under the aegis of

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This task is left to a 170-plus member “committee” under the aegis of the IMO, and good luck to any voter in Boston, Berlin or Bangkok who wants to influence that debate.

From The Wall Street Journal

When the sprawling compilation album “Transa” came out last fall, Massima Bell — a musician, model and activist who helped assemble the project under the aegis of the Red Hot organization — thought of it as a crucial act of “archive-making” for one of society’s most marginalized communities.

From Los Angeles Times

The French ecology ministry told us: "A task force set up by the ministry is working, under the aegis of the environment ambassador Barbara Pompili, to define a coordinated strategy at the European level for the care of orcas and dolphins, particularly those at Marineland."

From BBC

All of these piecemeal undertakings have been gathered up under the aegis of the task scam, which would cross over from pointless to exploitative when the recruiter either refused to pay me or asked me to start sending them money.

From Slate

In the United States, the question of what you can do to an animal in a laboratory or experimental environment would mostly fall under the aegis of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees established by academic institutions, each setting its own rules.

From Salon