Sentences with phrase «national legislative bodies»
States and indigenous peoples should report regularly to their national legislative bodies and to the Forum on the progress and shortcomings in implementing the Declaration.
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Almost no other national legislative body has a history as rich and exciting as our own Parliament.
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The Federal National Council (al - Majlis al - Watani al - Ittihadi) is the UAE's legislative body and consists of 40 members.
On 29 August 2009, the convention was ratified by the standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, China's top legislative body, which indicates that China is under legal obligation to internalize the norms stipulated in the FCTC so as to effectively control tobacco use.
In a separate statement, issued jointly by the City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, the Council's Black, Latino and Asian and the Council «s Progressive Caucuses, members of the city's legislative body linked Garner's death to national events.
Seggos and Hutton were at the press conference with Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, who announced legislative action he is taking to ensure the Department of Defense pays for the remediation of PFOS contamination at Stewart Air National Guard Base and halts PFOS - laden discharges from the base into area water bodies, including the city's main drinking water source, Washington Lake.
Rising from a meeting of its national working committee on Thursday in Abuja, the party urged the national assembly to «thoroughly investigate the shameful act, including the distortion and banding of figures to accommodate their personal interest and ensure that appropriate sanctions is meted to whoever has a hand in the dubious action that has brought embarrassment to the legislative body».
Low percentages of female electeds within the New York City Council reflects a national trend of systemic underrepresentation within legislative bodies.
He or she is a member of the governing body of the academy and must ensure that the academy acts within its powers and that its policies reflect legislative requirements, national policies and local requirements.
«There's no international governance body, no national governance body,» Talati says, while hovering thousands of feet in the air with pilot Ali Nouri, previously a legislative director for former Minnesota Democrat Sen. Al Franken.
«The TCFD's recommendations are voluntary; a critical question is now whether national bodies and international standard - setters will incorporate them into their legislative and regulatory reporting regimes.
Later the same month, the standing committee of the National People's Congress, essentially the inner circle of China's main legislative body, adopted a resolution on climate change action that explicitly calls for the strengthening of domestic climate legislation while giving assurance that it will be a constructive player in the international climate process.
Those considerations point therefore to a functional interpretation of the phrase «bodies or institutions acting in a... legislative capacity», according to which ministries which, pursuant to national law, are responsible for tabling draft laws, presenting them to Parliament and participating in the legislative process, in particular by formulating opinions, can be considered to fall within that definition, within the meaning of and for the application of Directive 2003/4.
Lee was recently quoted as saying, «Regulation (for virtual currencies) is appropriate because it is regarded as a commodity, not at the level of legal currency,» during the government audit conducted by the country's legislative body National Assembly.He also added that, «It is not a situation for the Bank of Korea to take such an action at the present.»
A member of China's top political advisory board has proposed the creation of a national cryptocurrency exchange and other regulatory systems at one of the two annual sessions of China's top legislative and advisory bodies, local news outlet Lie Yun Wang reported on March 3.
Write to legislative bodies, politicians and heads of major health organizations and agencies advocating for a national licensing procedure / test for the position of MA.
Distinct from their Australian, Canadian and Swedish bodies, the New Zealand scheme primarily revolves around the provision of guaranteed Māori seats in the legislative system as opposed to a separate National Indigenous Representative Body or indigenous parliament.