Sentence examples for nations convened from inspiring English sources

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made the announcement in Washington alongside the Pakistani foreign minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, as leaders from both nations convened for a series of meetings.

So it was all the more symbolic when about 50 chiefs from the Iroquois nations convened a rare meeting in March just south of Syracuse at the sacred longhouse that is the spiritual and political heart of the Iroquois -- or, as they prefer to be called, Haudenosaunee.

Key nations convened last month in Vienna to move the negotiations forward ahead of the gathering, and Russia threw up roadblocks at every opportunity.

Twenty years ago, the world's nations convened in Rio at the Earth Summit to discuss the future of the environment, a conference that resulted in a document called Agenda 21, a plan of action for how the world's population should deal with the natural world around them.

On February 27th-March 1st, 12,000 young leaders from all fifty states, every Canadian province, and about a dozen other nations convened at the Washington D.C. Convention Center for Power Shift 2009, the largest ever gathering of climate and clean energy activists in U.S. history.

History is rich with memorable orations delivered by the world's leaders as nations convene to discuss the critical issues of the day.

The oil summit meeting here was attended by energy ministers from 35 nations, who convened in a vast ballroom and listened as King Abdullah said he understood the pain that $140 oil was causing.

In a letter addressed to the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — the so-called BRICS group of developing nations, which convened a summit meeting in Durban, South Africa — Mr. Assad framed his request as a plea for assistance in the fight of good against evil.

The federal government has left the regulation of auto retailing to the states, leaving potential gaps in regulation for deals that cross state lines, said state regulators from across the nation, who convened at a hotel near the dealers' convention for meetings over the last four days.

Around 2,000 to 3,000 mourners — many of whom were law enforcement officers from around the nation ― convened at Baton Rouge's Istrouma Baptist Church on Saturday to celebrate Garafola's life.

Next week, researchers and policy makers from many nations will convene in Bergen, Norway, to discuss the issue.