The president understands this unfortunately, we don t understand the role our president plays in our society.

President Abdullah Gül, in particular, played a calming, statesmanlike role.

My conception of my role as Soviet president compelled me not to intervene.

Russia s third president has a broader role and a distinct function.

Vice President Dick Cheney s office also is reportedly playing an active role.

(a) Decide to strengthen the role and leadership of the President of the General Assembly by

The role of the Fourth Estate was particularly important during the administration of President George W Bush.

Vice President Taha and Mr. Garang, we highly appreciate your invaluable role in the achievement of that Agreement.

The president, however, does not use these rights very often, having a largely ceremonial role.

The head of state is the president, who is elected by popular vote and has an important integrative role.

In this regard, Botswana shares the view that the role and authority of the Assembly must be reasserted and its President should play a greater leadership role in refocusing its agenda.

In 1966, he played a crucial role in founding Wolfson College, Oxford, and became its first President.

The question remains as to what role the former president, Charles Taylor, played in the ongoing recruitments.

Regarding the international community's role in and support for the peace process, the Peace and Security Council decided, first, to reaffirm President Mbeki in his role as AU Mediator.

Some play the game with relish ironically, Belarus s President Aleksander Lukashenka is suddenly something of a regional role model in this regard.

The President had been exemplary in that regard, having emphasized on various occasions the critical role of human capital in national development.

Also during this Assembly, Mr. Aziz Sadat, President of the Kabul WTC addressed the group on The Role of WTCs in Post Conflict Recovery.

In December, US President Barack Obama talked of the need for a new Sputnik moment to revitalize America s once leading role in technology.

Indeed, an oversimplified image of warrior style leadership in President George W. Bush s first term caused costly setbacks for America s role in the world.

Israel The President of Israel is elected by the Knesset to a single seven year term, though the role of the President is largely ceremonial as the real power of the country is in the hands of the Prime Minister.

During 2004, efforts were made by different entities of the State, beginning with the Office of the Vice President, to whom the President has delegated the leading role in this field, aimed at transforming the commitments into reality.

How perfect, I thought, as I imagined Russia s president climbing the stairs to the attic of his palace to play the role of Peter the Great.

This is why former President Dmitri Medvedev s rise and fall, staged like a soap opera, has played a socially corrosive role.

The events of September 11, 2001, are also playing a crucial role in deciding the question of a punitive strike against Syrian President Bashar al Assad s regime.

Trade. Obama is the first US president in a long time who has not played a leading role on global trade liberalization.

And once the intervention began, US President Barack Obama was happy to let the Europeans (and then NATO) take the leading role.

SEOUL South Korea s incoming president, Park Geun hye, takes over a country that has been a global role model for economic development.

150. We welcome the measures adopted by the General Assembly with a view to strengthening its role and authority and the role and leadership of the President of the Assembly and, to that end, we call for their full and speedy implementation.

President George W. Bush believed that he needed to take account of only one half of America s dual role in the Middle East, namely the alliance with Israel.

The President of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme (WFP) introduced the item, stressing that the United Nations can play a potentially important role in transition.

The President of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme (WFP) introduced the item, stressing that the United Nations can play a potentially important role in transition.

America s role as the world s banker went unchallenged for the next 40 years ago, until President Richard Nixon decoupled the dollar from gold.

It is, in fact, unlikely that feminism played any role in President George W. Bush s decision to take the United States to war.

Of course, no honest discussion of Obama s presidency can ignore the role of his race. America, it turned out, was far less ready for a black president than his supporters expected (or hoped), exemplified in virulent attacks that exceed the norm for a president.

el Sisi, who is also the First Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt now, played a leading role in the ousting of former President Mohamed Morsi, a Muslim Brotherhood member.

We welcome the measures adopted by the General Assembly with a view to strengthening its role and authority and enabling the President of the Assembly to play a leadership role, and, to that end, we call for their full and speedy implementation.

The President Draft resolution XIII is entitled Strengthening the role of the United Nations in enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections and the promotion of democratization .

But, despite having finalized the terms of the agreement, Obama failed to persuade Afghanistan s outgoing president, Hamid Karzai, to sign it. That means that America s role in the country can be settled only after the new Afghan president assumes office in May.

Americans are starting to enjoy probably too much for their allies what President Barack Obama, describing the US role in Libya, called leading from behind.

We therefore welcome the measures adopted by the General Assembly with a view to strengthening its role and authority and enabling the President of the General Assembly to play a leadership role and, to that end, we call for their full and speedy implementation.

Here, it should be said that the Bank of Japan s manipulation of the yen s exchange rate has played only a minor role, notwithstanding Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann s strong condemnation of the policy.

As in the Soviet era, state and governmental officials will be reduced to party ciphers the role that President Medvedev will play under General Secretary Putin.

They also commended President Mbeki for the essential role he has played and reaffirmed their full support for his mediation efforts mandated by the African Union.

The president, as the head of state, is the supreme commander of the Armed Forces and has the power to veto legislation passed by parliament, but otherwise has a mostly representative role.

The Officer in Charge of UNCTAD said that the statement made by the President of the Board had been well received, and UNCTAD's role in the issues under discussion had been recognized.