The arrival of the aircraft was attended by the UK
high commissioner of Rwanda, Yamina Karitanyi; deputy chief executive of RwandAir, Yvonne Makolo; and Stephen King, head of airline relations, Gatwick Airport.
High commissioner of Rwanda in the UK, Yamina Karitanyi, said: «The launch of a direct route between London and Kigali is a major milestone for our country.
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.
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.
António Guterres, the former prime minister
of Portugal and UN
high commissioner for refugees, took over on January 1 for a five - year term as the United Nations secretary general.
Stewart Beck is the president and CEO
of the Asia Pacific Foundation
of Canada, and former Canadian
high commissioner to India.
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.
Many foreign ambassadors and
high commissioners are members
of the organisation which boasts the Duke
of Edinburgh as its patron.
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 Church
Commissioners - which manage the Church's # 7.9 billion investment fund - criticised the sportswear giant amid a string
of controversies at the
high street chain, the Press Association understands.
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.
David Stern, former NBA
commissioner and progenitor
of the disastrous NBA age minimum, didn't invent the concept
of college programs paying elite
high school prospects to join their teams.
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.
«Without question there was a
higher level
of play,» says WUSA
commissioner Tony DiCicco, the former U.S. coach.
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.
«The committee made this rules change after reviewing data from multiple states regarding the frequency
of helmets coming off during live - ball play,» said Julian Tackett, chair
of the Football Rules Committee and
commissioner of the Kentucky
High School Athletic Association.
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.
Julian Tackett, assistant
commissioner of the Kentucky
High School Athletic Association and chair
of the NFHS Football Rules Committee, said the committee felt the need to continue to address risk minimization issues for the runner.
I am writing on behalf
of Baby Milk Action / IBFAN UK regarding our concerns about three
of the proposed
Commissioners for WHO's Independent Global
High - level Commission on NCDs.
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.
Where an institution has or is considering enrolling a student that meets this criteria, the institution should, as always, hold discussions with LAs as they are the
commissioners of high needs places.
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.
Instead it calls for the Syrian government to meet their people's legitimate demands, release all prisoners
of conscience, lift restrictions on the media and internet and cooperate with the UN
high commissioner for human rights.
A close ally
of Fidesz, Vajna, the Hungarian government film
commissioner and gambling magnate, is closely linked to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and other
high - ranking Fidesz politicians.
According to Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the UN
high commissioner for human rights, «the [Saudi - led] Coalition is responsible for twice as many civilian casualties as all other forces put together, virtually all as a result
of airstrikes».
[3] The last two UN
High Commissioners for Human Rights have condemned ISIS brutality, [4] as have the UN's Special Advisor on the Prevention
of Genocide, Adama Dieng, and the Special Advisor on the Responsibility to Protect, Jennifer Welsh.
For example, out
of 347 expected incoming MPs, a minimum
of 47 were to be women, a gender equality measure that had already been viewed as «technically impossible» [vi] by President Kibaki before going on to spark constitutional confrontation between the President and the Kenyan
High Court over county
commissioner appointments.
The
High Representative is also part
of the College
of Commissioners as one
of the Vice-Presidents
of the European Commission.
Mention can be made
of the Speaker
of the 5th Parliament Joyce Adeline Bamford - Addo, Chief Justice Georgina Wood, Electoral Commissioner Mrs Charlotte Osei, former CEO
of the Ghana chamber
of Mines Joyce Rosalind Aryee, and other women ministers such as Hon. Hannah Tetteh, Gloria Akuffo and others, also
high commissioners and ambassadors including ambassador Mrs Mercy Yvonne Debrah - Karikari (now a cabinet secretary) amongst other great women.
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.
«The young man wasn't listening to anything I said,» one retired
high commissioner said to me at the end
of the lunch.
Since Gen. Obasanjo first hit on Nigeria, as Civil War hero, Federal Works
commissioner under Gen. Gowon, Gen. Murtala Muhammad's chief
of staff, Supreme Headquarters, and later military Head
of State, he had always projected public
high - mindedness.
Earlier, a
High Court hearing on an attempt by the UK's information
commissioner to search the office
of Cambridge Analytica was adjourned until Friday.
Navi Pillay, UN
high commissioner for human rights, issued a statement recently calling for Guantanamo's closure, adding that its existence is a breach
of international law.
Immigrants who arrived from the Commonwealth are «being shut out
of the system» with some deported or sent to detention centres, says the
high commissioner for Barbados.
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.
Erstwhile Inspector - General
of Police, Sunday Ehindero, was on Thursday arraigned alongside a former police
commissioner, John Obaniyi, at an Apo District
High Court
of the Federal...
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.
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.
The most profound
of these came from a
high school student who said to the education
commissioner, John King: «Failure is not a teaching tool.»
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.
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.»