East Greenwich was one of the first Rhode Island towns to enter into contract agreement with the Rhode Island Development Council for planning services we could not provide for ourselves.

In early 2011, the City Council created an ad hoc America's Cup Citizens Advisory Committee to look for ways that Alameda could draw interest from teams and potential spectators.

( Compare the United Nations Security Council, in which the veto power of the permanent members ensures that the organization does not become involved in crises where it could not enforce its decisions.

Eisenhower's stint as president of Columbia University was punctuated by his activity within the Council on Foreign Relations, a study group he led as president concerning the political and military implications of the Marshall Plan, and The American Assembly, Eisenhower's " vision of a great cultural center where business, professional and governmental leaders could meet from time to time to discuss and reach conclusions concerning problems of a social and political nature ".

They elected the Council of Four Hundred from among their number ; nine Archons and the Treasurers were drawn from persons possessing an unencumbered property of not less than ten minas, the generals ( strategoi ) and commanders of cavalry ( hipparchoi ) from those who could show an unencumbered property of not less than a hundred minas, and had children born in lawful wedlock over ten years of age.

However, the Council of Europe agreed that the European Communities could use the flag and it had promoted its use by other regional organisations since it was created.

By this, Plutarch probably means that as Plebeian Tribune, Metilius had the Plebeian Council, a popular assembly which only Tribunes could preside over, grant Minucius quasi-dictatorial powers.

We absolutely forbid priests, deacons, and subdeacons to associate with concubines and women, or to live with women other than such as the Nicene Council ( canon 3 ) for reasons of necessity permitted, namely, the mother, sister, or aunt, or any such person concerning whom no suspicion could arise.

Nations who recognize the Council as the government of Libya may not have to go through the process of obtaining UN security council's approval to establish a " No-fly zone " if the Council requests one, as this could count as a " friendly request ".

Despite the passport union with Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland Finland could not join the Nordic Council until 1955 because of Soviet fears that Finland might become too close to the West.

The Security Council could subsequently pass resolutions under Chapter VI of the UN Charter to recommend the " Pacific Resolution of Disputes.

The bishops in attendance at the Second Council of Constantinople in 553 recognized that nothing could be done in the Church contrary to the emperor's will and command ; while, on his side, the emperor, in the case of the Patriarch Anthimus, reinforced the ban of the Church with temporal proscription.

Until it could be dated, it was moved to the Macclesfield District Council Hospital for storage.

The king ruled his kingdom with the aid of his Council without it he could not hold his territories.

In an attempt to attract settlers from Ireland, in one of his first acts ( 1770 ) Patterson led the island's colonial assembly to rename the island " New Ireland ", but the British Government promptly vetoed this as exceeding the authority vested in the colonial government ; only the Privy Council in London could change the name of a colony.

Before the actual trial could be held, Clement persuaded Philip to leave the question of Boniface's guilt to the Council of Vienne, which met in 1311.

The Lateran Council of 769, under Pope Stephen III, had mandated that the election of the pope was to be the responsibility of the Roman clergy only, and that the nobility could only offer their respects after the pope had been chosen and enthroned.

Finding himself now in secure surroundings, Innocent summoned as many bishops as could get to Lyon to attend what became the 13th General ( Ecumenical ) Council of the Church, the first in Lyon.

The only exception has been Hal Colebatch, a member of the Legislative Council who accepted the premiership in April 1919 on the understanding that an Assembly seat would be found for him, only to resign a month later when no seat could be found.

It is not in any sense a judgement ... hence it is not in any way binding on any state ", while Charles de Visscher argued that in certain situations, an advisory opinion could be binding on the League of Nations Council and, under certain circumstances, some states ; M. Politis agreed, saying that the Court's advisory opinions were equivalent to a binding judgment.

When they and the Enterprise crew discovered that it was in fact Duras ' father that betrayed the Empire, Worf, realizing that the powerful House of Duras could not be publicly shamed without throwing the Empire into civil war, accepted a ritual discommendation from the Klingon High Council.

The Executive Council members would be elected for nomination by the elected members of the Legislative Council, and subsequently appointed by the Governor and could only be removed from office by the votes of a majority of the five members of the Legislative Council.

The Soviet Union first nuclear test in 1949 prompted the National Security Council to formulate a revised security doctrine.

Leader of the Parti Canadien, Pierre-Stanislas Bédard was the first politician of Lower Canada to formulate a project of reform to put an end to the opposition between the elected Legislative Assembly and the Governor and his Council which answered only the Colonial Office in London.

* National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, a U. S. organization which seeks to formulate and widely disseminate information, guidance and recommendations on radiation protection

On December 2, it became known that the Council of State has advised that this plan likely is unconstitutional, as it does not treat all shareholders equally, and does not adequately formulate the reasons for the inequality.

The Council, which is headed by the Prime Minister, seeks to develop a strategy for skill development at the national level along with variations at the state level and formulate strategies to address the skill deficit.

In 2009, Achidi Achu became one of three members of the CPDM North West Section's newly established Council of the Wise, which was intended to formulate strategy and tactics to enable the CPDM to attain dominance in the North West Province, where the opposition Social Democratic Front ( SDF ) has been traditionally dominant.

# The Revolutionary Council will diligently seek all ways and means whereby it can formulate and carry out such programmes as are of real and practical value for the well-being of the nation.

The Commission on the Status of Women ( CSW or UNCSW ) is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council ( ECOSOC ), one of the main UN organs within the United Nations. Every year, representatives of Member States gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York to evaluate progress on gender equality, identify challenges, set global standards and formulate concrete policies to promote gender equality and advancement of women worldwide.

A Royal Commission on London Government in the 1920s did not permit the London County Council to extend its area of responsibility and an ad-hoc London Traffic Area was created to regulate motor traffic in the wider London region.

* 1274 – In France, the Second Council of Lyons opens to regulate the election of the Pope.

The Second Council of Lyons was convened on 7 May 1274, to regulate the election of the pope.

The Council by itself also has a delegated authority to issue Orders of Council, which are mostly used to regulate certain public institutions.

In 2007, the Allegiance Council was created to regulate the succession.

The principal drafter of this provision, Sir Geoffrey Harrison, explained that this article was not intended to approve the expulsions but to find a way to transfer the competence to the Control Council in Berlin so as to regulate the flow.

In response to activities conducted by Israel in the DMZ between the armistice demarcation lines in the area of Government House in Jerusalem Jordan complaints to UN this resulted in the Security Council adopting Resolution 127 ( 1958 ) on 22 January 1958, noting that the status of the zone is affected by the provisions of the Israel-Jordan GAAs and that neither Israel nor Jordan enjoys sovereignty over any part of the zone and directing the Chief of Staff of UNTSO in Palestine to regulate activities in the zone.

The King created the Supreme Judicial Council in 2000 to regulate the country's courts and institutionalize the separation of the administrative and judicial branches of government.

Both the Medical Council of New Zealand and the Osteopathic Council of New Zealand regulate osteopathic physicians in New Zealand.

The General Osteopathic Council has a statutory duty to promote, develop and regulate the profession of osteopathy in the UK.

The City Council exercises the legislative power of the municipality for the purpose of holding Council meetings to introduce ordinances and resolutions to regulate City government.

In 1957, the Doctorate Council was created to regulate and organize graduate studies.

Under the Act, the Bar Council of India is the supreme regulatory body to regulate the legal profession in India and also to ensure the compliance of the laws and maintenance of professional standards by the legal profession in the country.

MMA competition is legal and under the purview of the Professional Mixed Martial Arts Council or PROMMA Africa ( www. promma. co. za ) which was formed in 2010 with its main purpose to regulate MMA at larger MMA promotions such as EFC Africa ( www. efcafrica. com ).

Manukau then made a further attempt to regulate prostitution with the Manukau City Council ( Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places ) Bill 197-1 ( 2010 )

Established under the Private Education Act, the Council for Private Education is a statutory board empowered with the legislative power to regulate the private education sector.

The association does not regulate or certify doctors, a responsibility which lies with the General Medical Council.

A Carta de Foral, or simply Foral, was a royal document in Portugal and its former empire, whose purpose was to establish a concelho ( Council ) and regulate its administration, borders and privileges.

Additionally, in 2005, the United Kingdom House of Commons Science and Technology Committee recommended the creation of a Forensic Science Advisory Council to regulate forensic evidence in the UK and observed that:

The National Referendum, Public Election Finance, National Assembly, and National Council, and Local Government Acts all regulate their particular subject matter within the framework provided by the Constitution and refined by the Election Act.

Over the years these links have been embodied in a series of operating rules approved on a majority basis by the Co-operative Congresses, which regulate the activity of the Governing Bodies of the Corporation ( Standing Committee, General Council ), the Grassroots Co-operatives and the Divisions they belong to, from the organisational, institutional and economic points of view as well as in terms of assets.