How To Use General assembly In A Sentence

We call for the immediate return to democratic institutions, to convoke an extraordinary session of the General Assembly (GA), to defend institutions in Honduras. Laura Carlsen: Live Blog: OAS Session on Honduran Coup
General Assembly of the Kirk, his acquaintance with the nobleman who held the office of Lord High Commissioner forced him more into public than suited either his views or inclinations. The Heart of Mid-Lothian
Schanzer's language bias is clearly demonstrated when he says that the "United Nations General Assembly partition plan ... endowed the Palestinian Arabs with a state that included an expanded Gaza strip, the West Bank, and much of the northern territory. [emphasis added]" How considerate for sure, to be "endowed" with only portions of your own homeland, while a minority of the population, immigrants at that, is given a majority of the land. Book Review - Hamas vs. Fatah
The other ten members of the council are elected by the General Assembly to two-year nonrenewable terms, with five new members elected each year.
In the first third of a speech that lasted more than 90 minutes, Colonel Qaddafi focused on what he called the inherent unfairness of the United Nations, which gives the five permanent members of the Security Council far more authority than the nations in the General Assembly. Waldo's Virginia Political Blogroll

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The British had knocked out radio communications but a mobile transmitter had announced, referring to the General Assembly resolution, that sixty-four nations were supporting the Egyptians.36 Eisenhower 1956
This proposal was defeated in the UN General Assembly by 60 votes to 15, with 39 abstentions.
The security council expects her to appear in front of the general assembly before next Wednesday, when it holds its next straw poll. Times, Sunday Times
Considering the overall political climate in the General Assembly, Jerome Gray, state field director of the ADC, is skeptical that real election reform legislation will pass in the next session. Budget Woes and Partisan Politics Block Election Reform
The remaining will be allocated by the General Assembly.
India and Russia underlined the need for expeditious conclusion of negotiations leading to finalisation of India sponsored Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism at the UN General Assembly. India, Russia agree to further strengthen anti-terror co-operation
And who could forget the layered milk-chocolate-colored satin outfit (complete with black beret and a pin in the silhouette of Africa) that he wore at last year's U. N. General Assembly session?
The early morning accord has provided just enough time for even wearier legislative staff to work through the night to compile the budget and distribute it to the 140 members of the General Assembly in time for a vote on the document around 5 p.m. Early morning budget deal struck in Virginia General Assembly
The Kentucky General Assembly, in an admittedly unusual burst of progressive-mindedness, replaced "darkies" with "people" in the official state song version back in the 50s. SurveyUSA: Hillary Ahead 2-1 In Kentucky Primary
First, Ehrlich knows it would be extremely unlikely to win approval from the Democratic-dominated General Assembly. Md. gubernatorial candidates dodge hard questions on taxes
Selectmen of New-Gloucester, of the time of running said lines, that they, said Selectmen may be present if they see fit, and to make returns to the General Assembly of the doings of the said surveyor and chainmen as soon as may be, and the charge and expence of doing the aforesaid service to be paid by the petitioners and their associates. Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
The newest program, called General Assembly, received a $100,000 grant and a $100,000 loan from the city to get started, said Adam Pritzker , a co-founder with the company. Latest City Incubator Opens in Flatiron Area
A petition of Hezekiah May, respecting a claim to land belonging to the es - tate of the late Elias Boudinot, was overtured, and being read, was referred to the trustees of the General Assembly, and the trustees were directed to deter - mine the case according to the principles of justice and equity. Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
Roentgenium, after a modern physicist renamed roentgenium by the General Assembly, was originally discovered in 1994 when a team at GSI created three atoms of the element, about a month after their discovery of darmstadtium, on Dec. 8. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
There is one man that everyone is talking about at this hour, and it is indeed Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gadhafi, who used his maiden address to the General Assembly to basically rail against the institution and effectively rail against what he called the inequality of the body. CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2009
It is expected that the union will shortly call an early general assembly.
The legislative branch consists of a bicameral general assembly with ninety-nine representatives and thirty senators and the vice president.
A Declaration of the General Assembly is not, by definition, legally binding though it has strong moral force.
They took advantage of a general permission granted them by Henry, and met, not in synod, but in general assembly, at the town of Sainte Foy, in the month of June, 1594. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5
We have included the digest of the law provided by the Indiana general assembly.
In 1998 the UN General Assembly committed member countries to achieving a "drug-free world" and to "eliminating or significantly reducing" the production of opium, cocaine and cannabis by 2008.
The proposed amendment was approved by a narrow margin at the denomination's General Assembly last June but needed to be ratified by a majority of the church's 173 presbyteries to become church law.
McDonnelll will call the General Assembly back to Richmond this fall for a special session to approve his recommendations if he can build support for some of them. McDonnell names commission to reshape, shrink government
He thus backed a local presbytery's proposal for a commission submitted to the June 9-16 General Assembly in Louisville, Kentucky.
However, he stopped short of recommitting the Government to its original promise of meeting the goal by 2007 - a commitment first made at the UN general assembly in 2000.
One of its station groups offers gavel-to-gavel reporting on the South Carolina General Assembly.
The General Assembly is held twice a year.
This weekend the UN General Assembly begins another session with many of the main protagonists taking part and in the week ahead the holy fast of Ramadan will begin.
Mr Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at the U.N. general assembly
Six of the federation's eight permanent staff were made redundant after its last general assembly in May.
JAMES HUBBARD (D), MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY: They went through a lot of four pages of narrative as to why they oppose the bill to prohibit foliates (ph) and Bisphenol A in the state of Maryland. CNN Transcript Jun 24, 2008
He is expected to be formally proposed in a resolution submitted to the general assembly today. Times, Sunday Times
And further, in the same session of parliament, by the royal power allenarly, the first meeting of the general assembly of this church, as above established, was appointed to be held at _Edinburgh_, the third _Thursday_ of _October_ following, the same year, 1690. Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive
That portion of the Presbyterian church called New School, considering this act unjust, refused to assent to it, joined the exscinded synods, and formed themselves into the New School General Assembly. Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. In Two Volumes. Vol. II
The High Commissioner reports annually to ECOSOC and the General Assembly the work of UNHCR.
I called the General Assembly into special session. KansasCity.com: Front Page
While the extent of that supervisory power is disputable given all the events that have occurred since 1947, at the very minimum it entitles the General Assembly to retain a legal interest in the proper disposition of the mandated territory.” Who Speaks for the Palestinians?
Philanthropist Sir Richard Branson, who keynoted UN General Assembly deliberations on climate change, was correct to call for a "war room" to adequately respond to a rapidly warming planet. Michael Shank: Terror Threat? Climate Change Shrinking Plants and Animals Part of Bigger Global Security Threat
The United Nations General Assembly today re-elects Ban Ki-moon to a second consecutive term as the Secretary-General of the 192-member Organization.
That recommendation requires ratification by the General Assembly, which is expected today. Human Rights Hero
Meanwhile, a large group of protesters regrouped in nearby Foley Square and held what they called a General Assembly to decide what to do next. NYDN Rss
General Assembly President Ali Treki expressed profound concern today at what he called the desecration of the ancient Muslim cemetery of Mamilla in Spero News
Yes, there are a lot of speeches and meetings at the U.N., especially during the annual sessions of the General Assembly.
Well , I'm a member of the Church of Scotland and I am incensed that the General Assembly has turned its back on Scripture over this issue . WHAT A GAY DAY
FITS(Flexible ImageTransport System)was recommended as the standard format for interchange of image data among all observatories by Commission 5 at the 1982 General Assembly of IAU in Patras.
At the annual session of the General Assembly in September 2002, he began an effort to win its support for the war and never succeeded.
As for Feder, she has no chance unless the General Assembly becomes all democrat and it is re-districted completely. Judy Feder Files for 2008
The church of Ireland still has one all-island synod, the presbyterians a single general assembly, the methodists one conference.
The General Assembly welcomed five new members to its ranks.
The Organization of American States says it will convene a special General Assembly June 1 to decide on whether to readmit Honduras. OAS to Vote on Readmission of Honduras
And they further agree, that in the event the general assembly prefer not to make any contract, they will contract with counties, at any time between this time and the 10th May next, upon the terms aforesaid, to the extent of 35 pounds to each inhabitant, for one year, in monthly installments, or any less quantity, at the option of the county. Journal of the House of Delegates, of the State of Virginia, for the Adjourned Session, 1863
By 1782, Smith convinced the Maryland General Assembly to charter a college in Chestertown.
He found further support for this view in the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and international conferences.
The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That the Act named in the title hereof, shall not be so construed Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, Passed in Milledgeville, at an Annual Session in November and December, 1861.
Declarations of the General Assembly are not legally binding but have moral force, being indicative of majority global opinion.
The General Assembly is held twice a year.
"Having failed to redistrict when it should have, the General Assembly has lost its chance to redistrict until after the 2010 federal census," the court declared.
On November 29, 1947, the recently-created United Nations adopted General Assembly Resolution 181, which proposed to divide mandatory Palestine between a Jewish and an Arab state, and establish Jerusalem as a "corpus separatum" under UN administration. Ziad J. Asali, M.D.: ATFP Backgrounder on the Question of Palestinian UN Initiatives
Due to the larger than expected voter turnout in this years [sic] electoral process, An [sic] emergency session of the General Assembly has adopted the following emergency regulations to ease the load on local electorial [sic] precincts and ensure a fair electorial [sic] process. Virginia and Pennsylvania - Swampland - TIME.com
But some conservatives fear a falling away of members, even if the majority of presbyteries eventually reject and thereby nullify the General Assembly action.
Six of the federation's eight permanent staff were made redundant after its last general assembly in May.
At Wednesday's opening of the three day General Assembly special session on children, two girls got a chance to address the presidents, sheikhs and kings from over 180 nations.
Political corruption and featherbedding in Harrisburg is your classic dog-bites-man story, and frankly it’s too bad more of the General Assembly hasn’t been sent to jail for “business asusual.” The Volokh Conspiracy » Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett Subpoenas Identity of His Critics, for a Criminal Probe
Her Majesty will open the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and break new ground by becoming the first public figure to address a regular sitting of the Scottish Parliament.
Zhai said that Kazakhstan has held the presidency of the CICA since Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev initiated the establishment of the CICA at the 47th United Nations General Assembly.
A Victorian committee in 1853 reiterated the desirableness of a ‘General Assembly.’
At one point he called the General Assembly "the master of the world ... this is democracy and then we put an end to the Security Council ... this is terrorism in itself. KSL / U.S. / National
In fact, many leaders feel that the UN General Assembly has sometimes been reduced to a talking shop while real power resides in the Security Council.
REPORT - UNWTO GENERAL ASSEMBLY - ASTANA: The UNWTO General Assembly welcomed a second national President on Tuesday when France's France winning team Astana will sign a three-year sponsorship deal Monday with Kazakhstan's vast state holding company, Kazakh WN.com - Articles related to There's Absolutely Nothing in the News
The three laudations that were addressed to the audience during the General Assembly are shown below.
The General Assembly rejected the resolution on the subject of arms control.
Curia members only citizens can participate in the General Assembly, and through the General Assembly to exercise their civic and political rights.
Page can be aliened in any form except by authority of an Act of the General Assembly, it is therefore inexpedient for this Board of Visitors minutes
An encouraging and positive General Assembly passed into history on the Thursday evening with the singing of Psalm 122 and the apostolic benediction.
Midway through his term, Ehrlich did urge the General Assembly to pass a law that would change the way the samples were collected by requiring certain convicted criminals to submit to DNA testing at the time of sentencing. First Click, MarylandThe facts behind the debate's DNA claims
We have a real problem if members of the General Assembly are going and trying to influence and truncate an ethics committee process so that they can get the intended result that they want and then use that for impeachment," he said. Defiant Sanford threatens legal fight against 'kangaroo court'
One of the systemic realities of our Presbyterian polity is that we have moved issues from the local presbytery (diocese, association) to the national body, the General Assembly.
Given such a background, it may not be an 'untroubled' General Assembly which will have to deal with several important topics, as well as others which may crop up during the proceedings. Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed
The council's recommendation was to go to the General Assembly for formal approval on Wednesday.
In a talk with reporters on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, State Department Spokesman P.J. Crowley said Palestinian restraint is appreciated. Mitchell Heads Back to Middle East to Deal With Settlements 'Dilemma'
In 1798 the General Assembly enacted that if executors or administrators should have funds in their hands belonging to the estate, and the legatee or distributee entitled could not be found for seven years, the same should be paid to the University to be held without interest until the end of ten years, and if the claimant did not appear, it should be irreclaimable. History of the University of North Carolina. Volume I: From its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789-1868
Still no peace agreement in the Middle East, if you've noticed, but Tony Blair who used to be one of the world leaders speaking at the roster (ph) General Assembly, he's now a special Middle East envoy for the so-called quartette which includes the United States and the U.N. And, he is at this meeting that's currently going on now, Secretary of State Rice is there, and it's chaired at least today by the U.N. Secretary General, Bongi Moon (ph), who has a new practice he has started where every guest signs in that visits his office. CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2007
After the king's departure to England, he had some respite for about a year or more, but in the year 1605, he was summoned to compear at Edinburgh on the 29th of February, before the commission of the general assembly, to hear and see himself removed from his function at Edinburgh; they had before, in his absence, decerned his place vacant, but now they intimated the sentence, and Livingston had a commission from the king to see it put in execution; he appealed; they prohibited him to preach; but he obeyed not. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies
Among the unusual features of the Gliwice plant are its ‘fishbone’ body shop layout, which has two sub-assembly lines feeding into the main line, and the T-shaped general assembly building.
The High Authority was further advised by a general assembly made up of parliamentarians from the member states.
Of the six point agenda by Fancis Boyle for an international legal response on the ongoing crimes committed by Israel, here is point 4: "We must move to have the U.N. General Assembly impose economic, diplomatic, and travel sanctions upon Israel pursuant to the terms of the Uniting for Peace Resolution (1950), whose Emergency Special [...]" The first Democratic president in the modern era to be elected on an anti-war ticket is also, to the relief of neocons and the liberal belligerati, a hawk. Body on the line
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacted that commissioners should be appointed by joint ballot of both Houses, "to meet and confer with such deputies as may be _appointed by the other States_ for similar purposes, and with them to discuss and decide upon _the most effectual means to remove the defects of our Federal Union, and to procure the enlarged purposes which it was intended to effect; and that they report such an act to the General Assembly of this State, as, when agreed to by them_, will effectually provide for the same. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
Via a bloodthirsty class warrior Democratic flack: "A real estate lawyer, Cantor earned the nickname 'champion of the overdog' in the General Assembly for legislation such as a bill to give fuel tax refunds for pleasure boats. HUFFPOST HILL - CBO Shocker: American Jobs Act *Won't* Ruthlessly Exterminate Small Woodland Creatures
General Assembly President Ali Treki expressed profound concern today at what he called the desecration of the ancient Muslim cemetery of Mamilla in Jerusalem. Spero News
We are therefore of opinion that there is no repugnancy between the several acts of the general assembly of Maryland, given in evidence by the defendants at the trial of this cause, in the court of that State, and the Constitution of the United States. The Volokh Conspiracy » “Incorporation,” Originalism, and the Confrontation Clause:
Charging that the General Assembly of Illinois, as well as those of the other states, contain antagonistic elements which have retarded progress at the state level, the report recited how the labour movement, more and more, carries its appeals to the federal government. The Contemporary American StateFederal System
The act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania constituted and appointed certain deputies, designated by name, "with powers to meet such deputies as may be _appointed and authorized by the other States_ The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
Via a bloodthirsty class warrior Democratic flack: "A real estate lawyer, Cantor earned the nickname 'champion of the overdog' in the General Assembly for legislation such as a bill to give fuel tax refunds for pleasure boats. HUFFPOST HILL - CBO Shocker: American Jobs Act *Won't* Ruthlessly Exterminate Small Woodland Creatures
For now, the occupy movement remains multivocal, and the previous opinions represent only a glimpse of the growing cacophony of voices at Chicago's General Assembly. Mark Cassello: Occupy Chicago Regroups After Recent Success
It came down to a vote in the General Assembly, and the Charlottesville area legislators out-politicked their brethren to the south. Waldo Jaquith - A history of Three Chopt Road.
Why, Ahmadinejad asked the UN General Assembly, do the countries of the world sit there while Israel murders and dispossesses the Palestinian people? More Lies, More Deception
They gather in a general assembly (in the auditorium) and declare their grievances against her.
1971- the United Nations General Assembly voted to ratify the election of Kurt Waldheim to be Secretary-General.
And they further agree, that in the event the general assembly prefer not to make any contract, they will contract with counties at any time between this time and the 10th of May next, upon the terms aforesaid, to the extent of thirty-five pounds to each inhabitant, for one year, in monthly installments, or any less quantity, at the option of the county. Journal of the House of Delegates, of the State of Virginia, for the Adjourned Session, 1863
All major decisions are taken by a general assembly in which each adult member of a kibbutz has the right to vote.
On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Although the General Assembly in curia non-citizens may be seen, for example, we know that nobles often work together with his participation in the General Assembly of the protected person.
At the 34th period of sessions of the UN General Assembly, in October 1979, we proposed, in the name of the nonaligned countries 'movement, the undelayable need to create an additional fund of no less than $300 billion at the real values of 1977, to be distributed in yearly quantities over the next 10 years in the form of donations and long-term soft loans among the underdeveloped countries. CASTRO READS MAIN REPORT AT PCC CONGRESS
The General Assembly rejected the resolution on the subject of arms control.
Convocation; but finding themselves eventually rather out of their element, on the wrong side of the cruive dyke, and not wishing to fall as fry into the cook's hands, have sea-ceded some time after the disruption of their General Assembly. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843
The third reason for our gratitude is the decision of the General Assembly to overwhelmingly return us to the Security Council. The United States and the United Nations
The real problem behind Tai-wan's UN bid is that the Security Council can overrule the General Assembly with the unilateral veto powers of its five permanent members.
She was in Brisbane with other presidium members, some of whom attended the UN General Assembly the following month.
General assembly meetings, held twice a day to discuss issues and organisational matters, are tightly run. Times, Sunday Times
The somewhat official-looking flier — it features the state board logo and the state seal — is dated Oct. 24 and indicates that “an emergency session of the General Assembly has adopted the follwing (sic) emergency regulations to ease the load on local electorial (sic) precincts and ensure a fair electorial process.” Phony Flier Tells Virginia Dems To Vote on Nov 5 | Disinformation
All major decisions are taken by a general assembly in which each adult member of a kibbutz has the right to vote.
The foregoing analysis of appropriation bills, statutes, and attendant documents explains how the General Assembly of North Carolina came to adopt performance funding.
Because the detriment to the child standard is necessary to protect the due process rights of nonconsenting biological parents, a conclusion that the General Assembly intended to abandon that standard would lead us to deduce that Code §§ 63.2 – 1203 and – 1205 facially violate the Fourteenth Amendment. The Volokh Conspiracy » Adoption Over Parent’s Objection Requires Showing That Continued Parent-Child Relationship Would Be Detrimental to the Child
The General Assembly is held twice a year.

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