In March, 2012 the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, ruling in an action brought by the Natural Resources Defense Council and others, ordered the FDA to revoke approvals for the use of antibiotics in livestock which violated FDA regulations.

Cameroon also faces a complaint filed with the African Commission on Human Rights by the Southern Cameroons National Council ( SCNC ) and the Southern Cameroons Peoples Organisation ( SCAPO ) against the Government of the Republic of Cameroon, in which the complainants allege that the Republic of Cameroon is illegally occupying the territory of Southern Cameroons.

Air China owns 17. 5 % of Cathay Pacific ( second largest shareholder ) and the Civil Aviation Administration of China ( CAAC ), an administrative agency of the State Council, owns majority and controlling stakes in China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, and Air China.

With the Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation abolished in 1993 and the ruling National Islamic Front ( NIF ) forming the National Congress Party ( NCP ), the new party included some non-Muslim members ; mainly Southern Sudanese politicians, some of whom were appointed as ministers or state governors.

In January 2007, the Shetland Islands Council signed a partnership agreement with Scottish and Southern Energy for a 200-turbine wind farm and subsea cable.

Robert Lyon Moore, a Southern unionist from County Donegal, challenged the legality of the abolition in the courts of the Republic of Ireland, and then he appealed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ( JCPC ).

One of the most high profile decisions in recent years by one of the Councils was a decision by the Mission Council of the South Central Jurisdiction which in March 2007 approved a 99-year lease of at Southern Methodist University for the George W. Bush Presidential Library.

Included are the papers of the Council of the Southern Mountains ( 1912 – 1989 ) and the Appalachian Volunteers ( 1963 – 1970 ).

Opening to rave reviews, From Here to Eternity proved to be an instant hit with critics and the public alike, the Southern California Motion Picture Council extolling: " A motion picture so great in its starkly realistic and appealing drama that mere words cannot justly describe it.

* SGC International ( formerly Southern Graphics Council )

Bodies that accredit institutions as a whole include the Council for Higher Education Accreditation ( CHEA ): Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools ( MSA ), New England Association of Schools and Colleges ( NEASCSC ), Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools ( HLC ), Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities ( NWCCU ), Southern Association of Colleges and Schools ( SACS ), and Western Association of Schools and Colleges ( WASC ).

In December 1999, the Council of Ministers approved the Southern African Development Community Trade Protocol ( SADC Trade Protocol ).

On 13 October 2010, South Island Mayors led by Bob Parker of Christchurch displayed united support for a Southern Mayoral Council.

Also in 2005, Caroline County won the Virginia Community Economic Development Award ( CEDA ) for Business Recruitment and the CEDA Award for the entire south from the Southern Economic Development Council.

The San Diego-Imperial Council is headquartered in San Diego, California, and serves youth members and volunteer leaders through Scout units in San Diego and Imperial counties of Southern California, as well as a portion of Arizona.

Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada ( formerly Frontier Council ) serves more than 10, 000 girls and adults in southern Nevada ( Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln, and Nye counties ) and the southern part of Inyo County, California.

* Southwest Michigan Council and Great Sauk Trail Council merged into Southern Shores Field Service Council

In 1929 the Council changed its name to Southern New Haven County Council.

The Council came about from a name change of Southern New Haven County Council in 1935.

Azerbaijan is a member of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, NATO's Partnership for Peace, Euro-Atlantic Partnership ; World Health Organization, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ; the Council of Europe, CFE Treaty, the Community of Democracies ; the International Monetary Fund ; and the World Bank.

With the Merger Treaty of 1967, the ECSC's Special Council of Ministers and the Council of the EAEC ( together with their other independent institutions ) were merged into the Council of the EEC which would act as a single Council of the European Communities.

In 1993, the Council adopted the name ' Council of the European Union ', following the establishment of the European Union by the Maastricht Treaty.

With the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the EU acquired competence in space matters, and space policy has been attributed to the Competitiveness Council

The country was admitted to the United Nations in 1955 and is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ), the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade / World Trade Organization ( GATT / WTO ), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ( OSCE ), and the Council of Europe.

Following the Indian Removal Act, in 1832 the Creek National Council signed the Treaty of Cusseta, ceding their remaining lands east of the Mississippi to the U. S., and accepting relocation to the Indian Territory.

In Moore v Attorney-General of the Irish Free State AC 484 ( PC ) the right of the Oireachtas to abolish appeals to the Privy Council was challenged as a violation of the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty.

* 1949 – The Treaty of London establishes the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the first European institution working for European integration.

Nevertheless, the Treaty of Amsterdam does confer authority on the Community's institutions to legislate by Council Regulation in this area with supranational effect.

Social and cultural aspects of the Brussels Treaty were handed to the Council of Europe to avoid duplication of responsibilities within Europe.

* Treaty of Washington ( 1805 ), between the U. S. and the Creek National Council ( Muscogee ( Creek ))

* Treaty of Washington ( 1826 ), between the U. S. and the Creek National Council led by Opothleyahola

* May 5 – The Council of Europe is founded by the signing of the Treaty of London.

In 1965 Malta joined the Council of Europe, and in 1970, Malta signed an Association Treaty with the European Community.

Albania is a member of more than 48 different international organizations including the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation., the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization and La Francophonie.

Four Forums were held prior to the Portsmouth Peace Treaty 100th anniversary in the City Council Chambers at Portsmouth City Hall.

Since then, the Forum has documented new insights derived from this timeline and subsequent discoveries in permanent resources including the exhibit An Uncommon Commitment to Peace, and its companion catalogue, recognized by the Library of Congress as the most accessible educational resource on the subject, a Portsmouth Peace Treaty Trail ( and map supported by the New Hampshire Division of Tourism ), a curriculum guide for grades 4-8 distributed to all school districts in New Hampshire, a series of New Hampshire Humanities Council lectures and articles on the Treaty and New Hampshire's citizen diplomacy and a variety of commemorative events.

A 1994 ruling by the Privy Council in the United Kingdom held the New Zealand Government responsible under the Treaty of Waitangi ( 1840 ) for the preservation of the language.

This resulted in the creation by the Maastricht Treaty of the Committee of the Regions, and provision for member states to be represented in the Council by ministers from their regional governments.

Furthermore, the Commission set up the Council for Financial Aid to Education as a means of encouraging private business to increase its support of private higher education.

In its 1982 statement on Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry, the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches stated that " the primary manifestation of apostolic succession is to be found in the apostolic tradition of the Church as a whole ….

His mandate derives from the Dayton Agreement, as confirmed by the Peace Implementation Council, an ad hoc body with a Steering Board composed of representatives of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the UK, the United States, the presidency of the European Union, the European Commission, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

Bank for International Settlements, Council of Europe, Central European Initiative, EBRD, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, FAO, Group of 77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, International Criminal Court, International Development Association, IFAD, International Finance Corporation, IFRCS, ILO, International Monetary Fund, International Maritime Organization, Interpol, IOC, International Organization for Migration ( observer ), ISO, ITU, Non-Aligned Movement ( guest ), Organization of American States ( observer ), OIC ( observer ), OPCW, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Southeast European Cooperative Initiative, United Nations, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMEE, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO ( observer )

One way was greater cooperation between groups, such as the Edinburgh Missionary Conference of Protestants in 1910, the Justice, Peace and Creation Commission of the World Council of Churches founded in 1948 by Protestant and Orthodox churches, and similar national councils like the National Council of Churches in Australia which includes Roman Catholics.

Chile assumed a two-year non-permanent position on the UN Security Council in January 2003 and is an active member of the UN family of agencies, serving as a member of the Commission on Human Rights and participating in UN peacekeeping activities.

In 1946 the government set up a Royal Commission on the press which eventually led to the Press Council in 1953.

The Council first appeared in the European Coal and Steel Community ( ECSC ) as the " Special Council of Ministers ", set up to counterbalance the High Authority ( the supranational executive, now the Commission ).

However, at the same time the Parliament and Commission had been strengthened inside the Community pillar curbing the ability of the Council to act independently.

Finally, Lisbon gave the Commission its executive powers directly rather than have it delegated by the Council.

Under this procedure, the Commission presents a proposal to Parliament and the Council.

The European Council deals with the major issues such as the appointment of the President of the European Commission who takes part in the body's meetings.

At the meeting of the Council of People's Commissars on January 31, 1918, a merger of VCheKa and the Commission of Bonch-Bruyevich was proposed.

On July 16, 1918, the Council of People's Commissars formed the Extraordinary Commission for combating counterrevolution at the Czechoslovak ( Eastern ) Front, led by M. I. Latsis.

At the same time, Alexander Shelepin, another rival, was replaced as Chairman of the Party-State Control Commission and lost his post as Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers.

Currently a Tri-Party Commission is serving as a Transitional Council with delegates from the Legislative, Executive and Transparency Branch, to reform the broken judicial system of the Country.

Together with the Council of the European Union ( the Council ) and the European Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world.

Although the European Parliament has legislative power that the Council and Commission do not possess, it does not formally possess legislative initiative, as most national parliaments of European Union member states do.

The Council of Europe now shares responsibility with the European Commission for ensuring that use of the symbol respects the dignity of the flag — taking measures to prevent misuse of it.

In February 2000, the Japan Film Commission Promotion Council was established.

Singer has worked as a consultant for several government agencies, including the House Select Committee on Space, NASA, the Government Accountability Office, the National Science Foundation, the United States Atomic Energy Commission, National Research Council, the Department of Defense Strategic Defense Initiative, Department of Energy Nuclear Waste Panel, and the Department of the Treasury.