Example sentences of "ministers ' [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The question of interim control over nuclear weapons in Ukraine had been removed from the agenda after preparatory Foreign and Defence Ministers ' meetings on July 3-4 ( not including Moldova 's Defence Minister ) , as it was felt that there was no likelihood of an agreement at the summit . |
| 3 | Jaguar , which was privatised in 1984 with a stock market value of £283m , is understood to have sounded ministers ' views on the proposals being examined . |
| 4 | EC Foreign Ministers ' meeting on sanctions |
| 5 | 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 " . |
| 6 | However , in an optimistic assessment following a G-7 Finance Ministers ' meeting on July 15 , the US Treasury Secretary , Nicholas Brady , said that the recent fall in the cost of borrowing in the UK [ see p. 38355 ] and Japan indicated that the aim of lower interest rates was beginning to be achieved . |
| 7 | The conflict in Cambodia , and in particular the US policy change , inevitably dominated the 23rd annual ASEAN Foreign Ministers ' meeting on July 24-25 in Indonesia [ see p. 37613 ] . |
| 8 | The EC Foreign Ministers ' meeting on May 2 [ see above ] concluded that the EC was " willing to recognize Macedonia as a sovereign and independent state within its existing borders and under a name that can be accepted by all parties concerned " . |
| 9 | Foreign ministers of the GCC , Egypt and Syria attending the meeting in Istanbul of the Islamic Conference Organization [ see p. 38987 ] agreed on June 18 that the much-postponed foreign ministers ' meeting on the implementation of the Damascus Declaration would be held in Doha , Qatar , on Sept. 9 [ see also below , this page ] . |