Sentences with phrase «term as general secretary»

McCluskey's current five - year term as general secretary was due to end in 2018, but he resigned last week so he could run for re-election next year instead.

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António Guterres, the former prime minister of Portugal and UN high commissioner for refugees, took over on January 1 for a five - year term as the United Nations secretary general.

General secretary Brendan Barber welcomed the unemployment figures published in July 2012, describing them as «excellent news», but he pointed out that long - term youth joblessness was up by 18,000 on the quarter to 421,000, and urged the government to prioritise tackling long - term youth unemployment.

Armstrong, who also served as private secretary to Harold Wilson during the run - up to the 1975 referendum on Britain's membership of the EEC, was one of a series of peers who criticised No 10's plans to embark on a two - year renegotiation of Britain's EU membership terms if Cameron wins the 2015 general election.

The NDC in the Volta Region is delighted to congratulate Comrade Koku Anyidoho, the Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, on his election as one of the five (5) Vice Chairpersons of the Council of African Political Parties (CAPP) and Chairman of the West African Sub-Region for a four - year term.

CAPP which has its permanent secretariat in Khartoum, has Dr Al Nafie Al Nafie as its Secretary General and Dr (Mrs) Tijjani Aliyu of Nigeria as its newly elected Chairperson for a four - year term.

The Labour deputy leader singled out Mr McCluskey, who is currently running for a third term as Unite general secretary, for failing to be more vocal in his defence of Mr Corbyn.

Billy Hayes, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union, said: «We are pleased that the secretary of state recognises the importance of the government retaining its stake in Royal Mail and should see that as a long - term responsibility.

El - Badri was elected as acting Secretary - General in December until the end of July after serving full terms.

Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, was expected to have a sleepy race for the job once held by his father, three - term governor Mario Cuomo, the culmination of a longstanding plan that included a stint as state attorney general and as President Bill Clinton's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

As the dust settles following the UK general election, Brexit secretary David Davis will finally begin formal talks on the terms of the UK's divorce from the European Union.

Kevin Courtney, deputy general secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), said:» We need to see real and significant changes to teachers» working lives, both in terms of pay and conditions as well as reducing the punishing accountability system that is overburdening the profession and blighting children and young people's education.»

«We need to see real and significant changes to teachers» working lives, both in terms of pay and conditions as well as reducing the punishing accountability system that is overburdening the profession and blighting children and young people's education,» said NUT deputy general secretary Kevin Courtney.

The conference was officially opened by Mr. Taleb Rifai, Secretary General of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), who hailed youth travel as the primary means to promote the long - term competitiveness and sustainability of global tourism.

When Kofi Annan's term as Secretary General of the United Nations ended in 2006, few tears were shed.

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