Sentences with phrase «leading member of the coalition»

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In addition eight members of the NATO - led Resolute Support coalition were wounded, the force said.

France's defense and foreign ministers were in the United States on Wednesday for talks with other members of a U.S. - led coalition on increased military efforts against the group, which has urged followers to attack France, among other enemy countries.

As a founding member of the Fair Tax Coalition, The Vancouver Board of Trade played a lead role in achieving a one - per - cent reduction in business property taxes, bringing the total tax reduction to 10.2 per cent.

Amnesty International, which is one of the leading members of the Love Equality coalition organising the march, released statements from the celebrity backers.

As a founding member of the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER), a coalition of leading global beverage companies working together to advance environmental sustainability, in FY17 Bacardi signed the Joint Commitment on Climate Change.

Starbucks is a founding member, alongside a growing coalition of industry leaders, of the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, a call to action led by Conservation International to make coffee the world's first sustainable agriculture product.

Therefore, Starbucks is one of the founding members of The Sustainable Coffee Challenge, a diverse industry coalition led by Conservation International with the call to action of making coffee the world's first sustainable agricultural product.

Founded in 1990, the Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition, COBFC is a volunteer organization comprised of physicians, nurses, public health officials, dietitians, lactation consultants, counselors, and members of the business community who have led the way for Colorado children to be breastfeeding at the highest rates in the nation.

Baby Milk Action, the International Baby Food Action Network and the Baby Feeding Law Group, a coalition of 23 leading health bodies including the Royal College of Midwives, the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, have been working with MEPs and Member States to bring about an overhaul of these regulations for over 20 years — aware that mothers have been misled by the aggressive promotion carried out by the baby food industry.

Baby Milk Action, the UK member of the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), and secretariat of the Baby Feeding Law Group (BFLG)-- a coalition of 20 leading health groups (Dr Michie is the BFLG representative for the RCPCH) is calling for reduced levels of sugar in baby foods (current legislation allows products to provide

And don't members of the US - led coalition, who cite the «collective self - defense» of Iraq (the Iraqi government has formally made this request), have the right to prevent further ISIS attacks from Syrian territory into Iraqi areas?

It is why Britain is a leading member — alongside the United States — of the coalition working successfully to defeat Daesh; why we have agreed to send 800 troops to Estonia and Poland as part of NATO's forward presence in eastern Europe; why we are increasing our troop contribution to NATO's Resolute Support mission that defends the Afghan government from terrorism; and it is why we are reinforcing our commitment to peacekeeping operations in Kosovo, South Sudan and Somalia.

The bill had leadership juice behind it: it was sponsored in the Assembly by Herman «Denny» Farrell, D - Manhattan, the Assembly Ways & Means chairman, and co-sponsored in the Senate by John DeFrancisco, R - Syracuse, the Finance Committee chairman, and Diane Savino, D - Staten Island, who is both a close ally of labor unions and a leading member of the Independent Democratic Coalition.

And over the last two weeks, lulus have become a byword for Albany's political self - dealing, after news that eight senators — all members of a ruling coalition led by Republicans — had received tens of thousands in such payments for jobs they did not hold.

Arcuri, a member of the NY LEAD coalition, wrote that such a system would put regular voters back «in the driver's seat.»

Media producer and NY LEAD coalition member Marc Weiss, writing for Newsday, called for New York senators and assembly members to support Gov. Cuomo and Speaker Silver in passing public campaign finance legislation, asking, «Do they want to continue business as usual, or do they want to be part of the solution?»

And let me remind him that we are not a member of the Saudi - led coalition, we are not directly involved in the Saudi - led coalition's operations, British personnel are not involved in carrying out strikes.

The Senate is currently led by a coalition of Republicans and the five members of the Independent Democratic Conference.

As a member of the CNY Solidarity Coalition, Balter has been one of the leading activists protesting Trump's policies and urging Katko to hold town hall meetings.

Leading Once a member of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition, Israel helped recruit and elect a huge freshman class in 2012, nearly 50 in all.

Flanagan and his members also have to contend with the pressure by liberals who want to see a group of eight breakaway Democrats led by Bronx Sen. Jeffrey Klein quit their leadership coalition with the GOP and form a new one with the mainline Dems.

David Laws, another of the party's leading members, who served as education minister in the coalition but lost his seat in the party's 2015 near - wipeout, has strongly criticised Farron's views.

Percoco routinely communicated with members of the coordinated effort and the state Democratic party in the months leading up to the November elections about how to spend the money the coalition raised.

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).

Savino, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference, is part of the coalition of Republicans and IDC lawmakers leading the chamber.

As Muslims have come to become more than an insignificant share of the left wing coalition in many parts of Western Europe and North America, despite the left wing not many any real policy concessions to attract them, members of left wing parties have come to have more interpersonal contact with Muslims which has led to reduced fear and increased mutual understanding, and political leaders in left wing parties have felt it politic and appropriate to refrain from emphasizing policies and issues that actively antagonize a not insignificant share of their coalition even when (if push came to shove) they might be uneasy with some of the political and social views of this part of their coalition.

The maiden National Red Friday was held on April 21, with leading members of the media coalition taking the sensitisation drive to members of the public.

www.ycc.uk.net * The Electoral Reform Society is a founding member of the Votes at 16 Coalition, made up of over 40 leading youth and democracy organisation to campaign for the lowering of the voting age to 16 for all UK public elections.

Real Affordability for All, the lead group attacking NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's affordable housing plan as insufficiently affordable, has alienated some of its members, some of whom have quietly dropped out of the coalition.

The Criminal Justice Alliance, a coalition of leading criminal justice organisations whose members include Liberty, the Prison Officers» Association and the Prison Reform Trust, wrote to Justice Secretary Jack Straw in August 2008 calling for the plans to be scrapped.

The top - secret plan would eliminate the need for Republicans to make a deal with the four - member Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) led by Sen. Jeff Klein of The Bronx, who has strongly suggested he'll help keep the GOP in power through an unprecedented «coalition government» arrangement.

It was the first coalition government in the UK since the Churchill war ministry and was led by Cameron with Clegg as Deputy, composed of members of both the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats.

The governor, who quietly advised the G.O.P. - I.D.C. coalition that led to Republican control of the Senate back after the 2012 elections, opted not to strenuously endorse several competitive Democrats in 2014, and some party members say he hindered their efforts to elect Marc Panepinto in Buffalo (though he would eventually win).

Democrats have long held sizable numeric advantages in the State Assembly but have been thwarted in efforts to win control of the Senate, which is currently led by a coalition of Republicans and a five - member group of breakaway Democrats.

Instead, they were part of a five - member faction of Democrats, led by Klein and known as the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), that governed in coalition with the Republicans.

That is why we are asking you to join the now - 23 members of the Democratic Conlèrence by pledging to only enter a coalition to lead the Senate with fellow Democrats and abandoning your coalition with Republicans,» wrote Stewart - Cousins.

Concerned citizens and members of the Quiet Skies Coalition gathered at LTV Studios on Oct. 26 to hear from a panel led by Sheila Jones, an attorney specializing in environmental litigation.

She is active in the national anti-cuts organisation, the Coalition of Resistance, and the Greece Solidarity Campaign, as well as a former leading member of the Communist Party of Britain.

Leaders of several groups in the state's institutional left — VOCAL - NY, Citizen Action, and the labor - backed Strong Economy for All coalition — marched on Third Avenue in midtown, saying Cuomo should push the seven - member Independent Democratic Conference and wayward Sen. Simcha Felder to join with the 24 mainstream Democrats led by Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

As one of the founding members of the Coalition, the Association of American Geographers contributed greatly to the formation of the Coalition during the months preceding its formal launch, and AAG representatives participated throughout the event... The AAG continues to support the Coalition, which is led by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), by fostering scholarly discourse on how geography and geographers can contribute to the protection of human rights and by helping to disseminate information and resources critical to this effort, among other activities.»

BERLIN (Reuters)- German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the center - left Social Democrats have agreed in coalition talks to put a moratorium on fracking for shale gas, leading members of the two parties said on Friday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the center - left Social Democrats have agreed in coalition talks to put a moratorium on fracking for shale gas, leading members of the two parties said on Friday.

While at the AAS, Bethany managed the public policy activities including, creating and managing a federal and local grassroots advocacy program designed to work with association members to effectively communicate with policy makers and successfully leading a coalition, working with Congressional leaders, and drafting legislation to secure millions of federal dollars appropriated for the restarting domestic production of Plutonium - 238 as a fuel source for planetary exploration.

The Communication Trust is a coalition of over 50 leading voluntary sector organisations, which raises awareness, influences policy, promotes best practice among the children's workforce and commissions work from its members.

Forman also is a founding member of the Student Coalition on Human Rights, which has sponsored such events as bringing a portion of the AIDS Quilt to Middlebury and leading Middlebury's observance of the statewide Holocaust Days of Remembrance.

Members of the bi-partisan coalition DoneWaiting.org are leading the fight to improve educational opportunities for all children.

Members of the coalition, all of whom were closely involved as active participants in work leading up to the Board's approval of the regulation, pledge to continue to collaborate to ensure that all students acquire the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in school and in life and to contribute to Kentucky's future quality of life and prosperity.

The Florida Coalition of School Board Members has commissioned this survey to be conducted by MVP Strategy and Policy1 to gain a clearer understanding of the interests and attitudes of today's leading education policy makers.

Ragland spent five years at the department leading efforts to build congressional coalitions behind the Obama administration's education priorities, handling the office's appropriations and budget portfolio, and managing relationships between members of Congress and senior leadership, including Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

She leads the group Class Size Matters, is the co-chair of the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Network for Public Education.