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The Security Council
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The Security Council is the primary instrument for establishing and maintaining international peace. Its main purpose is to prevent war by settling disputes…Trusteeship Council
The UN charter originally established the Trusteeship Council as a main organ of the UN and entrusted it with the administration of territories placed under the trusteeship system. The…Brewer's: Councils
Ecumenical Councils. There are twenty-one recognised, nine Eastern and twelve Western. THE NINE EASTERN: (1) Jerusalem; (2 and 8) Nice, 325, 787; (3, 6, 7, 9) Constantinople, 381, 553, 680…Economic and Social Council
This council is composed of 54 members elected by the General Assembly to three-year terms. It works under the authority of the General Assembly and seeks to promote progress in terms of…Brewer's: Privy Council
The council chosen by the sovereign to administer public affairs. It consists of the Royal Family, the two Primates, the Bishop of London, the great officers of State, the Lord Chancellor…Brewer's: Amphictyonic Council
A council of confederate Greeks from twelve of their tribes, each of which had two deputies. The council met twice a year—in the spring at Delphi, and in the autumn at Thermopylæ.…Brewer's: Aulic Council
The council of the Kaiser in the old German Empire, from which there was no appeal (1495–1806) (Latin, aula, a court). The name is now given in Austria to a coucil of Vienna which manages…Aesop's Fables: The Mice in Council
by Aesop The Charcoal-Burner and the FullerThe Bat and the WeaselsThe Mice in Council Once upon a time all the Mice met together in Council, and discussed the best means of securing…Council Bluffs, IA Census Data
People QuickFactsCouncil BluffsIowaPopulation, 2003 estimate 58,6562,944,062Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 0.7%0.6%Population, 2000 58,2682,926,324Population,…Trending
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