Example sentences of "[adj] ministers ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Foreign Ministers ' proposals were to be discussed at the June European Council summit " with a view to a decision on the holding of a second intergovernmental conference to work in parallel with the conference on economic and monetary union with a view to ratification by member states in the same timeframe " . |
| 2 | Foreign Ministers ' emergency meeting — Announcement of Egyptian withdrawal from Gulf |
| 3 | EC Foreign Ministers ' contacts in Israel |
| 4 | However , the Commonwealth Foreign Ministers ' committee on South Africa ( on which the UK was not represented ) , met in Abuja ( Nigeria ) on May 17 , agreeing that any move to lift sanctions was premature . |
| 5 | On July 31 , the Afghan government had criticized the ICO Foreign Ministers ' decision in Riyadh in March 1989 [ see p. 36537 ] to allocate " the Republic of Afghanistan seat … to the Afghan opposition based in Pakistan " . |
| 6 | The Declaration 's organizational framework committed parties to " co-ordinate and co-operate … by holding meetings at the foreign ministers ' level " . |
| 7 | Foreign Ministers ' discussions later in the year failed to make any breakthrough . |
| 8 | In the Act the objective of EMU was stated ; the Regional Fund was defined ; the legal scope of the EC was extended to such areas as environment , technological co-operation and social policy ; the system of foreign ministers ' meetings , held since 1970 , was formally drawn under the EC umbrella ; the use of majority votes was extended ( although the vexed issue of the Luxembourg Compromise was not tackled ) ; and most importantly , under pressure from the Commission , it was decided to achieve a genuine ‘ common market ’ in 1992 with the free movement of people , goods and capital throughout the EC . |
| 9 | It provided for regular ministerial consultations including bi-annual foreign ministers ' meetings . |
| 10 | Defence and Foreign Ministers ' meetings |
| 11 | This joint initiative did not preclude individual mediation efforts by GCC member states : in 1985 Saudi Arabia promoted an exchange of foreign ministers ' visits with Iran and made other efforts to overcome the estrangement between the two countries resulting from the Eagle-Phantom air battle and Iran 's resentment of Saudi and other GCC support for Iraq . |
| 12 | Foreign ministers ' talks were held with the Russians in Berlin in early 1954 , but progress on a German peace treaty again proved impossible . |
| 13 | Their gloom was deepened by exchanges at the foreign ministers ' meeting , when Nicaragua accused Costa Rica and Honduras of conniving in support of the contras . |
| 14 | Their gloom was deepened by exchanges at the foreign ministers ' meeting , when Nicaragua accused Costa Rica and Honduras of conniving in support of the contras . |
| 15 | Britain , in fact , had been explicitly invited to attend the foreign ministers ' meeting in Messina . |
| 16 | ‘ They do n't consult us on the agenda of the foreign ministers ' meeting and they do n't treat us as equal partners , ’ says a Czech diplomat . |
| 17 | At the Luxembourg foreign ministers ' meeting in January 1966 France agreed to rejoin Community bodies . |
| 18 | EC Foreign Ministers ' meeting on sanctions |
| 19 | Foreign Ministers ' meeting |
| 20 | Dublin Foreign Ministers ' meeting |
| 21 | Brunei assumed the chair of the Association of South-East Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) in mid-1988 , as a result of which the annual Foreign Ministers ' meeting was held in Bandar Seri Begawan in July 1989 [ see p. 36817 ] . |
| 22 | An ASEAN statement issued on July 23 ( the day before the start of the annual Foreign Ministers ' meeting in Indonesia — see p. 37613 ) stated that the representation of Cambodia at the UN was " a delicate political question " and that attempts to change the seating in the absence of an acceptable Supreme National Council would set back the search for a comprehensive political solution . |
| 23 | Foreign Ministers ' meeting |
| 24 | October Foreign Ministers ' meeting |
| 25 | Foreign Ministers ' meeting |
| 26 | July : London summit and Foreign Ministers ' meeting [ see pp. 37599-600 ] . |
| 27 | December Defence and Foreign Ministers ' meeting [ see p. 37931 ] . |
| 28 | The first draft also met with opposition at an EC Foreign Ministers ' meeting on June 17 when the United Kingdom , supported by Denmark and Portugal , called for the removal of a phrase in the preamble describing the treaty as " a new stage in the gradual process leading to a union with a federal goal " . |
| 29 | Foreign Ministers ' meeting |
| 30 | Foreign Ministers ' meeting |