Sentence examples similar to Observe a mandate from inspiring English sources
But, the site asserts, he changed his position after observing a mandate in action in the health care overhaul enacted in Massachusetts by former Gov. Mitt Romney and after concluding that a national mandate would be unconstitutional.
United Nations observers have a mandate only to observe, not to intervene and protect, but they have not been able to fulfill even their limited mission due to violence and obstruction.
Major Nicholson was a member of the 14-member American military liaison mission, which has been stationed in the East German town of Potsdam since 1947 with a mandate to observe activities in what was once the Soviet zone of occupied Germany.
While the AU has deployed 2,700 peacekeepers and is soon to send another 5,000, it has too few vehicles and a mandate only to observe, so it has saved few lives.By a conservative estimate, at least 12,000 peacekeepers are needed to keep a modicum of peace in Darfur, yet the AU cannot meet this target for at least six months.
This is what we've observed in the medium that currently lacks a mandate of neutrality — SMS.
It's a mandate that should resonate with anyone who has observed the prolific Mr. Douglas over the last dozen years.
These problems have raised fears that the United Nations force would suffer the same fate as the African Union force, which was hobbled from the start by a weak mandate, which was to observe a cease-fire, not protect civilians.
The federal government cannot force states to allow foreigners to observe elections, mandate greater cybersecurity of our election machinery or override state voter ID laws.
