Sixth Buddhist Council, assembly convened in Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar), from May 1954 to May 1956 to commemorate the 2,500th anniversary (according to the chronology of the Theravada branch of Buddhism) of the Buddha's parinibbana (entrance into final nibbana [Sanskrit: "nirvana"]).
"In addition, the parties are agreed that at every level - council, assembly, Westminster and Europe - the denial of cultural expression, resulting from republican violence and threats of violence, will have a consequence determining how our members at each of these levels of government will participate".
Councils, assemblies and popular militias have been formed, regime property has been turned over to worker-managed co-operatives – and all despite continual attacks by the extreme rightwing forces of Isis.
One province, Pennsylvania, after 1701 had no legislative council, the assembly controlling all legislation.
The council's assembly backed a resolution to withdraw the voting rights of Russia's 18-member delegation.
The ecumenical council, an assembly of the bishops of the whole church, constitutes the highest authority of Orthodox synodal polity.
He stormed, soliloquised and bullied his way through district council, regional assembly, House of Commons and European Parliament, alternately subduing his opponents to silence and provoking them to yelling rage.
The apparatus of civic government, however, remained, and, under the Seleucids, decrees were passed by council and assembly in city after city.
Not only are there no police officers in town, there are also no mayor, city council, town assembly or anyone remotely in charge that might curb or direct development in the area.
The legislative authority of governor, council, and assembly was defined generously as a power to make laws "for the peace, welfare and good government" of the provinces provided that these laws were not repugnant to the act.
The Saudi king, Abdullah, issued a decree that for the first time gave women seats on the Shura council, an assembly whose members are appointed to discuss laws and other issues and advise the king, but that has no legislative power.
