For this reason, the US came to preside over the alliance.

Today's session of the CD is the last one for me to preside over.

In fact, despite her promotion, the judge continued to preside over another case in the same building.

In 1977, few people would have predicted that Havel would one day preside over a Czech democracy.

The Chair shall preside over the meetings of the Executive Board as provided for under this rule.

First, I congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the sixtieth session of the General Assembly.

May you have much vision, courage and resolve as you preside over the General Assembly during this anniversary year.

He found Shays Rebellion so worrisome that he came out of his first retirement to preside over the 1787 convention.

Old leaders can preside successfully over smoothly running countries that need no radical re examination of their policies and purposes.

In mid 1984, the Democratic National Committee chose Collins to preside over the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco.

Mr. Dolgov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian) We are pleased to welcome you, Sir, as you preside over the Council.

President Abdul Gayoom Let me begin by congratulating the Co Chairpersons on their election to jointly preside over this important summit.

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate the Co Chairpersons on their election to preside over the High level Plenary Meeting.

I would also like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the sixtieth session of the General Assembly.

Indeed, it may be that the framework for a state that can preside over a true democracy has yet to be created.

The President of the General Assembly shall preside over the informal interactive Hearings to be held on 23 and 24 June 2005.

At the outset, we wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

The Council selects and nominates the justices and judges who preside over the court and its divisions for a three year renewable term.

Merkel may have been softened by having to preside over a grand coalition, but her original stance was more of the Reagan Thatcher variety.

Other magistrates, legally qualified in a Commonwealth country, are appointed to preside over the Court in matters outside the powers of the Island Magistrate.

Indeed, he has become the first elected Thai leader to finish a four year term, be re elected, and preside over a one party government.

He welcomed the nomination of Mr. Kandeh Yumkella as Director General. Mr. Yumkella's professional background and experience within UNIDO qualified him well to preside over the Organization.

Qatar's interest in international development stems also from its membership of the Group of 77 and China, over which it had the honour to preside in 2004.

This tranquil land of timeless faith, over which Buddha s benign statues preside a land of rivers, deep forests, and blood red rubies is now in play for international investors.

At the opening of the Conference, the Secretary General of UNCTAD or a member of the secretariat designated by him shall preside until the Conference has elected its President.

The meeting workshop participants agreed by acclamation that to ask MMr. Paul Krajnik (of Austria) wouldto serve as Chairman and preside over the deliberations of the workshop of experts

Mr. Jenie (Indonesia) Mr. President, let me start by expressing our pleasure at seeing you preside over this important meeting today on the pertinent issue of children and armed conflict.

President Torrijos (spoke in Spanish) Allow me, Sir, to express the congratulations of the Government of Panama on your election to preside over this historic session of the General Assembly.

In the absence of such a designation, the Vice Chairperson to preside shall be chosen according to the names of the Vice Chairpersons as they appear in English alphabetical order.

On behalf of the delegation of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, I extend warm congratulations to the delegations of Sweden and of Gabon on their election to preside over this Meeting.

The secretary of the Board shall preside over the opening of the first Executive Board meeting of a calendar year and conduct the election of the new Chair and Vice Chair.

Mr. Patterson (Jamaica) Mr. Co Chairpersons, the Group of 77 and China, on whose behalf I speak today, is most pleased to have you both preside over this very important meeting.

And after all, you can t have a final, utopian society without having a final, scientific theory of human behavior, together with some mad scientists or philosophes to preside over the whole thing.

Every loa is responsible for a particular aspect of life, with the dynamic and changing personalities of each loa reflecting the many possibilities inherent to the aspects of life over which they preside.

Mr. Zhang Yishan (China) (spoke in Chinese) The Chinese delegation thanks the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark for coming here today to preside personally over this meeting and for delivering his statement.

My delegation is confident that, with your experience and diplomatic skills, you will preside over the Assembly with the effectiveness and the dedication required to take us through the agenda of the sixtieth session.

Subsequent negotiations with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office resulted in a consensus on a draft heads of agreement and a two tier ministerial system in which the Governor would preside over the Executive Council.

In that regard, it is heart warming that the African Business Roundtable (ABR), over which I preside, was identified in the United Nations Millennium Project report as a critical partner for attaining development goals.

Mr. Oshima (Japan) (spoke in French) Allow me at the outset, Sir, to express our pleasure at seeing you preside over this meeting, which is obviously of great importance to the entire international community.

Fourth, while all this has been happening, the institutions set up after World War II to create global rules and to preside over their implementation have lost much of their political and economic sway and legitimacy.

Supervisors sit on the town board, where they preside over town board meetings and vote on all matters with no more legal weight than that of any other board member (no tie breaking or veto powers).

Given that Lula is an avowed leftist who counts Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro among his friends, Brazil s performance is all the more surprising. How could he manage to preside over such a spectacular stock market boom?

I wish to congratulate the Co Chairpersons, on their election to preside over this historic and important meeting. I am fully confident that their wisdom and political and diplomatic expertise will guide us towards the desired results.

He is also weighing whether to change the current Constitutional Court into a Supreme Court to which citizens could appeal under some conditions, and whether to waive the president s authority to preside over the High Council of the Judiciary.

And there is every reason to believe that it will stay the course, even if President Sebastián Piñera, who will preside over Chile s best economic performance in 15 years, is succeeded by former president and rival Michele Bachelet in 2014.