Sentence examples for a high commissioner from inspiring English sources

In 1906 these powers were transferred to a high commissioner for Basutoland, Bechuanaland, and Swaziland.

The territory is administered by a High Commissioner resident in Stanley, Falkland Islands.

Sir Percy Cox, recently appointed a high commissioner for Iraq, was responsible for carrying out the plebiscite.

Correction: Britain's senior representative in Malawi is a high commissioner, not an ambassador as we first wrote.

Each member country sends an emissary, called a high commissioner, to the capitals of the other members.

The heads of government are a high commissioner appointed by France and the president of the New Caledonian government.

"Utterly unacceptable at any time, it is particularly extraordinary for such treatment to be meted out during a visit by a UN high commissioner for human rights".

His position is more like that of a viceroy or an imperial high commissioner than that of a traditional diplomat.

"India's priority is democracy and stability," says an Indian high commissioner in a nearby country.

The mission he had in mind was elaborate: involving the U.N. and nato and an international high commissioner in a dizzying hatchwork of overlapping and shared authority.

The proposal was supported by a former high commissioner to South Africa and endorsed by the cabinet and King George V just a few days before the first anniversary of the armistice.