Sentences with phrase «members of the government of»

As a member of the Government of Ghana Transition Team, Togbe led a three - man interim Ministry of Finance management team which prepared the draft national budget for 2009.

On the 2nd of November 2017, FCFA researchers associated with the UMFULA project co-hosted a panel discussion with members of the Government of Malawi in Lilongwe.

FCFA and UMFULA hosted a panel discussion with members of the Government of Malawi.

Every year the WCFPM brings together a diverse group of actors in the cocoa industry, including representatives from companies along the cocoa supply chain, members of governments of cocoa producing countries, and relevant NGO actors to discuss challenges and solutions for improving the sustainability of the cocoa sector.

Hancock was a lawyer practising in criminal, civil, family and corporate law before becoming an elected representative and member of the government of Alberta for 18 years.

He has done extensive work against racism in a variety of positions, including as the National Director of the Canadian Anti-Racism Education and Research Society and as a member of the Government of B.C. Advisory Council on Multiculturalism and was a delegate to the United Nations World Conference Against Racism in Durban South Africa and the European Union preparatory conference in Strasbourg, France.

Not exact matches

ISIS first came to South Asia in 2014, using the group's substantial funds and weak local governments to co-opt high - ranking members of the Pakistani Taliban and disaffected members of the Afghan Taliban.

According to multiple reports, the president is said to be upset that Spicer and other members of his press team often don't do a good job of communicating his message, or become confused about what the message is, and that makes his government look weak or unsure of what it is doing.

He continued later: «If their priority is attacking the moderate opposition that might be future members of an inclusive Syrian government, Russia is not going to get the support of us or a range of other members of the coalition.»

«Another part of the Government will continue in Catalonia carrying out political activity as legitimate members,» he continued.

A standout element of the film, about supervillains recruited to go on nearly impossible government missions, is its impressive cast, whose members blend so well into their respective roles that you may not even recognize some of the actors.

Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin may have helped to bring unwelcome attention to the travel expenses of Donald Trump's cabinet members with his since - withdrawn request for a government plane to use on his honeymoon with wife Louise Linton, but an official review has found that his expenses since February have been legit — if somewhat expensive.

Critics have charged that the Liberals» emphasis on visible representation is hollow symbolism, but Chagger says it's crucial to have «a government that looks like Canada,» particularly because it empowers younger members of historically under - represented populations.

Conspicuously absent from Tuesday's funding announcement, which included much of the Tory government's 35 - member caucus, was any representative of the federal government.

Over a decade ago, when government deficits led The Wall Street Journal to list Canada an «honorary member of the Third World,» more than a few observers insisted our currency was destined to be worth less than half a U.S. buck.

This is a far cry from what Liberal MP John Mackay had in mind in 2009 when he tabled a private member's bill that would have charged the Department of Foreign Affairs with investigating complaints, holding mining and energy companies to legalistic standards and withholding government support from those found to be offside.

Right now, the government covers about three - quarters of those premiums, while the lawmakers and their staff members pick up the rest of the tab.

A member of the German liberal party blamed the country's Socialist Party for the recent collapse in coalition talks to form a new government.

«David brings to our strong litigation group breadth and depth of expertise stemming not only from extensive courtroom experience, but first - hand knowledge of the workings of government prosecution and regulation,» said Bob Bodian, Managing Member of Mintz Levin.

Steve writes: If I were a large investor or board member of Uber, I would worry about the downside to the company and liability to the board if / when the government decides to come after the company.

In contrast to the new U.S. administration, Canada's Liberal government has remained positive on free trade, with prime minister Justin Trudeau and various members of his cabinet touting the economic growth it creates and suggesting the country could benefit from its continued openness to global commerce.

Palestinian rescuers members evacuate a man from a flooded home using a fishing boat during a heavy rain storm in Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 (AP Photo / Khalil Hamra) In the time since the operation, the army and government have put into practice some, but not all, of the recommendations made by Shapira in his reports.

Vietnam is deploying a 10,000 - member military cyber warfare unit to combat what the government sees as a growing threat of «wrongful views» proliferating on the internet, according to local media.

Karen Thomas, senior executive vice president for government relations and public policy at the Independent Community Bankers of America, said most of its members still feel it's too risky to take the plunge.

Your board mandate should address vision, mission, strategy and operational plans; program delivery and operations; risk identification and management; finances (budgets, investments, use of donations, etc.); government filings and reporting; values, ethics, reputation and integrity; key policies and procedures; and communication and accountability to members and stakeholders.

Sept. 30 marks the final day of fiscal year 2015 and members of Congress are working to pass a bill that would allow U.S. federal agencies to continue spending money, thus avoiding the second federal government shutdown in two years.

Grassroots members of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) decisively backed the party's decision to enter into another «grand coalition» government with Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), thus bringing to an end months of uncertainty following September's general election.

In another yet another development on Wednesday, the New York Times reported that members of the Ukrainian government had frozen a Ukrainian investigation into former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort to avoid angering Trump before finalizing a deal to buy U.S. anti-tank missiles.

Amy Cuddy, a faculty member at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, has conducted an experiment with her graduate students demonstrating that holding an assertive body posture for as little as two minutes increases the amount of testosterone in the body, in men and women.

He's on trial before a special court reserved for members of government and faces two years in prison if found guilty of failing to reduce the size of the banking sector.

In comments to Bloomberg, a member of the Turkish opposition party CHP said the Wikipedia block shows that «the government can't get enough of censorship.»

Further, Delkus wrote, Canada's federal government also has joined other members of the Group of Seven industrial nations to reduce reliance on fossil fuels by between 40 percent and 70 percent by 2050.

Members of the Alaska House of Representatives recently passed a resolution asking the federal government not to crackdown or interfere in any way with states that have legalized marijuana of which, of course, Alaska is one.

It has prompted renewed calls from Scottish nationalists for a vote on independence, and members of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish governments have complained the national government has not involved them enough its Brexit negotiation preparations.

The hope here should be that this sets the standard for notification among members of the financial services community, so that government agencies don't decide what companies have to do.

The French government plans changes in 2018 to immigration laws that have sown unease even among some members of Macron's Republic on the Move (LREM) movement.

International officials have hardened their tone when addressing Russia, including members of Trump's administration, which had seemed more «Russia - friendly» than previous governments.

Last week, in prelude to the official findings, Robert Goodwill, the United Kingdom's minister of state for transport, told government members that the pilot may have misidentified the object that hit the plane.

The United States has imposed sanctions on senior members of Maduro's government and PDVSA.

They tend to see themselves as removed from — and in some cases, superior to — their mainland Chinese citizens, while Ma is seen as being relatively close to members of the Chinese government.

Nevertheless, Liberland has a government of 10 to 20 members, an economy based around cryptocurrency and bitcoins, and has already received hundreds of thousands of applications for citizenship.

Even members of the federal government have joined the push recently.

Although members of The People's Vote are quick to point out that they're asking for a different kind of vote, pro-Brexit leaders in the Conservative party, which controls the government, say the public doesn't want to vote on Brexit again.

«The welfare ministry is in a difficult position — it will not and can not say, «public pensions are in trouble and you won't be receiving much,»» said Hideyuki Morito, a member of a government panel on pensions and professor of law at Keio University.

«Aside from that, the number of districts controlled or influenced by the Afghan government had been one of the last remaining publicly available indicators for members of Congress — many of whose staff do not have access to the classified annexes to SIGAR reports — and for the American public of how the 16 - year - long US effort to secure Afghanistan is faring,» he added.

Vladislav Reznik, now the deputy head of the finance committee in Russia's lower house of parliament and a member of the Putin - aligned United Russia Party, faces charges accusing him of giving allies of the criminal organization's alleged leader, Gennady Petrov, positions in the Russian government in exchange for a share of the organization's assets.

Nasreddin is a member of Sisi's parliamentary bloc, and plans to put forth legislation to extend presidential terms from four to six years as the new government comes into session.

He chaired the UK Government's interagency committee («COBR») through numerous crises and was a longstanding member of the Joint Intelligence Committee, which he chaired in 2011 - 12.

He is a member of the UK Government's new Defence Innovation Advisory Panel.

Members of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Demand Progress and other digital rights activists are calling for a «day of action» on Feb. 11 when they hope to rouse the internet community into collectively speaking out against the NSA and the government's other intrusive surveillance tactics.