Sentence examples for formally convened from inspiring English sources

This time, by contrast, the work was done before the finance ministers formally convened on Friday.

At 1 10 p.m., the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, formally convened a joint session of the Legislature.

Most people had stayed home today, for fear of violence and out of habit on the Baathist holiday, even though Iraq's interim Governing Council banned the holiday when it formally convened on Sunday.

When the meeting formally convened, Hamid Karzai, who has been leading the interim government, was elected by a wide majority in an election that signaled a landmark in recent Afghan history.

Representatives adopted a cautious posture, refusing a United States-backed move to formally convene the ministers on an emergency basis.

The former king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, will formally convene the loya jirga, and the 1,551 delegates are expected to bestow an honorary title of "father of the nation" on him.

Often, they formally convene for just days or weeks each year, although more activist congresses have started conducting investigations and making proposals year round.

The Goncourt jury formally convenes on the second Monday in Nov. Everyone in the business seems to know what book is going to win & the other juries have made their choices accordingly.

The loya jirga will formally be convened by the former king, Mohammed Zahir Shah, who is set to return to Kabul this week after 29 years in exile, and will choose a transitional government to rule for two years before elections.

Not long afterward, the Hispanic Caucus convened to formally endorse a candidate.

In March 2011, after the new legislature convened, he formally disbanded the SPDC and relinquished his position as head of state and government.