Sentence examples for cites delegate from inspiring English sources

"It is at the heart of our rural communities," said Niger's Cites delegate.

Lee White, the British-born director of Gabon's national parks and Cites delegate, said poachers were now shooting on sight at his rangers.

Zimbabwe has argued strongly for a legal trade in lions and its Cites delegate said living with lions poses serious hardships for communities, as cattle and sometimes people can be killed by them.

Many attendees say the move is highly significant because it is the first time that Cites delegates have voted to protect a commercially valuable species of shark.

According to figures cited to delegates by Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan, ambassador for the Every Woman Every Child program, women and children are 14 times more likely to die in a natural disaster than men.

Several weeks ago, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nation's leading scientific body on the topic, released its gloomy assessment of warming that is being cited by European delegates here as a clarion call.

Specifically, delegates cited lack of concern shown by the countries' leaders, both former guerrillas, when asked to consider the human consequences of a war the diplomats unanimously call "senseless".

The Boy Scouts, who have dealt with revelations of abuse by Scout leaders going back decades, dismissed that concern in their information package for delegates, citing expert opinion and studies showing that gay men are no more likely than others to commit sex abuse.

The motion put to the NUT's delegates cited a Financial Times editorial that described the white paper as "a risky experiment", while speakers decried Nicky Morgan's proposals – which include converting all state schools into academies, getting rid of the requirement to have parent-governors, and dramatically restructuring teacher training qualifications.

Some Sanders delegates, citing frustrations with the Democratic National Committee and Clinton's choice of Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate, are not ready to give up on the progressive senator's political movement. .

2000: Defends the voting for the 2006 World Cup hosting rights after Asian delegates switch sides at the last minute and one delegate abstains citing multiple "intolerable" bribe attempts - including a hoax bribe offering him a cuckoo clock and some Black Forest ham: "We work with transparency at Fifa".