delegates

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Part of Halff’s job at the IEA in the 2010s was to run emergency preparedness meetings with member-country delegates, he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

An AFP reporter saw the smoke visible from the conference venue as delegates gathered for the first sessions.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Throughout the U.S.–Iranian talks, Tehran’s delegates have insisted that the two wars involving Israel—in Iran and in Lebanon—were essentially the same conflict, and that a peace deal had to include a ceasefire in Lebanon.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026

Thirteen of the 39 signers of the Constitution were from the South, and it’s estimated that 25 delegates to the Constitutional Convention owned slaves.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

In 1865, while white legislators gathered in Raleigh to revise the state constitution, 117 black delegates representing half of all the state’s counties met across town.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson