I'd like to do more pieces like "Beyond the Eternal Food Fight" and "Debate Over Climate Risks – Natural or Not," in which I convene via e-mail a batch of experts on issues related to sustainable human advancement.
In my role as the first chief science adviser to the prime,inister of New Zealand, I find that much of my time is spent not in preparing formal reports (though there have been a good number of these, for which I have convened panels of experts).
The first-ever World Humanitarian Summit, which I am convening in Istanbul on May 23 and 24, will be an opportunity to address some of the root causes of today's crises, and to improve our global response.
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), which I currently chair, will convene a Special Meeting on Inequality on 30 March in New York, inviting thought leaders, policymakers and civil society representatives to make recommendations on reducing inequalities within and between countries.
"Until this shooting thing is over, I'm not walking home," Nicholas said after school, which was convened under "code blue" precautions.
"I'm denying it," he said at an environmental conference at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library, which was convened by Kirsten E. Gillibrand, the senator-designate.
The Yale School of Management, which has convened the group, called it the first global network of business schools.
Mr. Sarkozy went further at the recent nuclear security summit meeting, which Mr. Obama convened in Washington.
The Senate of the 98th Congress — which first convened in 1983 — had 76 veterans.
But the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, which has convened the gathering, brusquely rejected the criticism.
