Sentences with phrase «regional bodies such»
The election was monitored by numerous international missions representing over 170 countries, and regional bodies such as the OAS and UNASUR supported the result, while encouraging a dialogue between the government and opposition to prevent any further post-election violence, which had claimed seven lives in the days following the contested poll.
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The largest bodies were Baptists (in several national or regional conventions, some of them Negro, for the majority of such Negroes as became Christians were Baptists), Methodists (in more than one ecclesiastical structure, some of them also Negro), the Disciples of Christ (of American origin), the Church of Latter Day Saints of Jesus Christ (Mormons, also sprung from the soil), Christian Scientists (likewise indigenous), and the Seventh Day Adventists (born in the United States).
The coalition Government stopped the regional level of control after coming to power in May last year, saying bodies such as Regional Development Agencies and Government Offices lacked legitimacy.
Such propaganda is banned on the federal level and we as a regional body are only imposing sanctions.»
As well as the need for a debate around road user charging, he remarked that a national infrastructure plan must reflect the emerging new city and regional governance arrangements such as sub national transport bodies.
The expansion of science advice mechanisms ranging from informal personal interactions, through voluntary or requested reports created by well - established networks of academies, such as the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and related regional networks such as EASAC, to the formal advisory structures of both legislative and executive bodies, has also made more apparent the fundamental responsibilities that follow the provision, communication and use of advice.
Currently, Bridget's research focuses on the status of the image in contemporary culture in a twofold manner — exploring the spaces for the projection of images and our interface with images through curatorial projects such as The Cinemas Project (2011 - 14, and ongoing), which explores the spectral spaces of cinema in regional Australia; and through a growing body of writing and research that seeks to understand the changing technologies of the image, and the convergences of the body and image in relation to political philosophy as well as art practice.
The UNFCCC would benefit from collaboration with human rights bodies, including UN bodies, such as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; the United Nations Human Rights Council; human rights treaty bodies, such as the Human Rights Committee and the Committee on the Rights of the Child; regional bodies, such as the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the African Commission on Human and People's Rights; and non-governmental organizations, such as Human Rights Watch and the International Red Cross.
He joins CRCICA at a time when Egypt is keen to encourage foreign investment into the jurisdiction, and to strengthen its standing as a regional arbitration body, following a period in which Egypt has seen considerable civil unrest, and some practitioners chose to bring disputes at competing arbitral centres, such as in Dubai.
Consider the creation of regional arbitration organizations, such as what is being attempted in Latin America in relation to investment state arbitration, or as is envisioned in the CETA (EU - Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement), which calls for the creation of some form of a permanent adjudicating body.
This growth is reflected in the workstream through established bodies of arbitration such as the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) as well as in newer regional arbitration institutions such as in Dubai and Singapore.
Other regional bodies are discussing similar issues, such as the Arab CIT Organization.
- The general court shall have the power to act in relation to cities and towns, but only by general laws which apply alike to all cities or to all towns, or to all cities and towns, or to a class of not fewer than two, and by special laws enacted (1) on petition filed or approved by the voters of a city or town, or the mayor and city council, or other legislative body, of a city, or the town meeting of a town, with respect to a law relating to that city or town; (2) by a two - thirds vote of each branch of the general court following a recommendation by the governor; (3) to erect and constitute metropolitan or regional entities, embracing any two or more cities or towns or cities and towns, or established with other than existing city or town boundaries, for any general or special public purpose or purposes, and to grant to these entities such powers, privileges and immunities as the general court shall deem necessary or expedient for the regulation and government thereof; or (4) solely for the incorporation or dissolution of cities or towns as corporate entities, alteration of city or town boundaries, and merger or consolidation of cities and towns, or any of these matters.
Participants agreed that regional representatives should be selected from the local level through a democratic process, selecting local leaders onto regional councils either through election or from peak bodies such as the Aboriginal Medical Services.
Understanding the factors that have been in play in past Indigenous representative bodies, in State / Territory and regional representative bodies and in Indigenous representative bodies overseas highlights what are some of the key issues that should be taken into account when considering possible forms for such a body.
formal mechanisms whereby a National Indigenous Representative Body has components that exist at different levels (such as in each State and Territory and at the regional level);
Could a national body (without State, Territory or regional structures) effectively represent Indigenous peoples through the conduct of participatory processes and engagement (such as issue specific forums and advisory groups, regional or State / Territory level planning processes, or the convening of a National Congress)?
As well as being responsible for formulating, administering and monitoring the effectiveness of programs to individuals, councils and community organisations in key development areas (such as economic, employment and training, housing and environmental, social and cultural, policy co-ordination), the TSRA is the regional representative body for native title and land and sea management.
How such an approach would impact on the level of direct engagement with Indigenous peoples at the regional level would depend on what other processes for participation existed within the National Indigenous Representative Body.
For example, if ties on ATSIC's funding to Councils remain unchanged and only bodies such as regional authorities are able to receive direct funding from Commonwealth and state agencies.
The Section 26 Review noted a potential overlap between the Regional Council structure and «the development and growth in recent years of other regional structures such as non-statutory Land Councils in Queensland and Western Australia, and Native Title Representative Bodies recognised under the Native Title Act 1993.»
Standards such as those included in the Declaration should be embedded in all levels of our own internal governance — from our own families and community organisations, to our regional bodies, state and national peak bodies as well as the National Congress.