high commissioner

The office of the high commissioner for human rights is less than a decade old.

The high commissioner's role was very low profile when she arrived.

He was appointed as high commissioner and supervised the works for years.

After the war, he served as an adviser to both the high commissioner and the president of the Philippines.

They have no room to manoeuvre", the high commissioner said.

Nevertheless, many people turn to the high commissioner for help with their individual grievances.

It was bought by Pakistan in 1949 as a residence for their high commissioner.

"We told them that the day of high commissioners and viceroys are over," he said.

The British high commissioner would also find his movements curtailed.

From its foundation southern Nigeria was administered by a high commissioner.

He was also a former high commissioner to Australia.

Dealing with the wartime allies was a major task for the high commissioner.

Are you planning to have dinner with the Canadian consulate's high commissioner soon?

He was knighted in 1958, and appointed as high commissioner of Canada.

The town next appealed to the High Commissioner, this time with more success.

Between 1918 and 1922 he was high commissioner of Newfoundland, the first person appointed to that role.

The residences of high commissioners, who are similar to ambassadors, have the same rights.

I think the only Colombians who believe in this process are the president and the high commissioner for peace."

The United Nations high commissioner for refugees also said an investigation was necessary.

Many of the high commissioner's workers here think the agency should be making public announcements to the refugees about conditions in Rwanda.

The new high commissioner must press for reform of the treaty system so individual cases are encouraged and accommodated.

For many years Yale was an ecclesiastical high commissioner.

United Nations aid workers told the high commissioner this afternoon that they were gravely concerned about their safety, even in the capital.

When his political allies returned to power in 1924 he was despatched to Syria as high commissioner.

In 1951 he became high commissioner to Pakistan.