query: the name of three previous un secretaries general

pos: Secretary-General of the United Nations the appointee's national origin and to gender equality, although no woman has yet served as Secretary-General. The length of the term is discretionary, but all Secretaries-General since 1971 have been appointed to five-year terms. Every Secretary-General since 1961 has been re-selected for a second term, with the exception of Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who was vetoed by the United States in the 1996 selection. There is a term limit of two full terms, established when China cast a record 16 vetoes against Kurt Waldheim's third term in the 1981 selection. No Secretary-General since 1981 has attempted to secure a third term. The

pos: Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations the reform proposal submitted by Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The following is a list of Under-Secretaries-General or those with equivalent rank. This list is not exhaustive. Members of the SMG are indicated by an asterisk (*). The Deputy Secretary-General is the second highest-ranking official in the UN System after the Secretary-General. Amina Mohammed is the current office holder. An Assistant Secretary-General sits beneath an Under-Secretary-General within the UN hierarchy. Assistant Secretaries-General are often deputies within Departments or Programmes, reporting to their respective Under-Secretary-General and through him/her to the UN Secretary-General. Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations An Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations

pos: Gilbert Houngbo to the UN Headquarters in New York on 11 September for a visit to mark his departure from the UN. He met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 11 September, and Ban congratulated him on his achievements at the UNDP. In Togo, Houngbo's government was named on 15 September 2008. It included 27 ministers, aside from Houngbo himself: three ministers of state (one of whom was Houngbo's predecessor, Komlan Mally), 20 ministers, two minister-delegates, and two secretaries of state. Houngbo presented his general policy programme to the National Assembly on 16 September. Of the 80 deputies who participated in the

pos: United Nations Human Rights Council belief and religion, women's rights, LGBT rights, and the rights of racial and ethnic minorities. The UNHRC was established by the UN General Assembly on March 15, 2006 (by resolution A/RES/60/251) to replace the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR, herein CHR) that had been strongly criticised for allowing countries with poor human rights records to be members. UN Secretaries General Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon, former president of the council Doru Costea, the European Union, Canada, and the United States have accused the UNHRC of focusing disproportionately on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and many allege an anti-Israel bias – the

pos: United Nations to UN peacekeeping operations were the United States (28.47%), China (10.25%), Japan (9.68%), Germany (6.39%), France (6.28%), United Kingdom (5.77%), Russian Federation (3.99%) and Italy (3.75%). Special UN programmes not included in the regular budget, such as UNICEF and the World Food Programme, are financed by voluntary contributions from member governments, corporations, and private individuals. A number of agencies and individuals associated with the UN have won the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of their work. Two Secretaries-General, Dag Hammarskjöld and Kofi Annan, were each awarded the prize (in 1961 and 2001, respectively), as were Ralph Bunche (1950), a UN

pos: Juraj Králik UN. At the same time, until 1994 he worked at the post of a special adviser for disarmament under two UN secretaries general (Javier Pérez de Cuéllar and Boutros Boutros-Ghali). Králik also held the post of the Chairman of the Board of the Slovak National Center for Human Rights, the President of the International UN Society in Slovakia, an advisor to minister Eduard Kukan, and created a proposal for the creation of a Štefan OsuskýDiplomatic Academy in Bratislava. He taught at the School of International Relations of the University of Economics in Bratislava and the Comenius University Law School. In

pos: Ahmad Fawzi and after the break-up of the eastern bloc; Middle East Bureau Chief in Cairo; and Americas News Operations Manager in New York. He moved to the political arena and served as Press Secretary and Chef de Cabinet for Egypt’s First Lady Jehan El-Sadat during the period of détente and peacebuilding with Israel. He was a member of the delegation on President Anwar Sadat’s historic visit to Jerusalem in November 1977. Fawzi has worked for three UN Secretaries-General: Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon, and served as spokesperson and communication chief for leading peace negotiators including Kofi Annan, Lakhdar Brahimi,

pos: Ceasefire attempts during the 2006 Lebanon War meeting attended by the Secretaries of State or Foreign Ministers of United States, United Kingdom, France, Qatar, Greece, and Denmark. The Lebanese government unanimously accepted the UN resolution, and it was also accepted by Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Later the same day, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced that a ceasefire was to start at 8:00 am local time on 14 August, a time accepted by both Lebanon's PM Fouad Siniora and Israel's PM Ehud Olmert. The Israeli government also endorsed the resolution, with 24 ministers voting in favour and one, former Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz, abstaining. In the first large-scale

pos: The Andrew Marr Show a representative from the Opposition, one big-name, non-political guest and two or three celebrities or journalists to review the Sunday papers. A guest live music act closes the programme. Since 2009, notable guests have included: Tom Jones, Dmitry Medvedev (President of Russia), Sting, Morgan Tsvangirai (Prime Minister of Zimbabwe), Jay-Z, Tony Hayward (The then CEO of BP), Bob Geldof, Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Ban Ki-moon (UN Secretary-General), Michael Caine, Kevin Rudd (The then Prime Minister of Australia) David Cameron and Theresa May (the latter two both previous Prime Minister of the United Kingdom). "The Andrew Marr Show" averages

pos: Jan Pronk leave the country. He left Sudan the next day (October 23) when UN Secretary General Kofi Annan recalled him to New York for consultations. On October 27 the UN Security Council and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan announce that Pronk will serve out his last months as Special Representative of the Secretary-general in Sudan. Pronk's story roughly parallels that of Mukesh Kapila, a previous UN employee who was forced to leave Sudan after making critical comments about the Darfur conflict. Jan Pronk was a candidate for the election of the chairman of the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA). As a candidate

pos: Jeffrey Sachs the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of 17 global goals adopted at a UN summit meeting in September 2015. He held the same position under the previous UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and prior to 2016 a similar advisory position related to the earlier Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight internationally sanctioned objectives to reduce extreme poverty, hunger and disease by the year 2015. In connection with the MDGs, he had first been appointed special adviser to the UN Secretary-General in 2002 during the term of Kofi Annan. In 1995, Sachs became a

pos: United Nations Human Rights Council special rapporteur on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict is the council's only expert mandate with no year of expiry. The rapporteur between 2008 and 2014, Richard A. Falk, has been accused of being antisemitic. UN Secretaries General Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon, former president of the council Doru Costea, the European Union, Canada, and the United States have accused the UNHRC of focusing disproportionately on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Boris Johnson, Britain’s Foreign Secretary on 18 June 2018 said: “We share the view that a dedicated agenda item focused solely on Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories is disproportionate and damaging to the

pos: Shashi Tharoor left the UN on 1 April 2007. In 2006, the government of India nominated Tharoor for the post of UN Secretary-General. Had he won, the 50-year-old Shashi Tharoor would have become the second-youngest Secretary-General, after the 46-year-old Dag Hammarskjöld. Although all previous Secretary-Generals had come from small countries, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and National Security Advisor M. K. Narayanan felt that Tharoor's candidacy would demonstrate India's willingness to play a larger role at the United Nations. Tharoor finished second, behind Ban Ki-moon of South Korea, in each of the four straw polls conducted by the UN Security Council. In the

pos: United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 meeting held on 23 November 1971, the first such meeting where representatives of the Beijing government represented China. On 23 July 2007, Secretary-General of the UN Ban Ki-moon rejected Taiwan's membership bid to "join the UN under the name of Taiwan", citing Resolution 2758 as acknowledging that Taiwan is part of China. Since Resolution 2758 makes no mention of Taiwan, although the UN General Assembly submissions and debates concerning its adoption do, Ban Ki-moon's interpretation to this effect came under fire from the American media and was also opposed by several UN members led by the U.S. A report by

pos: Civilian African Union policing African conflicts). Similarly, the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan reminded UN Member states that they have common interests in protecting African civilians through a shared “commitments to human security, and its rationale of indivisibility of peace and security.” Through a series of resolutions (1265, 1296, 1502, 1674, & 1738) and presidential statements the UN Security Council “addresses: The Security Council is now involved in the protection of civilians in five main areas of action. In response to Presidential statements and previous subcommittee work, the UN Security Council held a meeting in January 2009, specifically to address the

neg: Robert Muller the UN Development Programme, the World Food Programme, the UN Population Fund, and the World Youth Assembly. He rose through the ranks at the UN to the official position of Assistant Secretary-General and served under three Secretaries-General. Robert Muller created a "World Core Curriculum" that earned him the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 1989. The "World Core Curriculum" helped inspire the growing Global Education movement. More than 30 Robert Muller schools were founded throughout the world, including LIFE School in Panajachel, Guatemala, from which students have gone on to pursue degrees in International Affairs. He was the recipient of

neg: 1961 United Nations Secretary-General selection agreed on Hammarskjöld's successor, they deadlocked on the details of the appointment. The Soviet Union wanted to name an Acting Secretary-General, who must first declare that he would take actions "in agreement" with the Under Secretaries-General. The United States maintained that the Security Council must appoint a permanent Secretary-General, and only the General Assembly could name an interim Secretary-General. The United States also insisted that the Secretary-General must have freedom of action. The main point of disagreement was over the number of Under Secretaries-General. The Soviet Union originally insisted on three Assistants with provision for compulsory consultation, while the United

neg: Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez large amounts of dancers and extras when needed. Prizes were also increased, with the base money being ten times bigger than in previous seasons. The season finale was a special feature dedicated to the show's 20th anniversary, lasting three and a half hours and featuring actors and actresses from all previous seasons. The eighth season was a continuation of the seventh. The same hosts and many of the secretaries returned. Las Hurtado sisters also returned as Las Derrochonas, but in 1993, with an economic crisis gripping the country, they became again Las Tacañonas. In this season, with the expansion of

neg: United Nations out tasks as directed by the Security Council, the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council, and other UN bodies. The Secretary-General acts as the "de facto" spokesperson and leader of the UN. The position is defined in the UN Charter as the organization's "chief administrative officer". Article 99 of the charter states that the Secretary-General can bring to the Security Council's attention "any matter which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security", a phrase that Secretaries-General since Trygve Lie have interpreted as giving the position broad scope for action on the world stage. The

neg: Michael Williams, Baron Williams of Baglan From 1999 to 2005, Williams was the Special Adviser to two UK Foreign Secretaries, Robin Cook (1999–2001) and Jack Straw (2001–2005). He held a number of senior positions with the UN in the 1990s, including Director of Human Rights in the UN Transitional Administration in Cambodia (UNTAC) and Director of Information in the UN Protection Force in Former Yugoslavia (UNPROFOR). His previous experience ranged from working for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the BBC World Service and Amnesty International. He was a member of the Executive Committee and Council of Chatham House (Royal Institute for International Affairs). He had

neg: Michael Willams UK Foreign Secretaries, Robin Cook (1999-2001) and Jack Straw (2001-2005). He held a number of senior positions with the UN in the 1990s, including Director of Human Rights in the UN Transitional Administration in Cambodia UNTAC and Director of Information in the UN Protection Force in Former Yugoslavia UNPROFOR. His previous experience ranges from working for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the BBC World Service and Amnesty International. He is a member of the Executive Committee and Council of Chatham House (Royal Institute for International Affairs). He has written widely on Asian politics, international security and peacekeeping. Mr Williams

neg: Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez Las Derrochonas (), nieces of the characters from the previous seasons. The new hosts were Jordi Estadella and Miriam Díaz Aroca. Jordi would host the question round and the auction, and Miriam would be the accountant in the question round, host the elimination round and the consolation game, and sing and dance with the secretaries in the auction. The secretaries recovered their trademark glasses lost in 1983, but they still performed Broadway-like musical numbers. Thanks to much bigger budgets driven by much more interest from advertisers, these musical numbers were performed in large lavish theatrical sets with the accompaniment of

neg: Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez September, 1977 when the number was downed to three couples. The consolation game after the elimination round was introduced in this season. There was a four-year gap between the end of the second season and the beginning of the third. In 1980, the show's host, Kiko Ledgard, had a near-lethal accident, and though he survived, the brain damage he sustained spelled the end of his entertainment career. Mayra Gómez Kemp, who had already worked on the show the previous season as a comedian actress, replaced him. Since a woman was the host and was joined by new girls as secretaries,

neg: Commonwealth Secretary-General him or her. He or she is supported by three Deputy Secretaries-General, which are elected by the Heads of Government via the members' High Commissioners in London. Currently, the three Deputy Secretaries-General are Deodat Maharaj, Gary Dunn and Josephine Ojiambo. Until 2014, only two Deputy Secretaries-General were appointed along with an Assistant Secretary-General for Corporate Affairs. The Secretary-General may appoint junior staff at his own discretion, provided the Secretariat can afford it, whilst more senior staff may be appointed only from a shortlist of nominations from the Heads of Government. In practice, the Secretary-General has more power than this; member

neg: Richard Jolly contains summaries of in-depth interviews of the leadership and experiences of the four living Secretaries-General and 75 other senior UN officials. Other publications which Jolly has co-authored include five of the volumes of the UN Intellectual History, five Human Development Reports (1996 to 2000), "Development with a Human Face"; "Adjustment with a Human Face"; "The UN and the Bretton Woods Institutions: New Challenges for the 21st Century"; "Disarmament and World Development"; "Planning Education for African Development" and numerous scholarly articles. Sir Richard has served as a trustee of OXFAM, Chairman of the UN Association of the United Kingdom and as

neg: Spying on United Nations leaders by United States diplomats According to former US officials, the instructions given in these cables may have been largely ignored by American diplomats as ill-advised. The UN had previously declared that spying on the secretary-general was illegal, as a breach of the 1946 UN convention. Peter Kemp, Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, and international-law professor Ben Saul, publicly asked Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia, to complain "to the U.S. about both Secretaries of State Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton being in major breach of International law ie UN Covenants, by making orders to spy on UN personnel, including the

neg: Harvard International Relations Council and appoints his or her Secretariat in coordination with the Secretary-General of HMUN. There are nine secretariat members: the Secretary-General, who is responsible for the conference as a whole, the Director-General, who is the administrative head of the conference, and seven Under-Secretaries-General in the various branches of the conference: administration, business, delegate relations, finance, and the three substantive organs, the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Councils, and the Specialized Agencies. HNMUN staff is made entirely of Harvard undergraduate students. The staff selection process for one year's HNMUN conference begins immediately following the previous year's conference. First, the Secretary-General for

neg: India–Pakistan relations 1976. In 1997, high-level Indo-Pakistan talks resumed after a three-year pause. The Prime Ministers of Pakistan and India met twice and the foreign secretaries conducted three rounds of talks. In June 1997, the foreign secretaries identified eight "outstanding issues" around which continuing talks would be focused. The conflict over the status of Kashmir, (referred by India as Jammu and Kashmir), an issue since Independence, remains the major stumbling block in their dialogue. India maintains that the entire former princely state is an integral part of the Indian union, while Pakistan insists that UN resolutions calling for self-determination of the people

neg: The Hague Institute for Global Justice The Hague Institute for Global Justice The Hague Institute for Global Justice, or simply The Hague Institute, was an international think tank based in The Hague, Netherlands. The Institute was established in 2011 by a consortium of partners including the Municipality of The Hague, an academic coalition of Hague-based organizations and with support from the Dutch government. Independent and non-partisan, The Hague Institute focused on interdisciplinary research in three perspectives: conflict prevention, rule of law, and global governance. Abiodun Williams, former Senior Vice President at the U.S. Institute of Peace and former Director of Strategic Planning for UN Secretaries-General Kofi

neg: Decentralized Administration of Attica Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian, was appointed Secretary-General. Following the electoral victory of Syriza in January 2015, the new Minister for the Interior, Nikos Voutsis, declared that the decentralized administrations would be abolished, and their powers transferred to the regions. Until this reform is formalized, and as the Secretaries-General appointed by the previous administration resigned on 2 February, the decentralized administrations are run by their senior civil servants as Acting Secretaries-General. Decentralized Administration of Attica The Decentralized Administration of Attica () is one of the seven decentralized administrations of Greece, solely consisting of the region of Attica. Its seat

neg: Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace led by a Secretary-General () who is appointed or dismissed by a Cabinet decision upon request of the Greek Minister of Interior, and is therefore considered the senior representative of the national government in the regions. Following the electoral victory of Syriza in January 2015, the new Minister for the Interior, Nikos Voutsis, declared that the decentralized administrations would be abolished, and their powers transferred to the regions. Until this reform is formalized, and as the Secretaries-General appointed by the previous administration resigned on 2 February, the decentralized administrations are run by their senior civil servants as Acting Secretaries-General. Since

neg: Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez fourth season would begin a few months after the end of the previous season. From this point on, a season would last only a few months, instead of years as had previously been the case. For the first time, some secretaries from the previous season were carried over into the new season. Botilde was replaced by a positive mascot, El Chollo. It was a symbol of the show's best prize: choosing any prize appearing in the auction. With the new mascot, a new title sequence and a new main theme song were also released. The negative cast was also replaced

neg: Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez as cowgirls for an episode about the "Far West"). No matter their costumes, the secretaries usually wore a pair of glasses with large round frames, one of the show's trademarks. The "negative" cast consisted of characters from a fictional town called Tacañón del Todo (). As the name of the town suggests, they were misers and didn't want the contestants to earn any money. They were puritanical and disapproved the secretaries' sexy clothing. They were also pedant and complained about the contestants' lack of knowledge. The most important of these characters were Don Cicuta and Las Tacañonas (). In the

neg: Harvard International Relations Council administrative head of the conference, the Comptroller, who is responsible for conference finances, and six Under-Secretaries-General in the various branches of the conference: administration, business, Innovation & Technology, and the three substantive organs, the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council & Regional Bodies, and the Specialized Agencies. The DG, Comptroller, Administration, and Business organs comprise the executive organs, and Innovation and Technology is both a substantive and an executive organ. The Secretary-General is elected annually in March by the Board of Directors of the IRC and the outgoing staff of the previous conference. He or she is traditionally a

neg: Hillary Clinton email controversy so." Aside from security risks, the report stated that "she did not comply with the Department's policies that were implemented in accordance with the Federal Records Act." Each of these findings contradicted what Clinton and her aides had been saying up to that point. The report also stated that Clinton and her senior aides declined to speak with the investigators, while the previous four Secretaries of State did so. The report also reviewed the practices of several previous Secretaries of State and concluded that the Department's record keeping practices were subpar for many years. The Inspector General criticized Clinton's use

neg: Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations An Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations (USG) is a senior official within the United Nations System, normally appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Secretary-General for a renewable term of four years. Under-Secretary-General is the third highest rank in the United Nations, after the Secretary-General and the Deputy Secretary-General. The rank is held by the heads of different UN entities, certain high officials of the United Nations Secretariat, and high-level envoys. The United Nations regards the rank as equal to that of a cabinet minister of a member state, and under-secretaries-general have

neg: Night Is Darkest who has pretty well exhausted himself as a writer and who keeps going only with the aid of three secretaries, Bernanos seems cruelly bent on guying himself. His honesty here, however, is swamped by the exacerbated preoccupation with contemporary literary names, jobs and reputations and by the arbitrary violences of behaviour of the sickly and sinister trio of secretaries. Night Is Darkest Night Is Darkest is a novel by the French writer Georges Bernanos, published posthumously in 1950. Its French title is Un mauvais rêve which means "a bad dream". It tells the story of a writer who is out

neg: Secretary-General of the United Nations security". Other than these few guidelines, little else is dictated by the Charter. Interpretation of the Charter has varied between Secretaries-General, with some being much more active than others. The Secretary-General, along with the Secretariat, is given the prerogative to exhibit no allegiance to any state but to only the United Nations organization; decisions must be made without regard to the state of origin. The Secretary-General is highly dependent upon the support of the member states of the UN. Although the Secretary-General may place any item on the provisional agenda of the Security Council, much of their mediation work takes

neg: Decentralized Administration of Crete a Cabinet decision upon request of the Greek Minister of Interior, and is therefore considered the senior representative of the national government in the regions. Following the electoral victory of Syriza in January 2015, the new Minister for the Interior, Nikos Voutsis, declared that the decentralized administrations would be abolished, and their powers transferred to the regions. Until this reform is formalized, and as the Secretaries-General appointed by the previous administration resigned on 2 February, the decentralized administrations are run by their senior civil servants as Acting Secretaries-General. Decentralized Administration of Crete The Decentralized Administration of Crete () is one

neg: General counsel membership to company secretaries as well as general counsel in the FTSE 100. The formal name of the GC100 is now "The Association of General Counsel and Company Secretaries of the FTSE100", although it will continue to be known as the GC100. Mark Harding, the first chair of the GC100, has stated that the GC100 is not a campaigning body, although they work closely with the FD100 (a similar grouping of blue chip finance directors). General counsel A general counsel, chief counsel, or chief legal officer (CLO) is the chief lawyer of a legal department, usually in a company or

neg: Ministers and Secretaries Acts on 3 October 1923 the first indication was given that: This was done in 1924, by means of the "Ministers and Secretaries Act", by which the governmental structures that were intended to be a permanent feature of independent Irish government were regularised and defined. Some long-standing positions, like those of Postmaster-General and Solicitor-General, were abolished, as was the Ministry for Labour, a post created originally in the "Dáil Constitution". Others, most notably another created in the days of the Republic, the Ministry of Home Affairs, underwent a name change, moving from the British-sounding name "Home Affairs" which had parallels with

neg: 1 for 7 Billion campaign system of background checks. 1 for 7 Billion is one of several civil society initiatives which has emerged to influence the appointment of the UN’s ninth Secretary-General. The Elders, a group of former world leaders founded by Nelson Mandela, has also advocated for changes to the selection process as part of its “A UN Fit for Purpose” initiative. In light of the absence of female Secretaries-General, the “Campaign to Elect a Woman Secretary-General” and the “SheUNited” campaign both advocate for a woman to be appointed. Similarly, the "UNSG Like Me" campaign aims to draw awareness to the lack of gender

neg: Working language were added as working languages in the General Assembly and in the Economic and Social Council. Currently, Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish are the working languages of the Security Council. The International Criminal Court has two working languages: English and French; all Secretaries-General of the UN, therefore, . The Council of Europe and NATO also have English and French as their two working languages. The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) has English and French as official languages, with Arabic, Russian and Spanish as additional working languages. The World Trade Organization, the International Telecommunications Union, the International

neg: Secretary to the Government of India of India, seventy-three out of ninety-one secretaries to the Government of India are from the Indian Administrative Service. All secretaries to the Government of India are eligible for a diplomatic passport. Secretaries are allotted either type-VII or type-VIII bungalows in areas like New Moti Bagh and Lutyens across Delhi by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (Directorate of Estates). The salary and emolument in this rank is equivalent to chief secretaries of state governments and to Vice Chief of the Army Staff, commanders and officers in the rank of full general (and their equivalents) in the Indian Armed Forces.

neg: Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments communicative and administrative aspects of the work of Parliaments, and theoretical and practical aspects of democracy and the rule of law. These publications are accessible on the association' website. Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments The Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments is an international association which associates the top civil servants of National Parliaments of over 150 countries in the world. Membership is destined to the secretaries general and clerks and the deputy secretaries general and deputy clerks of (Houses of) Parliaments (Houses of Representatives and Senates). The association, founded in 1939, is a consultative mechanism of the Interparliamentary

neg: Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments The Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments is an international association which associates the top civil servants of National Parliaments of over 150 countries in the world. Membership is destined to the secretaries general and clerks and the deputy secretaries general and deputy clerks of (Houses of) Parliaments (Houses of Representatives and Senates). The association, founded in 1939, is a consultative mechanism of the Interparliamentary Union in accordance with Section VIII, Article 27 of the Statutes of the Union. It aims: Members of the association publish communications which deal with constitutional, legal, organisational, financial,

neg: Hans Köchler humanitarian issues of the exchange of prisoners of war between Iran and Iraq and with the issue of Kuwaiti POWs and missing people in Iraq. Since 1972, UN Secretaries-General in their statements subsequently acknowledged Professor Köchler's contribution to international peace. In the framework of his activities as President of the International Progress Organization, he co-operated with numerous international figures such as the Founder President of Senegal, Léopold Sédar Senghor, on the issue of civilizational dialogue; Crown Prince Hassan of Jordan and Cardinal Franz König of Austria on Islamic-Christian understanding; Leo Mates, Secretary-General of the first Non-Aligned summit in Belgrade in

neg: Lester B. Pearson was vetoed by the Soviet Union. He was also the leading candidate for Secretary-General in the 1953 selection, when the British conducted a vigorous campaign on his behalf. He placed first with 10 out of 11 votes in the Security Council, but the lone negative vote was another Soviet veto. The Security Council instead settled on Dag Hammarskjöld of Sweden; all UN Secretaries-General would come from neutral countries for the rest of the Cold War. The Canadian Prime Minister, Mackenzie King, tried to recruit Pearson into his government as the war wound down. Pearson felt honoured by King's approach, but

neg: Secretary of state been two in the previous cabinet, and three between 1984 and 1989. As in France and Belgium, a State Secretary in the Netherlands is a junior minister who is responsible to a Cabinet Minister or the Prime Minister. Some of them may, in specific circumstances, call themselves Minister when visiting a foreign country. The top civil servant in a government department is called Secretary-General "(secretaris-generaal)". A "statssekretær" in Norway plays more or less the same role as the French or Swedish equivalent. Secretaries of State are connected to specific ministry, and serve as a "de facto" vice minister. However, the

neg: Seungjeongwon report on official affairs of the state organizations to the throne. The six secretary system is explained by the fact that the government of Joseon was composed of six Boards (or Ministries). The six secretaries served respectively the Boards of Personnel, War, Taxation, Rites, Works, and Punishment. However, the secretaries were not limited to liaison work between the Six Boards and the monarch; they also reported to the king the business of all government offices, primary among these being the State Council ("Uijeong-bu"), the Office of Censor-General ("Saganwon"), and the Office of Inspector-General ("Saheon-bu"). As the name implies, the primary

neg: People's Union for Democratic Rights in 1980, but in a "new form" and with a new name, PUCL, creating a dichotomous bisection between civil liberties and democratic rights. Later in February 1981, the PUDR opted to function as a separate organisation. The PUDR has an executive committee that is constituted of 7 members that includes two secretaries and a treasurer. The executive committee is elected every year during the "Annual General Body Meeting" by the Secret ballot. Every member of the PUDR is a part of its "General Body." The secretaries of the PUDR in 2013 were Asish Gupta and D. Manjit. Gautam Navlakha is

neg: Committee of Secretaries-General were tried for collaboration with the occupants. Most were acquitted after basic examination. Romsée (Secretary-General for Internal Affairs) was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment and Schuind (responable for Justice) was sentenced to five years'. Many of the former Secretaries-General went on to careers in politics after the war. Both De Winter and Leemans served as a senators for the centre-right Christian Social Party (PSC-CVP) and Leemans ended his career as President of the European Parliament. Committee of Secretaries-General The Committee of Secretaries-General (, ) was a Belgian technocratic administrative panel created during World War II. The Committee comprised the head

neg: Moses Waddel of students from all of Waddel's schools includes: two Vice-Presidents, three Secretaries of State, three Secretaries of War, one Assistant Secretary of War, one US Attorney-general, ministers to France, Spain and Russia, one US Supreme Court Justice, eleven governors, seven US Senators, thirty-two members of the US House of Representatives, twenty-two judges, eight college presidents, seventeen editors of newspapers or authors, five members of the Confederate Congress, two bishops, three Brigadier-generals, and one authentic Christian martyr. More on Waddel's students: At one time, five SC governors in a row were his students. In the Presidential election of 1824, three of

neg: Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou her doctoral studies and her previous parliamentary and professional engagements. In this position, Avgerinopoulou participated in high level meetings at the UN, including meetings with the UN Secretary-General and the Head of the Parliaments, while she cc-presided meetings on behalf of the IPU with the participation of the UN Deputy Secretary-General. Avgerinopoulou represented the IPU in many topics of the UN Agenda and was an advocate for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Avgerinopoulou is also promoting the SDGs through various others institutions and network, first and foremost through the special Task Force on the SDGs of the Young Global Leaders

neg: Presidency to appoint as many as 700,000 to the federal bureaucracy. Sometimes, a president will allow appointments from the previous administration to maintain their position. "Normally these appointments include: Cabinet Officers and heads of other executive branch agencies; Under Secretaries; Assistant Secretaries; Directors of Bureaus and Services; and Chairpersons and Members of Boards, Commissions, and Committees. Theses appointments are often authorized by specific provisions of law or approved by the Senate. " Until 1963, the president-elect paid for his own smooth transition. In 1963, Congress passed the Presidential Transition Act, which allocates up to $900,000. There are three different types of

neg: Government of Vermont to take a 3% cut in salary and wages so that the government could balance the budget. There are three levels of bureaucracy: at the highest are secretaries and agencies; the next level are commissions; the third are departments and offices. Some commissions still retain their old name of "Department", as well as agencies, e.g. "Department of Transportation" is an agency. There are six agencies run by appointed secretaries: Administration, Vermont Agency of Agriculture Food and Markets (Agriculture), Commerce and Community Development, Human Services, Natural Resources, and Transportation. The salaries of the secretaries range from $109,000 to $128,169 annually. There

neg: International Fellowship of Evangelical Students the current General Secretary, assisted by Tim Adams (Associate General Secretary for Operations) and Martin Haizmann (Associate General Secretary for International Ministries). Bourdanné was appointed as General Secretary at the IFES World Assembly on 17 July 2007. Previously he served as Regional Secretary for Francophone Africa. Previous General Secretaries have been Australian C. Stacey Woods (1947–1972), Singaporean Chua Wee Hian (1972–1991) and Welshman Lindsay Brown (1991–2007). At the heart of the movement are the thousands of students, volunteers and staff who faithfully and sacrificially contribute in their local settings. In 1947, the initiative was taken to establish international fellowship of

neg: Fórsa and 53 administration). The three outgoing General secretaries of the predecessor unions, Tom Geragthy (PSEU), Eoin Ronayne (CPSU) and Shay Cody (IMPACT) are the initial general secretaries for Fórsa, but from 2024 this number shall be reduced to one. The union has a combined income of more than €20m a year and estimated assets of more than €80m, of which more than €50m will be held in a fund for use in disputes with employers and legal cases. Talks on forming the new union were sparked by a 2011 report of the Commission on the Trade Union Movement, which was

neg: Trygve Lie 72 years old. Trygve Lie was awarded a large number of Norwegian and foreign orders. Among these, the Norwegian highest civilian award Medal for Outstanding Civic Service ("Medaljen for borgerdåd)" (1966), the Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog (1954) and Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (1953), Czechoslovak OWL (1948). He was awarded numerous honorary doctorates by universities throughout the U.S. and Europe. Trygve Lie was the holder of a number of other orders, decorations and other honors. Some scholars rank him at the bottom of all UN secretaries-general; one who "presided over a long list of

neg: Algiers Agreement (2000) Secretaries General of the OAU and the UN, and the EEBC would arrange for demarcation. The parties agreed that the delimitation and demarcation determinations of the EEBC would be final and binding. Each party agreed to respect the border so determined, as well as the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the other party. The EEBC issued a final border ruling in 2003, but its decision was rejected by Ethiopia. As of August 2004, the border question remained in dispute, although a tentative peace continued. By November 2007 the EEBC concluded the demarcation phase of the Algiers Agreement. As of that

neg: William Epstein William Epstein William "Bill" Epstein, (July 10, 1912 – February 9, 2001) was a Canadian international civil servant who worked at the United Nations for 54 years and was considered an expert on disarmament. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Epstein attended the University of Alberta and the London School of Economics. He was Director of the UN Disarmament Division in the United Nations Secretariat and worked with the first seven United Nations Secretaries-General. In 1976, his book "The Last Chance: Nuclear Proliferation and Arms Control" () was published. In 1989, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, Canada's

neg: Dag Hammarskjöld secretaries-general of the United Nations, and his appointment has been mentioned as the most notable success for the UN. United States President John F. Kennedy called Hammarskjöld "the greatest statesman of our century." Dag Hammarskjöld was born in Jönköping to the noble family Hammarskjöld (also spelled "Hammarskiöld" or "Hammarsköld"). He spent most of his childhood in Uppsala. His home there, which he considered his childhood home, was Uppsala Castle. He was the fourth and youngest son of Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917, and Agnes Hammarskjöld (née Almquist). Hammarskjöld's family was ennobled in 1610 due to

neg: William Epstein highest civilian honor. William Epstein William "Bill" Epstein, (July 10, 1912 – February 9, 2001) was a Canadian international civil servant who worked at the United Nations for 54 years and was considered an expert on disarmament. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Epstein attended the University of Alberta and the London School of Economics. He was Director of the UN Disarmament Division in the United Nations Secretariat and worked with the first seven United Nations Secretaries-General. In 1976, his book "The Last Chance: Nuclear Proliferation and Arms Control" () was published. In 1989, he was made an Officer of the Order

neg: Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI members such as Secretary of Finance Francisco Gil Diaz and Bank of Mexico Governor Guillermo Ortiz. Prior to the 2000 general elections, the PRI held its first primaries to elect the party's presidential candidate. The primary candidates, nicknamed "los cuatro fantásticos" (Spanish for "The Fantastic Four"), were: The favorites in the primaries were Labastida and Madrazo, and the latter initiated a campaign against the first, perceived as Zedillo's candidate since many former secretaries of the interior were chosen as candidates by the president. His campaign, produced by prominent publicist Carlos Alazraki, had the motto "Dale un Madrazo al dedazo"

neg: Secretary-General of the European Economic and Social Committee five years. The current Secretary-General is , whose term began on 1 March 2014. Previous Secretaries-Generals include: Secretary-General of the European Economic and Social Committee The Secretary-General heads the Secretariat of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). About seven hundred EESC officials work in the EESC Secretariat. Some 350 of those work in the 'joint services', a special shared service established together with the Committee of the Regions. The chief role of the EESC's Secretary-General is to implement decisions taken by the Plenary Assembly, the Bureau and the President. The Secretary-General is also responsible for managing the administration and

neg: Colum Murphy conflicts. He spent over four years in Sarajevo during and after the war there and wrote extensively on that conflict. During the war, he was United Nations Deputy Head of Political Affairs inside Bosnia. After the conflict, he served in that country as Spokesman of the international community. Murphy served the United Nations in many capacities over several decades: in the Security Council, as Special Assistant to the UN Secretaries-General, as a Political Officer and as a Human Rights Officer. He taught such courses as: War and Diplomacy; Leadership and Negotiation; Political Philosophy; International Economics; Sociology; Comparative Foreign Policy; and

neg: Department of Home and Confidential Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, is the minister responsible for the Department of Home and Confidential. The department's administration is headed by a principal secretary, an IAS officer, who is assisted by four secretaries, one of whom is an inspector general-rank Indian Police Service, ten special secretaries, and twelve deputy/under secretaries. The current Principal Secretary (Home) is Arvind Kumar. At the head of department level, apart from Director General of Police, Director General (Prosecution), Director General (CB-CID), Director General (Fire Service), Director General (Technical Services), Director General (Training Services) and Director General/Additional Director General (Special Enquiry) are appointed. The

neg: Secretary-General of the United Nations the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council. As the recommendation must come from the Security Council, any of the five permanent members of the Council can veto a nomination. Most Secretaries-General are compromise candidates from middle powers and have little prior fame. Unofficial qualifications for the job have been set by precedent in previous selections. The appointee may not be a citizen of any of the Security Council's five permanent members. The General Assembly resolution 51/241 in 1997 stated that in the appointment of "the best candidate", due regard should be given to regional (continental) rotation of

neg: Secretary of state (U.S. state government) by the governor with confirmation with the state's respective Senate; Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, and Virginia are amongst the states with this practice. In three states, the secretary of state is elected by the state legislature; the General Assembly of Tennessee meets in joint convention to elect the Secretary of State to a four-year term, and the Maine Legislature and New Hampshire General Court also select their secretaries of state, but to two-year terms. The longest serving state secretary of state in history was Thad A. Eure of North Carolina, who served from 1936 until 1989. Most secretaries of state, or

neg: Ministry of Justice (Sweden) relating to migration and asylum policy. Internationally, the Ministry of Justice takes part in efforts to co-operate with other nations in order to combat cross-border crime. It is located in the government chancellery Rosenbad in Stockholm. The Ministry of Justice is headed by the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs Morgan Johansson. His deputy, the Deputy Minister for Justice Heléne Fritzon, is responsible for issues regarding migration and asylum policy. The political executive also includes the state secretaries, the political advisers and the press secretaries. The Ministry's senior officials also include the Director-General for Administrative Affairs, three Directors-General for Legal

neg: Sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly call for formally putting the issue to a vote. The move followed days of Palestinian protests directed against the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank cities of Bethlehem, Nablus and Hebron. However, unlike the previous year, where Abbas sought full-member status, he will symbolically seek non-member status. At the same time, the Palestinian delegation will be half the size of that of the previous year. Following Operation Pillar of Defense, the Palestinians promised to seek a vote on an upgrade in status to non-member observer state in the UN General Assembly on 29 November, the symbolic date the UN chose

neg: World Student Christian Federation The GA reviews the previous four years, plans for the next four years and elects the Executive Committee, Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons, Treasurer and General Secretary. The 35th GA was held in Bogota, Colombia from February 27 to March 5, 2015. The Executive Committee and staff (General Secretary and Regional Secretaries) co-ordinate the Federation's activities between General Assemblies. The Executive Committee has met in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Porto Alegre, Brazil and Alexandria, Egypt. The General Secretary is based in the Inter-Regional Office (IRO) in Geneva, Switzerland. The IRO is in the Ecumenical Centre which also houses the World Council of Churches, the

neg: Azerbaijan–Canada relations anniversary of the UN General Assembly. The Canadian-Azerbaijani Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group's constituent meeting was held on March 9, 2016 at the Canadian Parliament. During the meeting, the composition and responsibilities of the Friendship Group were identified, including chairperson, vice-presidents, secretaries and directors. Member of the Conservative Party of the Canadian Parliament, Mr. Jamie Schmale was elected as the Chairman of the Friendship Group. During the meeting, the current situations and prospects of development of relations between Azerbaijan and Canada in political, economic and other spheres were discussed. In September 2004, the Convention for the Elimination of Double Taxation and the

neg: United Nations the breakaway State of Katanga, restoring it to the control of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by 11 May 1964. While travelling to meet rebel leader Moise Tshombe during the conflict, Dag Hammarskjöld, often named as one of the UN's most effective Secretaries-General, died in a plane crash; months later he was posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1964, Hammarskjöld's successor, U Thant, deployed the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, which would become one of the UN's longest-running peacekeeping missions. With the spread of decolonization in the 1960s, the organization's membership saw an influx of newly independent nations.

neg: Space Generation Advisory Council in 6 different regions. SGAC is headed by the Executive Council, which consists of two elected co-chairs as well as 12 elected regional coordinators, two per UN region. The Executive Council is supported by an appointed Executive Office, which is made up of a treasurer, executive officer, two co-secretaries and other members. The rest of the organisation is made up of the National Points of Contact, up to two per participating nation, and the 13,000 members who make up the supporting Space Generation Network. A General Assembly is held annually and serves to bring the National Points of Contact and

neg: President Truman's relief of General Douglas MacArthur to the 38th parallel; but in the case of Chinese intervention, he was to keep fighting "as long as action by UN military forces offers a reasonable chance of successful resistance." Truman endorsed the report on 11 September, but MacArthur remained in the dark because of the changeover of Secretaries of Defense, and was not informed until 22 September. When Truman was asked at a press conference on 21 September whether he had concluded to conduct operations in North Korea, he replied that he had not. In the meantime, MacArthur's amphibious assault at Inchon went ahead on 15 September. "The

neg: United Nations Population Fund and Goal 5 on gender equality – and contributes in a variety of ways to achieving many of the other goals. Executive Directors and Under-Secretaries-General of the UN 2017– : Dr Natalia Kanem (Panama) 2011–2017: Dr Babatunde Osotimehin (Nigeria) (Deceased 4 June 2017) 2000–2010: Ms Thoraya Ahmed Obaid (Saudi Arabia) 1987–2000: Dr Nafis Sadik (Pakistan) 1969–1987: Mr Rafael M. Salas (Philippines) The Fund's Patron is Crown Princess Mary of Denmark. Its goodwill ambassadors are: UNFPA is the world's largest multilateral source of funding for population and reproductive health programs. The Fund works with governments and non-governmental organizations in over 150

neg: Sérgio Vieira de Mello the central quartiere Navile. [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:2003 deaths]] [[Category:University of Paris alumni]] [[Category:Brazilian terrorism victims]] [[Category:People killed in the Canal Hotel bombing]] [[Category:Brazilian people murdered abroad]] [[Category:Assassinated diplomats]] [[Category:People from Rio de Janeiro (city)]] [[Category:United Nations High Commissioners for Human Rights]] [[Category:University of Fribourg alumni]] [[Category:Under-Secretaries-General of the United Nations]] [[Category:Burials at Cimetière des Rois]] [[Category:United Nations Mission in Kosovo]] [[Category:Brazilian officials of the United Nations]] Sérgio Vieira de Mello Sérgio Vieira de Mello (, 15 March 1948 – 19 August 2003) was a Brazilian United Nations diplomat who worked for the UN for more than 34 years, earning respect

neg: York Avenue and Sutton Place million toward the creation of a public park on the land. Residents of Sutton Place include writer Eve Curie, architect I. M. Pei, designer Kenneth Cole, and actress Sigourney Weaver. Former residents include Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, C.Z. Guest, Peter Lawford & Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Lillian Gish, Aristotle Onassis, Freddie Mercury, Michael Jackson, Bill Blass, Bobby Short, Percy Sutton, Irene Hayes, Elsie de Wolfe, Joan Crawford, Raj Rajaratnam, Richard Jenrette, Marilyn Monroe and her then husband Arthur Miller, Mildred Natwick, Maureen O'Hara, former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, and all UN Secretaries-General since Kurt Waldheim. One Sutton Place North, a townhouse

neg: Than Shwe had replaced Yangon in the previous year, and permitted Gambari to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi. However, Than Shwe refused to meet Gambari when he visited Burma in November 2007 and again on 10 March 2008. In early May 2008, Than Shwe refused many foreign aid workers from entering the country in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis (May 2, 2008). This led to many criticisms from the UN as well as the international community. In early July 2009, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon visited Burma and held talks with General Than Shwe. The military junta rejected UN

neg: International Maritime Organization International Maritime Organization is carried out by a series of Committees. The Secretariat consists of some 300 international civil servants headed by a Secretary-General. The current Secretary-General is Kitack Lim (South Korea), elected for a four-year term at the 106th session of the IMO Council in June 2015 and at the 27th session of the IMO's Assembly in November 2015. His mandate started on 1 January 2016. Previous Secretaries-General: The technical work of the International Maritime Organisation is carried out by a series of Committees. These include: It is regulated in the Article 28(a) of the Convention on the IMO:

neg: Ministry of Defence (Nepal) dealt with the whole range of administration and policy regarding defence. For the first time in the history of Nepal, a separate ministry by the name of Defence Ministry was set up in the interim Government of 1950 headed by Prime Minister Mohan Shumsher. The first Defence Minister was Babar Shumsher . The organizational structure of the Defence Ministry at the time was quite simple having only two branches, Viz. (i) General and (ii) Budget. The Ministry had a secretary, two deputy secretaries, and two assistant secretaries. Since then the ministry has undergone continuous evolution and assumed the present structure.

neg: United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service process for stakeholder engagement in the UN General Assembly preparatory process for negotiations of a global compact on migration, and leading the facilitation of stakeholder participation in the President of the General Assembly's High-level Sustainable Development Goal Action Events. UN Secretary-General Staff Awards 2015 and 2016 Ms. Susan Alzner, Head of the UN-NGLS New York Office, received a UN Secretary-General Staff Award in 2015 in the category of Teamwork as part of the Climate Summit Communications Team. In 2016, three UN-NGLS New York Team members (Ms. Susan Alzner, Mr. David Lönnberg and Ms. Mareike Eberz) were recognized as finalists for

neg: Secretary General of NATO to member governments involved in a dispute and with their consent to initiate or facilitate procedures of inquiry, mediation, conciliation, or arbitration." The NATO countries selected the first Secretary General on April 4, 1952. Since that time, twelve different diplomats have served officially as Secretary General. Eight countries have been represented, with three Secretaries General hailing from the United Kingdom, three from the Netherlands, two from Belgium, one from Italy, one from Germany, one from Spain, one from Denmark, and one from Norway. The position has also been occupied temporarily on three occasions by an acting Secretary General between appointments.

neg: Secretary of State (Ancien Régime) (overseen by the position of Controller-General of Finances). Secretary of State (Ancien Régime) The Secretary of State was the name of several official governmental positions – supervising war, foreign affairs, the navy, the king's household, the clergy, Paris, and Protestant affairs – during the Ancien Régime in France, roughly equivalent to the positions of governmental ministers today. The positions were created in 1547, but gained in importance only after 1588. The various secretaries of state were considered part of the Great Officers of the Crown of France. Secretaries of State first appeared in 1547 under the reign of Henry II,

neg: Committee of Secretaries-General Committee of Secretaries-General The Committee of Secretaries-General (, ) was a Belgian technocratic administrative panel created during World War II. The Committee comprised the head civil servants of most government ministries (who each held the title Secretary-General) and formed a part of the German occupation administration of Belgium between 1940 and 1944, being an integral role in the Belgian policy of "lesser evil" collaboration. From August 1940, the Germans began introducing new members, and by 1941 its composition was almost completely different. Among those promoted were pro-Germans like Victor Leemans and Gérard Romsée, who had been involved in Belgian Fascist

neg: Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian the previous administration resigned on 2 February, the decentralized administrations are run by their senior civil servants as Acting Secretaries-General. Current Acting Secretary-General is Dionysios Panagiotopoulos. Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian The Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian () is one of the seven decentralized administrations of Greece, consisting of the regions of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands. Its seat is in Patras, Western Greece, and it is currently headed by Acting Secretary-General Dionysios Panagiotopoulos. Decentralized Administrations were created in January 2011 as part of a far-reaching reform of the country's

neg: Political Appointments System in Hong Kong Political Appointments System in Hong Kong The Political Appointments System is a scheme introduced in 2008 by the Hong Kong Government to reinforce its ministerial team by superseding the Principal Officials Accountability System and inserting two layers of politically appointed officials below the secretaries, who are political appointees. These appointees reports only to the secretaries, but not the permanent secretaries, the highest-ranking civil servants. The appointment of undersecretaries and political assistants is an extension of the previous RPAS that was initially confined to principal officials. Prior to the introduction, there were 14 political appointees—3 Secretaries of Departments and 11 Directors

neg: United Nations Staff Selection System in earlier Staff Selection System administrative instructions (ST/AI/2006/3).<ref name="ST /AI/2006/3"></ref> However, it has been reported that administrative instruction addressing gender equality in the UN has become a more prominent issue since 2010 and has been implemented reluctantly with diminishing enthusiasm by UN entities.<ref name="A /67/347"></ref> UN Women, in contrast, continues to affirm that ST/AI/1999/9 is in effect and applicable. The Secretary General has also reiterated to the general assembly that ST/AI/1999/9 remains in effect.<ref name="A /67/347"></ref> The administrative instructions on the Staff Selection System have been supplemented with several manuals that are designed to serve as guidance on the responsibilities

neg: Hyatt 10 Hyatt 10 The term "Hyatt 10" refers to a group of seven secretaries of the Cabinet and three heads of government agencies in the Philippines who resigned their posts on July 8, 2005 as a result of the Hello Garci scandal, which allegedly implicated then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in rigging the 2004 general election in her favor. The name "Hyatt 10" was coined because the press conference where the concerned officials announced their resignation was held at the then-Hyatt Regency Hotel (now Midas Hotel) in Pasay City. The group continues to be influential in Philippine politics, with several members having joined

neg: Hyatt 10 resigned during Arroyo's term because they are also involved in several graft and mishandling cases: Hyatt 10 The term "Hyatt 10" refers to a group of seven secretaries of the Cabinet and three heads of government agencies in the Philippines who resigned their posts on July 8, 2005 as a result of the Hello Garci scandal, which allegedly implicated then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in rigging the 2004 general election in her favor. The name "Hyatt 10" was coined because the press conference where the concerned officials announced their resignation was held at the then-Hyatt Regency Hotel (now Midas Hotel) in Pasay

neg: Commonwealth Parliamentary Association from the Parliament of Malaysia. The current Chairperson for Small Branches is Hon. Angelo Farrugia, MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta in the Parliament of Malta. The Small Branches Chairperson is a new Officer position within the CPA from December 2016. The CPA's 7th Secretary-General is Mr Akbar Khan. Previous Secretaries-General have been: Dr. William F. Shija, former Minister Tanzania Parliament (2007 – 2014); Hon. Denis Marshall, former Minister New Zealand Parliament (2002 – 2006); Hon. Arthur Donahoe, former Speaker Nova Scotia House of Assembly (1993 – 2001); Hon. Dr. David Tonkin, former Premier South Australia (1986

neg: United Nations General Assembly resolution ES-10/L.22 US President Donald Trump said that he would recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital and begin the process of moving the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. This was a departure from previous Security Council resolutions and prevailing international norms (where no state either recognises Jerusalem as a national capital nor has an embassy there). After a United Nations Security Council resolution was vetoed by the U.S. three days earlier, Palestinian UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour said that the General Assembly would vote on a draft resolution calling for Trump’s declaration to be withdrawn. He sought to invoke Resolution 377, known as

neg: Vance plan ceasefire and the facilitation of the delivery of humanitarian aid. The parties to the accord also agreed to the deployment of a UN peacekeeping mission in Croatia, which was later authorized through United Nations Security Council Resolution 721 of 27 November, following a formal request for deployment of the peacekeepers submitted by the Yugoslav government the previous day. The Vance plan was approved pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 721 as a part of the Report of the UN Secretary-General submitted on 11 December, as UN Security Council Resolution 724 of 15 December. That resolution determined that the conditions necessary

neg: Yolanda Ríos Ríos found popularity when Narciso Ibáñez Serrador chose her as one of the hostesses of the first stage of the game show "Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez", where she remained from 1972 to 1973, and on the first program of 1976, in which she and her fellow secretaries chose new secretaries by giving them their glasses. She gave hers to . A few months after the end of the contest, there was a renewal in the direction and presentation of the Sunday afternoon show "" led by . Its new director, , entrusted the young Yolanda Ríos to lead

neg: One Rank, One Pension army Lt General, and the National Security Guard (NSG), which has a sizable army component. The implication of these up gradations are many: the immediate effect was that scores of IPS officers not withstanding their responsibilities were immediately made senior in pay grade, and status to Armed forces formation and fleet commanders, who were denied proportionate upgrades despite representation by the COSC committee; mass up-gradation and creation of new posts of secretaries and special secretaries, and DGs with apex grade pay level, also affected relative pensions. 'Non-functional financial up-gradation'(NFU) was not extended to Armed Forces.<ref name="Singh Harwant 25/7/2014"></ref> The United

neg: 1966 Quebec general election previous election. 1966 Quebec general election The Quebec general election of 1966 was held on June 5, 1966, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The "Union Nationale" (UN), led by Daniel Johnson, Sr, defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Jean Lesage. In terms of the number of seats won, the election was one of the closest in recent history, with the UN winning 56 seats to the Liberals' 50. Generally, Quebec's first past the post electoral system tends to produce strong disparities in the number of seats won even if the popular vote is

neg: Foreign Service of Pakistan A formal resolution constituting the service was announced in October 1952. It envisaged diplomatic posts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the Diplomatic and consular missions of Pakistan abroad. The resolution provided for the posts of (a) Secretary (1), (b) Joint Secretaries (2), (c) Deputy Secretaries (8), and (d) Under Secretaries (16). Posts for Pakistan Diplomatic Missions abroad provided for Ambassadors (17), High Commissioners (5), Ministers (4), Commissioners (1), Deputy High Commissioners (2), Counselors (15), First Secretaries (10), Second Secretaries (19), Third Secretaries (31), Consul General (3), Consul (4), and Vice Consul (7). Between 1952 and 1960, the

neg: United Nations Secretariat overrepresentation. Representation of women in the United Nations (UN), particularly at managerial and decision-making positions at the D-1 level and above, has been a United Nations General Assembly concern and goal since 1970. <ref name="A/RES/45/239"></ref> Since 1984, the Un secretariat, in order to achieve early Gender Equality, issued several five-year "Action Plans", including Strategic Plans, to improve the status of women in the Secretariat.<ref name="40/258. 18 December 1985"></ref> These plans, however, did not have the desired impact, and progress in achieving gender parity remained slow. In December 1994, the UN General Assembly's "disappointment" that its Gender Equality target were not

neg: Office of Staff Legal Assistance Office of Staff Legal Assistance The UN General Assembly in December 2008 authorized the establishment of the Office of Staff Legal Assistance (OSLA) to strength "professional legal assistance for staff" to succeed the Panel of Counsel.<ref name="62/228"></ref> OSLA has offices in New York, Addis Ababa, Beirut, Geneva and Nairobi.<ref name="62/228"></ref> OSLA has permanent staff consisting of 10: Chief of Unit (P-5), one Legal Officer (P3), one Legal Officer (P-2) and three Legal Assistants (General Service) in New York, and one Legal Officer(P-3) each in Addis Ababa, Beirut, Geneva and Nairobi.<ref name="62/228"></ref> In addition it employs lawyers paid for by contributions

neg: 1938 Nigerian general election the Lieutenant Governors and secretaries of the Northern and Southern Provinces, the Attorney General, the Commandant of the Nigerian Regiment, the Director of Medical Services, the Treasurer, the Director of Marine, the Comptroller of Customs, the Secretary of Native Affairs, together with ten senior residents. The franchise was restricted to men aged 21 or over who were British subjects or a native of Nigeria who had lived in their municipal area for the 12 months prior to the election, and who earned at least £100 in the previous calendar year. The right to vote was withheld from those who had