Sentence examples for formally on behalf of from inspiring English sources

Then, on Thursday, October 6th, his friend Salman Haidar, who was Deputy High Commissioner of India in London, called to tell him formally, on behalf of his government, that "The Satanic Verses" had been banned in India.

Last year he had formally apologised on behalf of the British government for "the pain and the suffering experienced by people as a result of this tragedy" and said it was something that should not have happened.

Last week President Lula formally apologised, on behalf of the Brazilian state, to 13 victims of the dictatorship that governed the country between 1964 and 1985 in a public ceremony that was also attended by Brazil's leading Roman Catholic bishops.

Mr Kenny has formally apologised on behalf of the state for its role in the Magdalene laundries.

The Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach), Enda Kenny, has formally apologised on behalf of the state for its role in the Magdalene laundries.

In an unreleased excerpt from her memoir My Life on the Road provided to VICE by her publisher, feminist icon Gloria Steinem and longtime Flynt antagonist (who is now a host on VICELAND) recounted that following his conversion Flynt reached out to her through the Carters, asking her to formally forgive Flynt on behalf of all women.

Grand Chief Gordon Peters of the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians, who holds the education portfolio for the Chiefs of Ontario, points out that even though Atleo vocally backed the bill and produced a rosy analysis, he nor the AFN has authority to formally support legislation on behalf of the 634 First Nation communities represented by the organization.

Jurors heard evidence from four pathologists, including Dr Ken Shorrock, one of the pathologists formally instructed by Hall on behalf of the Met at St Pancras mortuary on 22 April 2009.

Miller chaired the two meetings of the dossier drafting group that formally oversaw the document on behalf of the JIC, in spite of having been packed with spin doctors.

"It's a great pleasure to be here this day to formally hand over sovereignty on behalf of the coalition," he said, cursory as ever at the moment when his plenipotentiary powers slipped away.

The parties came to an agreement and on March 1, 1936, Secretary Ickes formally accepted the dam on behalf of the government.