It must be stated, however, that in no other country has a council of state acquired such high status, powers, authority, or prestige as in France.
Let a transition government technocrats chosen perhaps by a council of the country's numerous former heads of state prepare the election rules and begin to tackle Nigeria's massive economic problems and its endemic corruption.
National council of state legislatures.
The Muslim Council of Britain, the country's largest Muslim organisation, has condemned the practice of female genital mutilation as "un-Islamic" and told its members that FGM risks bringing their religion into disrepute.
At a meeting of the district council in Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood, I listened to Governing Council representatives patiently explaining the interim constitution to a roomful of increasingly agitated citizens who, confronted with a fait accompli, accused the council of dismembering the country.
Votes could rotate among council members, Fed-style; groups of countries could be represented by a single voting member; or voting could be delegated to an independent group, such as the executive board.
The prince said he served on a council of Iraq's neighboring countries -- Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Iran and Kuwait as well as Saudi Arabia -- "and the main worry of all the neighbors" was that the potential disintegration of Iraq into Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish states would "bring other countries in the region into the conflict".
The tourism council of any city or country plans an itinerary to best show off their country.
The council, something of a United Nations cabinet of countries, is the only body that can call for enforcement of its decisions by military means, if necessary.
But last year the much-criticised UN human rights council removed Iran from a list of countries that were being closely monitored.
