Mr. Mandela told the consultative conference that it was not feasible to seek approval before every contact.

In 1998, she was removed from the national consultative conference and publicly castigated for failing to condemn her husband's broadcasts.

He was invited by the political consultative conference of Hong Kong to perform a solo vocal concert in 1989.

At a consultative conference convened by the congress last December, members rejected a previous proposal for a more flexible stance on sanctions.

"It is no longer enough for us to repeat the slogans," Mr. Tambo said at the opening of the congress's consultative conference.

NILTA was invited to chair the three national consultative conferences in early 1996.

He worked in the Chinese political consultative conference and other government organizations when the Cultural Revolution broke out.

In 2007, he served as Henan province political consultative conference.

A consultative conference held near Johannesburg last December lacked the authority of the current gathering to set policy and elect a new leader.

At the consultative conference last December, a proposal for a phased removal of sanctions was soundly rejected.