Intergovernmental Conference

The Intergovernmental Conference is a Cabinet approved annual meeting of senior representatives of all spheres of government hosted by the Department of Constitutional Development.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

And, as you have mentioned, President Clinton, it's also a year in which Ireland takes on responsibilities -- responsibility for chairmanship of the European Union, which begins on the first of July; responsibility for continuing the chairmanship of the Intergovernmental Conference, which is very important not just for the European Union, but for the wider Europe.

Press Conference Of Presidents Clinton And Robinson ITY National Archives 1996

A new effort, undertaken in June 2007, calls for the creation of an Intergovernmental Conference to form a political agreement, known as the Reform Treaty, which is to serve as a constitution.

European Union 2008

A new effort, undertaken in June 2007, calls for the creation of an Intergovernmental Conference to form a political agreement, known as the Reform Treaty, which is to serve as a constitution.

Background 2008

Also known by the "colleagues" as the passerelle (literally, a footbridge - hence the title and illustration), this is a provision in the "reform" treaty which allows the European Union to revise parts of the treaties without having to go through the trauma of an Intergovernmental Conference (IGC).

Archive 2007-08-01 Richard 2007

Also known by the "colleagues" as the passerelle (literally, a footbridge - hence the title and illustration), this is a provision in the "reform" treaty which allows the European Union to revise parts of the treaties without having to go through the trauma of an Intergovernmental Conference (IGC).

A footbridge to power Richard 2007

What that says, we have constantly to remind ourselves, is that the Presidency (i.e., Germany) is recommending that the June European Council agree to the rapid convening of an IGC (Intergovernmental Conference).

Archive 2007-06-01 Richard 2007

President Lech Kaczynski, who led the Polish talks in Brussels has said he was pleased with the outcome but commentators, particularly German, now fear that the president's twin brother, prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski - regarded as the tougher of the twins - could reopen the issue of Polish voting rights at the Intergovernmental Conference.

Archive 2007-06-01 Richard 2007

These are bound up in the treaties and can only be changed through the mechanism of an Intergovernmental Conference, leading to a new, amending treaty.

Overdosing on fantasy Richard 2005

The new Constitution, which was approved after so many difficulties and such an intensive work by both the Convention and the Intergovernmental Conference, must first be ratified and then implemented.

The Budapest Declaration Richard 2004