

A development now being built in the rural village of Schoharie, for example, was promised millions of dollars in funds and tax credits from the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal after its then - commissioner, Darryl Towns, bypassed competing projects that had higher recommendations from his staff.

«President Mahama, at the invitation of the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) of Sierra Leone, will lead the discussions in a closed - door high - level breakfast meeting between the Presidential Candidates and their Running Mates, Commissioners of the PPRC, Electoral Officials, Police Chief, Paramount Chiefs and Eminent Persons,» the statement said.

Patrick Ryder, Nassau County police commissioner, explained how the Rave system will help improve safety in the schools, on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 at Carle Place High School.

And as the Times Union previously reported, Steven Aaron — whose LLCs gave the governor $ 25,000 during this six - month stretch and much more in prior years — received millions from the Division of Housing and Community Renewal for work in Schoharie after Cuomo - appointed commissioner Darryl Towns «bypassed competing projects that had higher recommendations from his staff.»

Metropolitan police commissioner Ian Blair today unveiled a new temporary taskforce in response to the shootings and said there would «be an increase in intelligence - led armed interventions and high visibility policing in certain locations».

Success Academy suffered a defeat in a high - profile skirmish with New York City on Friday, when the state education commissioner ruled that the city could require the charter school network to sign a contract to receive funding for its prekindergarten program.

To attend to the meeting are Commissioners of Health in all the states of the federation, Chief Medical Directors of Teaching Hospitals, high ranking officials of the Ministry of Health and other necessary stakeholders.

Mr. Banks is the second high - ranking NYPD figure to leave the department in recent months: he was set to replace former first deputy commissioner Rafael Pineiro, the department's top - ranking Hispanic official, who retired in September.

The resolution declares «no confidence» in education department commissioner John King's policies and calls for a three - year moratorium on high - stakes standardized testing.

The public forum with New York Department of Education commissioner John King that was first scheduled for Riverhead High School is now being moved to the Eastport - South Manor High School auditorium in Manorville.

ALBANY — State education commissioner John King said Tuesday that a call from teachers» unions for a three - year moratorium on using state exam results for «high - stakes» decisions is a «distraction» from the goal of improving New York graduates» outcomes in college and careers.

In the suit, Mr. Lake claimed his firing was the result of political pressure on the Town Board from an unnamed Jamesport fire commissioner and the town Republican Party's vice chairman in relation to «high - profile arrests» he made during his tenure as a coIn the suit, Mr. Lake claimed his firing was the result of political pressure on the Town Board from an unnamed Jamesport fire commissioner and the town Republican Party's vice chairman in relation to «high - profile arrests» he made during his tenure as a coin relation to «high - profile arrests» he made during his tenure as a cop.

The commissioner's job - approval numbers now stand at 56 percent, up from 44 percent in a Dec. 17 Quinnipiac poll and his highest approval rating since June.