Sentences with phrase «including foreign affairs»

All are affiliated with and financially supported by Hanban, the executive arm of the Chinese Language Council International, which in turn consists of representatives of a dozen government ministries, including foreign affairs, commerce and the «State Council Information Office» which is responsible for, among other things, internet censorship.

Walker spent 20 years as a reporter working for Reuters on beats including foreign affairs during the latter years of the Iraq War, and never fancied crossing the Rubicon into politics.

Harper will also bring a sizable entourage of his cabinet for portions of the trip, including Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, Employment Minister Jason Kenney, Industry Minister James Moore and Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver.

Now, as chief of staff to Representative Gregory Meeks (D - NY), Lafargue finds herself in the thick of the action on Capitol Hill, overseeing the eight - term congressman's policy objectives and strategies and managing an office of 18 full - time and two part - time staff members, all while maintaining a policy portfolio that includes foreign affairs and international trade.

Not exact matches

Following the talk by Rice in Beijing this fall, GE hosted a panel whose speakers included Joachim von Amsberg, a World Bank veteran who is now a vice president at the new AIIB, and China's former vice minister of foreign affairs, He Yafei.

These included meetings with individuals such as Jordan's King Abdullah II, Israel's Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Luis Videgaray Caso and many more.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland did put together a NAFTA advisory council that includes two former Conservative cabinet ministers, Rona Ambrose and James Moore, and Brian Topp — yes Brian Topp, the former chief of staff of Rachel Notley, the New Democratic premier of Alberta.

The guest list included the several of the most successful people in the Canadian business community: GE Canada CEO Elyse Allan, Linamar CEO Linda Hasenfratz, T&T Supermarket's Tina Lee, NRStor's Annette Verschuren, GM board member Carol Stephenson, and foreign affairs minister Chrystia Freeland.

MONDAY, JANUARY 8 BRUSSELS - The European Commission holds a conference and its speakers include EU Commission head Jean - Claude Juncker, German Minister of Foreign Affairs Sigmar Gabriel, Italian Finance Minister Pier - Carlo Padoan, German Secretary for Finances Jens Spahn and the chairman of euro zone finance ministers Mario Centeno.

The officials included in the meeting were Turkey's minister of foreign affairs, Mevlut Cavusoglu, and Turkish Energy Minister Berat Albayrak, who is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's son - in - law.

Biden, for all his gaffe - prone goodness, has a deep government resume, including three decades in the Senate and service on both the judiciary and foreign affairs committees.

Supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the mission includes over 20 executives representing Canadian multinationals and small and medium - size enterprises that will promote their products and services and explore business opportunities and partnerships...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been speaking with world leaders including UN Secretary General Ban - ki Moon, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs John Kerry and asserting Israel's right to defend itself against incessant rocket attacks and terrorist infiltrations which no country can be expected to suffer without responding.

Our senior officials, including Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, do take the opportunity of conversation with counterparts on the sidelines of multilateral meetings.

The organizations sent a joint letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland outlining their shared principles and priorities for a new trade model rooted in principles of equity, the primacy of human rights — including the rights of Indigenous peoples, women and girls, workers, migrants, farmers, and communities — and social and ecological justice.

He subsequently served as senior assistant deputy minister in the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade with responsibility for managing Canada's relations with the United States and the implementation of NAFTA, including providing advice to business on how to take maximum advantage of the opportunities that NAFTA afforded.

«The ambassador has urgently contacted Saudi authorities and will make strong representations, including to key figures in the Saudi government, seeking leniency,» said Kate Sieper, a foreign affairs spokeswoman.

Foreign Affairs: «Obama Takes on the LRA» (this artcle includes one of the earliest criticisms of IC)

Studies of cargo cults, messianic movements, and Third World millenarianism, including widely read classics such as Peter Worsley's The Trumpet Shall Sound and Bryan Wilson's Magic and the Millennium, have paid close attention to the effects of international relations on domestic religious developments.2 In increasing numbers, books have appeared on the religious situation in strategic parts of the globe, such as the Middle East and Latin America, and with growing frequency articles on American religion refer to issues such as global consciousness, nuclear disarmament, and the effects of U.S. involvement in foreign affairs.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee — including three New Yorkers — recorded a bipartisan video in support of Team USA that's headed to Sochi.

A few clear - sighted politicans at Westminster probably realise that once all four of the UK nations (ie including England) exercise extensive devolved powers, the UK becomes a federation — and a necessary consequence of that is a massive transfer of powers from Westminster to the four national parliaments and governments, leaving the House of Commons (together with the successor to the House of Lords) and the Westminster government with only very limited functions — basically foreign affairs, defence, and co-ordination of all - UK matters that transcend the borders of the four nations.

He was accompanied by a government delegation including the Senior Minister, Mr Yaw Osafo Maafo; Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen; Mr Joseph Ghartey, Minister for Railways; Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, Minister for Transport; Kwasi Amoako Atta, Minister for Roads and Highways; Charles Adu Boahen, Deputy Minister for Finance; Mohammed Amin Adam, Deputy Minister for Energy; Mohammed Habib Tijani, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs; Mrs Gifty Ohene Konadu, Coordinator of the «One District One Factory» initiative and Reginald Yofi Grant, Chief Executive of the Ghana Investment Promotion Cen

But the prime minister also included some of the Liberal party's old guard, putting former party leader Stéphane Dion in foreign affairs and giving one of his closest advisers, MP Dominic LeBlanc, the role of government leader in the House of Commons.

«There is an extreme eurosceptic fringe of the Tory party who are prepared to do almost anything, including risk Britain's economic future, in pursuit of their agenda,» Lib Dem foreign affairs spokesperson Martin Horwood told politics.co.uk.

This idea did not go down well with several Ghanaians including the Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa who described the comment as «undiplomatic», while others deem it divisive and have since called for his dismissal.

Delegates included current Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan, former Secretary of State for Wales and former Brexit Minister David Jones, Shadow Transport Secretary Andy McDonald, Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon, Shadow Minister of Women and Equalities Sarah Champion, the SNP's Justice and Home Affairs spokesperson Joanna Cherry QC and the Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, Baroness Sheehan.

«Some of those promoted to the rank of Two Star Generals (Major Generals) include Brigadier General HO Otiki, Acting Commander Defence Headquarters Garrison, Brigadier General OO Soleye, Acting Director Veteran Affairs, Defence Headquarters, the Acting Provost Marshal, Brigadier General AT Hamman, the Acting Military Secretary, Brigadier General F Yahaya, the Acting General Officers Commanding 3, 7 and 8 Divisions, Brigadier General BA Ahanotu, Brigadier General IM Yusuf and Brigadier General SO Olabanji respectively, Acting Commander Nigerian Army Ordnance Corps Brigadier General JI Unuigbe, Brigadier General AA Jidda, Acting Commander Nigerian Army Corps of Supply and Transport, Acting Chief of Accounts and Budget (Army), Brigadier General JE Jakko, Commandant, Depot Nigerian Army, Brigadier General VO Ezugwu and Brigadier General ACC Agundu, Director, Foreign Liaison, Defence Intelligence Agency, Acting Commander, Headquarters Command Army Records, Brigadier General HE Ayamasaowei and Brigadier General MS Yusuf, Commander Guards Brigade, while late Brigadier General BA Raji, was promoted posthumously.

Those are broadcast as widely as possible, sometimes even not available in the country itself (France 24 was originally not available within France so as not to compete with private news channels) and have their own sources of funding (in the UK, BBC World News is run by a separate company that does not receive money from the TV license), possibly including money from the local ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Efforts to woo Britain's new foreign secretary will also include an offer to lift restrictions on the number of British Council offices in Russia imposed in the wake of the Litvinenko affair.

And Harold Elletson, a former Tory MP who now chairs the Lib Dem foreign affairs forum, said many people, including MPs, were worried about the direction Lib Dems might take.

In her final State of the City speech, Mark - Viverito unveiled a slew of proposals, including blocking Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from most spaces on city property, free birth control for all women, a significant expansion of the mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and prohibiting local law enforcement from coordinating with the federal government in crackdowns on foreign nationals.

He writes about a variety of subjects, including politics, foreign affairs, and the arts.

The left's support for the EU relies on a variety of arguments, including an association with internationalism, a power - base to counteract US influence in foreign affairs, the source of more progressive penal and employment laws than in the UK and as a vehicle for ensuring peace in Europe.

He told the Commons» foreign affairs committee that a «sharply increased willingness» to fight insurgency «in all its forms» had been noted - including from Pakistan's ISI intelligence services.

The Ghanaian delegation also included officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Jonathan was flanked by his former ministers that include Bala Muhammad, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, Special Service, Ambassador Aminu Wali, Abba Moro, Nuradeen, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sule Lamido, and Ibrahim Shekarau.

Delegates going with the President include the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, and the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno.

In the last ten years, this writer is one of her ardent admirers who is impressed by her academic accomplishments and enviable working experiences on the international scene including her contributions to Nigeria's economic development after her appointment as the first female Finance Minister and later first female Foreign Affairs Minister by President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2003 and 2006.

This announcement follows a similar one on Tuesday and Wednesday, which saw persons including Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West constituency, Ursula Owusu, the National Women's Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Otiko Afisa Djaba and Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey being appointed as Minister for Communications, Minister for Gender and Social Protection and Foreign Affairs Minister respectively.

But the trickiness of his task in leading a united party forward was exposed as foreign affairs spokesman Menzies Campbell, a strong supporter of the Lib - Lab project, called for an unprecedented extension of co-operation with Labour to new policy areas including health and education.

In his opinion, the number of ministers required at the centre should not be more than 13, including the Finance, Public Service, Foreign Affairs, Transportation (including roads, railways, aviation), Defence, Health and Education portfolios.

* Updated, 17 July, 8:30 a.m.: This story has been updated to include a response from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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As usual, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's annual soiree will be a star - studded affair, with a cavalcade of celebrity presenters including Angelina Jolie, Ron Howard, Dwayne Johnson, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Common, Reese Witherspoon, Sebastian Stan, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek, Helen Mirren, Halle Berry, Carol Burnett, Kelly Clarkson, Darren Criss, Penélope Cruz, Gal Gadot, Greta Gerwig, Hugh Grant, Neil Patrick Harris, Chris Hemsworth, Christina Hendricks, Isabelle Huppert, Shirley Maclaine, Ricky Martin, Sarah Jessica Parker, Amy Poehler, Edgar Ramírez, Seth Rogen, J.K. Simmons, Sharon Stone, Aaron Taylor - Johnson, Alicia Vikander, Kerry Washington, Emma Watson and many, many more.

They try to manipulate a coterie of peripheral characters that include Georgy Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor), First Deputy Premier, Georgy Zhukov (Jason Isaacs), the most celebrated Soviet military commander of World War II, Vyacheslav Molotov (Michael Palin), originally the Minister of Foreign Affairs, but subsequently placed on his enemies list, and lastly Vasily Stalin (Rupert Friend), the famed communist's son.

After receiving her PhD under V.O. Key in 1962, she taught at several institutions including Stanford and Harvard but spent most of her career at the Brookings Institution, serving as director of its Governance Studies Program from 1978 to 1983, and at the University of Virginia, where she was the Julia Allen Cooper Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs until her retirement in 1999.

He also has held several positions in the U.S. Government Accountability Office, including: Assistant Director and Certified Fraud Examiner, Senior Attorney, Legislative Advisor, Senior Foreign Affairs Analyst, and Investigator.

The delegation will include Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Maxine McClean, and her Permanent Secretary, Cecile Humphrey and Ambassador to CARICOM, Robert Morris.

The Forum also earns great support from its supporting units including Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao SAR, Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Macao SAR, China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO).