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...it's just an indicator of a wider drift."At its General Assembly last year, PC(USA) members voted to reject a...together and split apart. Dobler said the PC(USA) General Assembly took steps to avoid a painful ideology-driven schism...
...The momentum is clear in Rhode Island. Two years ago, gay marriage legislation didn't even get a vote in the General Assembly. This year, it passed the House 51-19 and the Senate 26-12."We are close to the end of a journey that began...
...Russia, to decide which sport or sports to propose for 2020 inclusion. The final vote will be made at the IOC general assembly in September in Buenos Aires, Argentina."The vote of yesterday is not an elimination of wrestling from the Olympic...
Dec. 10 is observed across the world as Human Rights Day. It honors the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on that date in 1943. To mark this important...
...decide which sport or sports to propose for 2020 inclusion. The final vote will be made at the IOC session, or general assembly, in September in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Wrestling will now join seven other sports in applying for 2020, but...
...co-chairs the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, spoke ahead of a high-level meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly which launched the new campaign to stamp out polio forever. Timothy Wirth, president of the United Nations Foundation...
...after long years of fruitless negotiating, it became apparent that the underdeveloped nations who now control the General Assembly were looking for a free ride at our expense, again."What had begun as an effort to codify certain navigational...
...amounts of pot.Rhode Island is poised to become the 15th state to decriminalize marijuana possession. The state's General Assembly passed legislation last week that would eliminate the threat of big fines or even jail time for the possession of...
...1982, Sept. 21st has been observed as the International Day of Peace. This day coincides with the opening of the General Assembly of the United Nations. The goal of the United Nations is to promote peace and understanding between nations, so as...
...final decision resting with the General Assembly. U.N. membership would put...Palestine U.N. membership, the General Assembly may admit Palestine anyway...approbation is unclear. The General Assembly, which has the final say on membership...