The word rapporteur in French has various other meanings besides a reporter, such as an informer or a tattletale, and a protractor. From Wordnik.com. [Answers.com: Today's Highlights] Reference
You know Prescott's the EU's environment 'rapporteur'?. From Wordnik.com. [The Coffee House | Politics and News Discussion Forum] Reference
The member of parliament responsible for a dossier in a committee is called the "rapporteur". From Wordnik.com. [Christian Engström, Pirate MEP] Reference
(he was the so-called "rapporteur" of the European Parliament on the software patent directive and did a very good job). From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: October 16, 2005 - October 22, 2005 Archives] Reference
"rapporteur" (overseer/project leader) of the law, M. Thiollière will defend them so they can be examined and voted during the public debates. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: April 23, 2006 - April 29, 2006 Archives] Reference
Comrade Joe Slovo, the rapporteur, read the report. From Wordnik.com. [REPORT, MAIN DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SECOND NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS - ZAMBIA.] Reference
That is why we refuse to receive any rapporteur here. From Wordnik.com. [Mexican Newspaper Interviews Fidel Castro Part VI Examines Missile Crisis] Reference
It will be independent, as a press rapporteur should be. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Sandy Berger In Chile] Reference
· Identify the rapporteur or secretary for the meeting. From Wordnik.com. [7. Coordination and Site Level Organization] Reference
The United Nations 'special rapporteur on the Independence of. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Rights Commission, special rapporteur Gaspar Biro said that both. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Q The Presidents have agreed to cooperate with this rapporteur, or. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Sandy Berger In Chile] Reference
Q Is there any enforcement mechanism that goes along with the rapporteur?. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Sandy Berger In Chile] Reference
We're calling on the U.N. to appoint a special rapporteur for children in prison. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2005] Reference
The special rapporteur for human rights was not allowed in for four and a half years. From Wordnik.com. [We Don’t Do ‘Regime Change’] Reference
The other is our first black novelist, diarist, rapporteur and linguist, Sol Plaatje. From Wordnik.com. [ADDRESS BY DEPUTY PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA AT THE ANGLO BOER/SOUTH AFRICAN WAR LAUNCH MAFIKENG] Reference
The rapporteur compiles the information given to him by the enemies of the revolution. From Wordnik.com. [Mexican Newspaper Interviews Fidel Castro Part VI Examines Missile Crisis] Reference
Vice chairs include Iran and Cuba, which does double duty as the committee "rapporteur.". From Wordnik.com. [Obama's Durban Dalliance] Reference
I want to play this piece of interview that the U.N. special rapporteur has just -- has just put out. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2009] Reference
The rapporteur is established by the Inter-American Human Rights Commission, something that we strongly support. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Sandy Berger In Chile] Reference
MR. BERGER: They've agreed to establish the rapporteur, just like there is an International Human Rights Commission. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Sandy Berger In Chile] Reference
Well, they ` re sending a special rapporteur -- wish I knew what that was -- to look into racism in the good old USA. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 20, 2008] Reference
The commission of inquiry has been urged by the U.N. special rapporteur for human rights in Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintana. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. supports creation of U.N. commission of inquiry into war crimes in Burma] Reference
The mandate of the UN's special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea, currently Prof. Vitit Muntarbhorn, is another. From Wordnik.com. [Why We Need to Keep the Spotlight on North Korea] Reference
Diene, special rapporteur of the UN Commission on Human Rights, found that discrimination in Japan is “deep and profound.”. From Wordnik.com. [David A. Love: Will Obama Help Change Asia's Racism?] Reference
The rapporteur is, I guess, like an extra fancy hall monitor who ` s going to investigate, quote, "contemporary forms of racism.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 20, 2008] Reference
In Geneva, UN human rights rapporteur Roberto Garreton, quoting witnesses and other sources, said Zairean rebels carried out about. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Richard Falk, who has taught international law at Princeton for decades, is UN special rapporteur for the Occupied Palestine Territories. From Wordnik.com. [Nathan Gardels: The U.N.'s Richard Falk: Gaza a Victim of Geopolitics] Reference
During the seventh session in 2008, debate over the renewal of the mandate of the special rapporteur on freedom of expression sparked further controversy. From Wordnik.com. [Wrongs Council] Reference
The United Nations 'special rapporteur for human rights, Professor Philip Alston, went to Afghanistan in May 2008 to investigate rumours of extrajudicial killings. From Wordnik.com. [Afghanistan war logs: Task Force 373 – special forces hunting top Taliban] Reference
While seemingly benign, the Code of Conduct further restricts the rapporteur, a position that has been historically underfunded and unpopular, says Freedom House's Schriefer. From Wordnik.com. [Wrongs Council] Reference
This month, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, Surya Subedi, issued a report saying the courts are corrupt and often beholden to the ruling party. From Wordnik.com. [Exiled Cambodian Leader Sentenced to 10 Years in Jail] Reference
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