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- noun Plural form of
rapporteur .
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Examples
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But this, your excellency assures me, proves nothing but that I am a listener to "rapporteurs," whom I ought to drive from my presence.
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet, Etc., Etc. Vol. I Thomas Barnes Cochrane Dundonald 1873
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Mr. Nowak is among some three dozen "special rapporteurs" — unpaid experts the UN appoints to investigate human-rights violations but who are considered outside the UN system.
U.S. Military Sees Additional Document Leaks Ahead Julian E. Barnes 2010
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On August 11, Britain's Charge d'Affaires in Tehran, Jane Marriott, responded in an open letter in which she highlighted her government's "standing invitation to all UN special rapporteurs."
Faraz Sanei: Iran's Selective Sneers and Silences Faraz Sanei 2011
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The Iranian authorities have refused to allow UN special rapporteurs to visit the country since 2005.
Faraz Sanei: Iran's Selective Sneers and Silences Faraz Sanei 2011
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Activists in the country have called this to the attention of domestic authorities, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and UN special rapporteurs, with no response from the Honduran government.
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Iranian impudence went a step further when they made the ludicrous offer of "readiness to send a group of human rights rapporteurs to Britain to assess the conditions after the British security forces staged a violent clampdown."
Dovid Efune: Iran, British Riots and the Hapless Media Dovid Efune 2011
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On August 9, the deputy head of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission urged the British government and London's embassy in Tehran to "provide the ground for the presence of the Iranian human rights rapporteurs in Britain and avoid making unreal excuses."
Faraz Sanei: Iran's Selective Sneers and Silences Faraz Sanei 2011
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Iranian impudence went a step further when they made the ludicrous offer of "readiness to send a group of human rights rapporteurs to Britain to assess the conditions after the British security forces staged a violent clampdown."
Dovid Efune: Iran, British Riots and the Hapless Media Dovid Efune 2011
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North Korea has never permitted any of the special rapporteurs named by the UN to review its human rights situation to visit, despite repeated requests.
Kay Seok: Why We Need to Keep the Spotlight on North Korea 2010
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North Korea has never permitted any of the special rapporteurs named by the UN to review its human rights situation to visit, despite repeated requests.
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