When over 100 parliamentarians from the twelve member nations of the Council of Europe came together in Strasbourg in the summer of 1949 for the first ever meeting of the Council's Consultative Assembly, drafting a " charter of human rights " and creating a Court to enforce it was high on their agenda.

< Blockquote > The supreme decision-making bodies of the Hezbollah were divided between the Majlis al-Shura ( Consultative Assembly ) which was headed by 12 senior clerical members with responsibility for tactical decisions and supervision of overall Hizballah activity throughout Lebanon, and the Majlis al-Shura al-Karar ( the Deciding Assembly ), headed by Sheikh Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah and composed of eleven other clerics with responsibility for all strategic matters.

In October 1999, the People's Consultative Assembly ( MPR ), which consists of the 500-member Parliament plus 200 appointed members, elected Abdurrahman Wahid, commonly referred to as " Gus Dur " as President, and Megawati Sukarnoputri as Vice President, for 5-year terms.

The highest state institution is the People's Consultative Assembly ( MPR ), whose functions previously included electing the president and vice president ( since 2004 the president has been elected directly by the people ), establishing broad guidelines of state policy, and amending the constitution.

In November 1991, Sultan Qaboos replaced the 10-year-old State Consultative Council with the Consultative Assembly ( Majlis al-Shura ) to systematize and broaden public participation in government.

The Consultative Assembly serves as a conduit of information between the people and the government ministries.

* in Indonesia: People's Consultative Assembly, consists of People's Representative Council ( elected, legislative lower house ) and Regional Representative Council ( elected, legislative upper house with limited powers )

There is also a 150-member Consultative Assembly, appointed by the King, which can propose legislation to the King but has no legislative powers itself.

John Nkomo, Speaker of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe, praised China's investment on 24 April 2007 during a state dinner in Harare held during the four-day visit of Jia Qinglin, Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, to Zimbabwe.

** Supporters of Khomeini take over the Iranian law enforcement, courts and government administration ; the final session of the Iranian National Consultative Assembly is held.

Under international and domestic pressure for a return to democracy, the PNDC allowed the establishment of a 258-member Consultative Assembly made up of members representing geographic districts as well as established civic or business organizations.

* People's Consultative Assembly Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat, Indonesian legislative branch

The Netherlands set up the Bijeenkomst voor Federaal Overleg ( BFO ) ( or Federal Consultative Assembly ), a body comprising the leadership of the federal states, and charged with the formation of a United States of Indonesia and an interim government by the end of 1948.

From 1957 to 1961 he held a seat on the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe and from 1961 to 1963 in the European Parliament.

In August 1949, he was elected President of the first session of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe.

The People's Consultative Assembly in Indonesia is called Majlis Permusyawaratan Rakyat in Indonesian language.

Saudi Arabia, a monarchy, was given a shura council, the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia, in 1993 ; there are now 150 members.

On September 1960, he established a Provisional People's Consultative Assembly ( Madjelis Permusjawaratan Rakjat Sementara / MPRS ) as the highest legislative authority according to the 1945 constitution.

This agreement was implemented by the Republic of China national government, who organised the first Political Consultative Assembly from January 10 – 31, 1946.

Sandys was responsible for establishing the European Movement in Britain in 1947 and served as a member of the European Consultative Assembly in 1950 to 1951.

It is charged with interpreting the Constitution of Iran, supervising elections of, and approving of candidates to, the Assembly of Experts, the President and the Majlis, and " ensuring ... the compatibility of the legislation passed by the Islamic Consultative Assembly Majlis ... with the criteria of Islam and the Constitution ", i. e., as the watchdog of the constitution it can veto any law passed by the Majlis.

Chapter 6 of the Constitution explains its interworkings with the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

When the new Labour administration moved forward with proposals for a Scottish Parliament, Reid first served on the pre-establishment Consultative Steering Group, and then was elected in the first election in 1999 to represent Mid Scotland and Fife.

In the 1999 legislative election, the Indonesian Democratic Party – Struggle ( PDI – P ) won the largest number of seats in the People's Representative Council ( DPR ) and became the largest faction in the People's Consultative Assembly ( MPR ), the legislative body responsible for electing the President.

After the 1970 general election, the new Conservative government published a Consultative Document in February 1971, at the same time as the English White Paper.

The 2001 Special Session of the People's Consultative Assembly which resulted in Megawati Sukarnoputri's election as President of Indonesia caused a vacancy in the position of Vice President.

Al Wefaq boycotted the 2002 general election, the first parliamentary elections held in the country since 1973, claiming that the 2002 constitution gave too much power to the unelected upper house, the Consultative Council of Bahrain, whose members are directly appointed by the King.

* The Sultan of Oman decreed the establishment of the State Consultative Council ( Majlis al Istishari lil Dawlah ), with 43 members chosen by popular election.

From 8 April to 11 April 1942, the First Consultative Meeting of Activists of the Communist Party of Albania was held in Tirana.

The international donor community pledged over $ 300 million per year at the last Consultative Group Meeting, held in Ulaanbaatar in June 1999.

A joint meeting of the government and the Consultative Council was held, at which Souphanouvong demanded immediate change.

The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor ( CGAP ) recently commented that " a large proportion of the money they spend is not effective, either because it gets hung up in unsuccessful and often complicated funding mechanisms ( for example, a government apex facility ), or it goes to partners that are not held accountable for performance.

Du was captured during the Huaihai Campaign and held in communist prisons until his pardon in 1959, after which he was rewarded a high-ranking position in the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, reportedly because the Chinese government wanted to convince his son-in-law Yang Zhenning, a Nobel laureate in physics, to return to China.

At the party conference, the ZAPU National Consultative Convention, held from the 13th to the 14 December 2008, Dumiso Dabengwa, a former Home Affairs minister was elected interim chairperson with the mandate to convene a two day congress starting the 11 April 2009.

The government has created a national Consultative Council, and given permission for certain " societies " to exist ; and limited non-partisan municipal elections were held in 2005.

Indonesia held legislative elections on 5 April 2004 for both houses of the People's Consultative Assembly, the country's national legislature.

Consultative referanda were held in all three municipalities.

International Administration of the Convention functions through Consultative Meetings held at International Maritime Organization ( IMO ) headquarters in London.

It was an outgrowth of the Bandung Conference, held in Indonesia during April, 1955, which led to the establishment of the Asian Legal Consultative Committee ( ALCC ).

In this capacity, he presided over the government ’ s delegation to the Fourth Consultative Group for Mauritania, held in Paris in December 2001.

In September 1993, King Fahd issued additional reform decrees, appointing the members of the national Consultative Council and spelling out procedures for the new council's operations.

In 1949, with the Communist Party having gained control of most of mainland China, they organised a " new " Political Consultative Conference in September, inviting delegates from various friendly parties to attend and discuss the establishment of a new state.

He was also made a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Congress in September of that year.

* Chen Youzun ( September 1925 -), Vice-President of People's Political Consultative Committee of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (?-?

In 1949 the Communists abolished all Guomindang laws and judicial organs and established the Common Program, a statement of national purposes adopted by a September 1949 session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, as a provisional constitution.