ministerial council

collocation in English

meaningsofministerialandcouncil

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ministerial
adjective
uk
/ˌmɪn.ɪˈstɪə.ri.əl/us
/ˌmɪn.əˈstɪr.i.əl/
relating to or involving a minister (= an important member of ...
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council
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈkaʊn.səl/us
/ˈkaʊn.səl/
a group of people elected or chosen to make decisions or give advice on a particular subject, to represent a particular group of people, or to run a ...
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(Definition ofministerialandcouncilfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They will be able to go to theministerialcouncil.
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There were two main examples of the theme of commercial opportunities that we supported at theministerialcouncil—telecommunications and navigation.
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It is against those objectives that we have tested all the proposals considered at theministerialcouncil.
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As he knows, the initial implementation bodies are to be agreed in a shadow north-southministerialcouncil.
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I believe that there is a meeting of theministerialcouncilon the subject next week.
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Those of us who opposed the agreement opposed it because of the formation, or the likely formation, or the anticipated formation, of thatministerialcouncil.
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There is not as much unanimity on strand 2—on the north-southministerialcouncil—which was the basis of an important division in the referendum.
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As the talks on strand 2 developed, it was very important to try to understand to whom the north-southministerialcouncilwould be accountable.
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It states merely that the north-southministerialcouncilwill have to meet.
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Indeed, it allows only agreements in the context of the north-southministerialcouncil.
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The 2002–03 budget allocation for the north/southministerialcounciljoint secretariat (north) is £735,000.
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Theministerialcouncilwas given a seminar on mainstreaming, at which planning requirements in all the individual political areas were explained.
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What institutional change, other than federation or a supranationalministerialcouncil, which is different from what we have today, do they envisage?
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Theministerialcouncilseems to make a lot of sense.
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The agreement provides for the assembly and the north-southministerialcouncilto be totally interdependent—one cannot operate without the other—but what of the implementation bodies?
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First, our party and the nationalist community—in the negotiations, and now—have wanted a legal base for the north-southministerialcouncil.
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We want to see a weighted majority vote in theministerialcouncil, with advice from international commissions of independent experts.
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There should be a clear basis for operation of the north-southministerialcouncil.
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I have some anxieties about theministerialcouncil.
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This clause deals with the very important issue of the north-southministerialcouncil.
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