But disapproval, especially in Britain, has produced a drawn-out negotiation that has delayed any trial.
Sirleaf left office last month, handing over to George Weah, the former Chelsea and Milan footballer turned politician after a drawn-out election period marred by delays and allegations of fraud.
By the time Djokovic and Dimitrov took to Chatrier it was 7pm local time, and the prospect of an overnight delay loomed should the match become a drawn out affair.
The long drawn-out Washington delay in alleviating its balance-of-payments deficit was first complained of publicly by France last autumn, and is now openly citied in Paris and in the London banking world as having the most influence in bringing about the present money crisis.
However, this will be a drawn out affair.
The drawn-out fight against Shiite militiamen delayed the start of the Mosul offensive, which the government has promised will rout Sunni insurgents believed to have regrouped there after being driven out of Baghdad, Diyala and Anbar provinces.
Everything was agreed in the Maastricht Treaty, then long drawn-out negotiations on the convention caused delays, and now the project has become bogged down in ratification procedures in the national parliaments.
But Thorsen said the drawn-out schedule was actually useful, because the delays gave the young architects time to acquire an address, permanent furnishings, and the equivalent of a postgraduate education in design and construction.
The drawn-out goodbye was a ruse.
Baseball might be a little drawn out.
Japan now finds itself playing diplomatic cat-and-mouse with a regime that has a history of drawing out negotiations in return for concessions.Predictably, the delay has triggered criticism among conservatives that Japan is being taken for a ride.
