Example sentences of "of the ussr [noun sg] of ministers " in BNC.

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1 The President would ( i ) submit to the Congress of People 's Deputies annual reports on the state of the country , and would brief the USSR Supreme Soviet " on the most important matters of the USSR 's domestic and foreign policy " ; ( ii ) propose to the USSR Supreme Soviet ( and subsequently to the Congress for confirmation ) candidates for the posts of the Chair of the USSR Council of Ministers ( Prime Minister ) , Chair of the USSR Committee of People 's Control , Chair of the USSR Supreme Court , USSR Procurator General and USSR Chief State Arbiter , as well as recommend to the USSR Supreme Soviet and to the Congress the removal of these officials ( with the exception of the Chairman of the USSR Supreme Court ) ; ( iii ) place before the USSR Supreme Soviet the question of forcing or of accepting the resignation of the USSR Council of Ministers , and would appoint and remove in conjunction with the Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers members of that body ( subject to confirmation by the USSR Supreme Soviet ) ; ( iv ) sign USSR laws , being entitled within a period of no more than two weeks to refer a law and objections to it back to the USSR Supreme Soviet for further discussion and voting ( should the USSR Supreme Soviet confirm its earlier decision by a two-thirds majority in both its chambers the President would be obliged to sign the law ) ; ( v ) enjoy the right to suspend the operation of USSR Council of Ministers resolutions and instructions ; and ( vi ) propose to the Congress of People 's Deputies the dissolution and re-election of the USSR Supreme Soviet in the event of an irreconcilable dispute over legislation arising between that body 's two chambers .
2 The President would ( i ) submit to the Congress of People 's Deputies annual reports on the state of the country , and would brief the USSR Supreme Soviet " on the most important matters of the USSR 's domestic and foreign policy " ; ( ii ) propose to the USSR Supreme Soviet ( and subsequently to the Congress for confirmation ) candidates for the posts of the Chair of the USSR Council of Ministers ( Prime Minister ) , Chair of the USSR Committee of People 's Control , Chair of the USSR Supreme Court , USSR Procurator General and USSR Chief State Arbiter , as well as recommend to the USSR Supreme Soviet and to the Congress the removal of these officials ( with the exception of the Chairman of the USSR Supreme Court ) ; ( iii ) place before the USSR Supreme Soviet the question of forcing or of accepting the resignation of the USSR Council of Ministers , and would appoint and remove in conjunction with the Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers members of that body ( subject to confirmation by the USSR Supreme Soviet ) ; ( iv ) sign USSR laws , being entitled within a period of no more than two weeks to refer a law and objections to it back to the USSR Supreme Soviet for further discussion and voting ( should the USSR Supreme Soviet confirm its earlier decision by a two-thirds majority in both its chambers the President would be obliged to sign the law ) ; ( v ) enjoy the right to suspend the operation of USSR Council of Ministers resolutions and instructions ; and ( vi ) propose to the Congress of People 's Deputies the dissolution and re-election of the USSR Supreme Soviet in the event of an irreconcilable dispute over legislation arising between that body 's two chambers .
3 The President would ( i ) submit to the Congress of People 's Deputies annual reports on the state of the country , and would brief the USSR Supreme Soviet " on the most important matters of the USSR 's domestic and foreign policy " ; ( ii ) propose to the USSR Supreme Soviet ( and subsequently to the Congress for confirmation ) candidates for the posts of the Chair of the USSR Council of Ministers ( Prime Minister ) , Chair of the USSR Committee of People 's Control , Chair of the USSR Supreme Court , USSR Procurator General and USSR Chief State Arbiter , as well as recommend to the USSR Supreme Soviet and to the Congress the removal of these officials ( with the exception of the Chairman of the USSR Supreme Court ) ; ( iii ) place before the USSR Supreme Soviet the question of forcing or of accepting the resignation of the USSR Council of Ministers , and would appoint and remove in conjunction with the Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers members of that body ( subject to confirmation by the USSR Supreme Soviet ) ; ( iv ) sign USSR laws , being entitled within a period of no more than two weeks to refer a law and objections to it back to the USSR Supreme Soviet for further discussion and voting ( should the USSR Supreme Soviet confirm its earlier decision by a two-thirds majority in both its chambers the President would be obliged to sign the law ) ; ( v ) enjoy the right to suspend the operation of USSR Council of Ministers resolutions and instructions ; and ( vi ) propose to the Congress of People 's Deputies the dissolution and re-election of the USSR Supreme Soviet in the event of an irreconcilable dispute over legislation arising between that body 's two chambers .
4 Nikolai Ryzhkov , the Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers ( Prime Minister ) , on March 14 threatened his own and his government 's resignation after his name was cited during exchanges in the Congress of People 's Deputies in connection with a recently discovered scandal centring on a plot illegally to export Soviet battle tanks to the West .
5 On April 23 and 24 Li Peng held talks with Nikolai Ryzhkov , Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers , on ways to increase the efficiency of Sino-Soviet economic co-operation .
6 In December 1989 Nikolai Ryzhkov , the Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers ( Prime Minister ) , had won approval from the USSR Congress of People 's Deputies for a programme intended to achieve economic recovery by 1993 and to introduce a " socialist market economy " by 1995 [ see p. 37127 ] .
7 Ryzhkov presented the programme of reforms to the USSR Supreme Soviet on behalf of the USSR Council of Ministers on May 24 .
8 Currently a Deputy Chair of the USSR Council of Ministers and Chair of its Bureau for Machine Building , and regarded as a moderate reformer , Silayev defeated Mikhail Bocharov ( reportedly Russian President Boris Yeltsin 's favoured candidate ) in an inconclusive first round , and standing unopposed and with Yeltsin 's public endorsement in a second round he was backed by 163 of the 220 deputies present .
9 They demanded fulfilment of promises of improved living and working conditions , which the government had made in settlement of strikes in July 1989 [ see pp. 36826-27 ] , the resignation of the USSR Council of Ministers because of its handling of the economy , and the depoliticization of the Army , police , judiciary and education system .
10 Aleksandra Biryukova retired as a Deputy Chair of the USSR Council of Ministers ( in which she had been the only woman out of 69 members ) and as Chair of the Bureau for Social Development on Sept. 17 .
11 An emergency meeting of the USSR Council of Ministers on Aug. 2 ordered ministries to reassign 10-15 per cent of the vehicles in their sectors to the harvest , and to order workers and students to participate in picking fruit and vegetables .
12 On July 18 , Byelorussia , regarded as one of the more compliant republics , refused to recognise a resolution of the USSR Cabinet of Ministers on production during the transition to a market economy , because it contradicted Byelorussian legislation .
13 At the RSFSR Supreme Soviet on Aug. 23 , Yeltsin obliged Gorbachev to read out the record of the USSR Cabinet of Ministers meeting of Aug. 19 , at which Pavlov gained its endorsement of the state of emergency .
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