In a «conciliar fellowship» every national or
regional body represented would be a unified and inclusive expression of the church «in each place.»
Not exact matches
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.
The Delegate Assembly was created,
representing membership through state,
regional and international units, and it became the basic policy - making
body.
Mechanisms for
representing Indigenous peoples at the
regional level Mechanisms for
representing Indigenous peoples at the state or territory level The National structure of the National Indigenous Representative
Body
Representing Indigenous people and communities Some of the ways in which a new national
body could engage with Indigenous people, communities and organisations at the
regional and state / territory level, include:
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)?
In this model, organisations, national Indigenous peak
bodies,
regional and / or state / territory level representative organisations could nominate a delegate / s to
represent them in the National Indigenous Representative
Body.
As noted above, Indigenous peoples could be
represented at a
regional level by a National Indigenous Representative
Body through the existence of formal structures at the
regional level, or through more informal processes.
Consensus was reached at this workshop on a range of issues but further consultation and discussion is needed to address four outstanding issues: how the
body can best
represent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in a way that includes local and
regional issues; what should be the structure of the national representative
body; what should its relationship be with Government and the Parliament; and how should it be funded.