On May 18, at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Lincoln's friends promised and manipulated and won the nomination on the third ballot, beating candidates such as William H. Seward and Salmon P. Chase.

* The Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities ( 1988 ) ( signed in 1988, not in force )

* Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

In 1860, the Tennessee delegation nominated Johnson for president at the Democratic National Convention, and Johnson tentatively offered himself as a Vice-President on the Douglas ticket as a back up plan.

At the Democratic Convention, when he came in second on the first ballot and faded from there, it became clear that he was too unpopular to run.

* 1961 – The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a cornerstone of modern international relations, is adopted.

The following year, The Guardian challenged the succession law in court, claiming that it violated the European Convention on Human Rights, which provides " The enjoyment of the rights and freedoms set forth in this Convention shall be secured without discrimination on any ground such as sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status.

The Convention on Offenses and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft (" Tokyo Convention ") is a multilateral convention, done at Tokyo between 20 August and 14 September 1963, coming into force on 4 December 1963, and is applicable to offenses against penal law and to any acts jeopardizing the safety of persons or property on board civilian aircraft while in-flight and engaged in international air navigation.

Signed at The Hague on 16 December 1970, the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft contains 14 articles relating to what constitutes hijacking as well as guidelines for what is expected of governments when dealing with hijackings.

See the United Nations website for full text on " Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation ".

DiFranco went on to perform at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Internationally, DMT is a Schedule I drug under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances.

The Commentary on the Convention on Psychotropic Substances notes, however, that the plants containing it are not subject to international control :< ref >

A fax from the Secretary of the International Narcotics Control Board to the Netherlands Ministry of Public Health sent in 2001 goes on to state that " Consequently, preparations ( e. g. decoctions ) made of these plants, including ayahuasca, are not under international control and, therefore, not subject to any of the articles of the 1971 Convention.

** The Convention on the Future of Europe finishes its work and proposes the first European Constitution.

The Convention on the Future of Europe ( officially the European Convention ), was a body established by the European Council in December 2001 as a result of the Laeken Declaration.

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He notably presided over the Convention on the Future of the European Union that drafted the ill-fated Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe.

From 2002 to 2003 he served as President of the Convention on the Future of Europe.

The next IGC, due to meet in October, 2003, was prepared for by the Convention on the Future of Europe, which was modelled after the Convention which negotiated the Charter of Fundamental Rights.

* Winterton, G, " Constitutional Convention 1998 and the Future of Constitutional Reform " in GA Moens ( ed ), Constitutional and International Law Perspectives, University of Queensland Press: Brisbane ( 2000 ), 151-164.

In October 2002, he joined the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Wales, but continued to represent the UK at the Convention on the Future of Europe.

#" Voice Store and Forward for the Automated Office ", a presentation by Lawrence E. Bergeron, Dennis B. Howell and Dean Osborne, Wang Laboratories, Inc., Lowell, Mass., transcribed in " Computer Controlled Voice Message Systems and the Office of the Future ", Professional Program Session Record ( 10 ), Wescon / 81, Electronic Show and Convention, September 15 – 17 September 1981, section 2, pp. 1 – 8.

He previously was a member of the Convention on the Future of Europe.

To the surprise of many, he was nominated by Verhofstadt to become Vice Chairman of the Convention on the Future of Europe.

The Traditions were first published in the April 1946 AA Grapevine under the title Twelve Points to Assure Our Future and were formally adopted at AA's First International Convention in 1950.

From late 2001 until July 2003, Heathcoat-Amory was one of the two British parliamentary delegates to the Convention on the Future of Europe, which drafted the European Constitution.

He was a sometime Member of the European Parliament, member of the Convention on the Future of Europe, and officer of the Scottish National Party ( SNP ).

Professor MacCormick was a member of the Convention on the Future of Europe from 2002 – 3, drafting the proposed Constitutional Treaty for the European Union.

He was more recently Vice President of the Convention on the Future of Europe that drafted the new European Constitution and headed the Amato Group.

Second with the Convention on the Future of Europe which drafted the Constitutional Treaty ( which then formed the basis of the Lisbon Treaty ).

In 2002 he became the Conservative Party representative on the Convention on the Future of Europe, established to consider the future course for Europe.

The International Law Commission at its fifth session in 1953 produced both a Draft Convention on the Elimination of Future Statelessness, and a Draft Convention on the Reduction of Future Statelessness.

Future negotiations were conducted without Hamer, and the compromise was modified such that the Convention would select the two delegates to be seated, for fear the MFDP would appoint Hamer.

The Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE has a campus in Benalla which includes the Benalla Performing Arts and Convention Centre opened in 2004 by Lynne Kosky MP, the then Minister of Education and Training.

A subsequent legal challenge to the impartiality of the sheriffs based on the provisions of the Convention led to the setting up of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland, which now makes recommendations to the First Minister, who nominates all judicial appointments in Scotland other than in the District Court.

Convention allows the Prime Minister in the House, and the Leader of the Government in the Senate, to terminate question time by asking that " further questions be placed on the Notice Paper ".

Two attempts were made by the Prime Minister H. H. Asquith during World War I to implement the Third Home Rule Act, first in May 1916 which failed on reaching agreement with Unionist Ulster, then again in 1917 with the calling of the Irish Convention chaired by Horace Plunkett.

Arresting the five commissioners of the National Convention who had been sent to inquire into his conduct ( Camus, Drouet, Bancal-des-Issarts, Quinette, and Lamarque ) as well as the Minister of War, Pierre Riel de Beurnonville, he handed them over to the enemy, and then attempted to persuade his troops to march on Paris and overthrow the revolutionary government.

Article 6 of the Convention between China and France stipulated that " the religious and charitable establishments which were confiscated from Christians during the persecutions of which they were victims shall be returned to their owners through the French Minister in China ".

Vanhanen resigned from the Constitutional Convention in 2003 when he became Minister of Defense in the cabinet of Prime Minister Anneli Jäätteenmäki.

MacBride was Minister of External Affairs when the Council of Europe was drafting the European Convention on Human Rights.

MacBride was Minister of External Affairs when the Council of Europe was drafting the European Convention on Human Rights.

However, the College will continue to work cooperatively in ministry with the Convention, which will be coordinated through the Campus Minister, a Convention funded position.

At the Convention, Turnbull cautioned against mixing the roles of President and Prime Minister and ultimately supported the Bi-partisan appointment republican model adopted by the Convention.

The Convention was convened by Prime Minister John Howard to fulfill a promise made by his predecessor as Liberal leader, Alexander Downer.

During the Convention, Prime Minister John Howard dedicated an area of parkland to the south-east of Old Parliament House as Constitution Place, Canberra.

At the opening of the Convention, Prime Minister John Howard stated:

His victory ( 58 % of the delegates ) over colleague Jean-Guy Cardinal ( 41 %), Minister of Education and newly-elected MLA for the district of Bagot, at the Leadership Convention of 1969, caused a deep division among party insiders.

An Irish Convention to resolve the deadlock was established in July 1917 by the British Prime Minister, Lloyd George, its members both nationalists and unionists tasked with finding a means of implementing Home Rule.

Convention dictates that a general election should take place roughly three years after the previous general election – unless a major crisis arises or the Prime Minister loses the ability to command a majority in parliament.

Convention requires the monarch to accept the advice of his or her Prime Minister, but there was considerable public outcry against this plan.

During his career as Minister for the Interior and Justice, De Marco's efforts led to the integration into domestic law of important international conventions, particularly the European Convention on Human Rights.

The Montego Bay Convention Centre, built on a large site near to the Rose Hall estate, was opened by Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding on 7th January 2011.

On the change of government following the election in November 2007, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd signed the ratification immediately after assuming office on 3 December 2007, just before the meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The SF was further strengthened when the former Minister of Agriculture, Aziz Ishak, brought his National Convention Party into the coalition.