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After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Russian Federation was recognized as the legal successor state of the Soviet Union and maintained the latter's position on the Security Council. [68] The five permanent members of the Security Council were the victorious powers in World War II [69] and have maintained the world's most ...
Most Council of State members have historically been white men. [13] Ralph Campbell Jr., who assumed the office of state auditor in 1993, was the first black person to serve on the Council of State. [14] Janice H. Faulkner was the first woman to serve on the council, having been appointed secretary of state to fill a vacancy in 1996. [15]
The council moved into the headquarters of the former General National Congress, at the Rixos Al Nasr Convention Centre, on 22 April 2016. [6] On 31 August 2016, a 94-member rival High Council of State was proclaimed in Benghazi and its members wanted to join the official body. [7] On 21 September 2016, the High Council of State took ...
Former headquarters of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society in Brooklyn, New York. Jehovah's Witnesses operate 87 branch offices worldwide, [24] under the oversight of headquarters representatives who visit each of their assigned branches every few years, auditing operations, counseling branch committee members, department heads and missionaries, and reporting back to the Governing Body.
While Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates were not admitted as members during the 15th BRICS summit, they were among 22 countries applying for membership. South African Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana said “There is a second batch of countries that are going to be added [to] BRICS."
The council is composed of thirteen members, each elected by district residents to a four-year term. One member is elected from each of the district's eight wards. Four at-large members represent the district as a whole. The chairman of the council is likewise elected at an at-large basis.
Launch of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, CEPI in 2017 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) is a foundation that takes donations from public, private, philanthropic, and civil society organisations, to finance independent research projects to develop vaccines against emerging infectious diseases (EID).
This is a list of senior government officials, appointed by State Administration Council following the February 2021 coup d'état.It typically includes military (also known as Tatmadaw) leaders and followers from various opposing parties of former government party of civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.