Sentence examples for appointed envoy from inspiring English sources

In 1992 he was appointed envoy of the United Nations to war-torn Bosnia.

In May 1893 Thurston was appointed envoy to the United States.

He retired from the Army and was appointed envoy last April.

The government's newly appointed envoy in charge of Michoacan's security, Alfredo Castillo, warned that the militia could abuse its power.

The poem's popularity was immense and, when the republic was established in 1910, Guerra Junqueiro, as a revolutionary hero, was appointed envoy to Bern.

Clifford Sloan, Obama's newly appointed envoy to transfer prisoners out of Guantánamo, recently told PBS that he was sure the prison would be closed in the foreseeable future.

Obama responded by vowing to make the case anew to Congress that the prison hurts the United States and appointing envoys at the State and Defense Departments to work toward closure.

In recent months, Mr. Obama has renewed his promise to shut the facility, appointing envoys to find places for prisoners who have already been approved for transfer to other countries and those who may be approved later.

Mr Obama said he was appointing envoys from the defence and state departments to negotiate transfers of detainees to other countries, and said he would lift a moratorium on transfers to Yemen.

Mr. Obama is sending his newly appointed special envoy, Maj.

Pope Benedict XVI appointed an envoy to Vietnam on Thursday, a step toward normalizing diplomatic relations.