Sentence examples for trying to convene from inspiring English sources

The United States and Russia have been trying to convene the gathering since May.

Brahimi has been trying to convene Geneva 2, an international conference, to broker a political solution to the Syrian crisis.

The French foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, announced on Friday that France was trying to convene an international peace summit to renew diplomatic efforts by Israel and the Palestinians.

Jamil's comments are the first indication of the proposals that Syria will bring to the table at the summit, which Russia and the US have been trying to convene for months.

In Geneva, Mr Kerry and Mr Lavrov in principle agreed to resume trying to convene a peace conference involving the regime and the different rebel groups to be dubbed 'Geneva 2' and said they would discuss it again on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in 10 days time.

The UN, US and Russia had been trying to convene the meeting by the end of November.

"Wherever in the world or country we are, we try to convene for this," Kurt Marisa said.

Protesters chanted "Senate not for sale" and banged on the chamber's windows while Republicans tried to convene.

Using a long-shot procedural maneuver, Democrats tried to convene a special session but were rebuffed by Republicans.

For the last five weeks, Senator Joseph L. Bruno, the majority leader, and Assemblyman John J. Faso, the minority leader, have tried to convene the General Budget Conference Committee.

Africa's two other giants, South Africa and Nigeria, acting with other Africans, the UN and as many rich countries as possible, should try to convene another peace conference.