Sentence examples for general assembly said from inspiring English sources

Cécile, 22, a Paris law student at Thursday night's general assembly, said: "I don't agree with the state society is in today.

In a recent interview with Newsweek magazine, Rousseff, who earlier this month became the first female head of state to open proceedings at the annual United Nations general assembly, said attitudes towards women were changing in Brazil.

The I.O.C. president, Jacques Rogge, overseeing his first full Olympic committee general assembly, said the rules would be withdrawn for more study and submitted to a special meeting on reforms in Mexico City in November.

Mr Peres, who was in New York for the UN general assembly, said he didn't present his plan to Mr Powell since it hasn't been approved by the government.

Abbas, who flew from Ramallah, on the West Bank, to New York to address the general assembly, said: "The moment has arrived for the world to say clearly: enough of aggression, settlements and occupation".

"The [negotiation] process failed to gather a consensus on steps Norway views [as] essential," the Norwegian delegate told the general assembly, saying that opium replacement therapy and an end to drug crime executions should have been included.

"The general assembly say that if, on 14 July, the fight is held under the jurisdiction of the Luxembourg Federation, in this case they will be suspended and out of the EBU.

Not long thereafter, Hishammuddin himself apologised for his brandishing of the keris at the three previous UMNO annual general assemblies, saying he was sorry "if it had affected the non-Malays".

The White House said it offered to arrange a discussion in the margins of the general assembly but said that Rouhani's office deemed it was "too complicated".

"The honourable president adopted mighty and appropriate stances during this trip, particularly in his address to the United Nations general assembly," Jafari said.

Netanyahu, who is to address the UN general assembly next week, said Rouhani's speech "lacked both any practical proposal to stop Iran's military nuclear programme and any commitment to fulfil UN security council decisions".