executive council
noun
1
: a council constituted to advise or share in the functions of a political executive
2
: a council that exercises supreme executive power
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In a rare step, the OPCW's executive council convened a meeting with the hope that a new government might grant its team of 80 inspectors access to investigate Syria's chemical weapons program.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
At the last executive council meeting, most of the governors and the EPA administrator sent deputies rather than attending in person.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2024
As head of Hezbollah’s executive council, Safieddine had oversight over the group’s financial and administrative affairs.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
The convention itself took 24 years to negotiate, and decisions often languish in the convention’s governing body, the OPCW’s executive council.
—Amy E. Smithson, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2013
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
At the last executive council meeting, most of the governors and the EPA administrator sent deputies rather than attending in person.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2024
As head of Hezbollah’s executive council, Safieddine had oversight over the group’s financial and administrative affairs.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
The convention itself took 24 years to negotiate, and decisions often languish in the convention’s governing body, the OPCW’s executive council.
—Amy E. Smithson, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2013
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“Executive council.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/executive%20council. Accessed 28 Dec. 2024.
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