Sentence examples for a resolution upholding from inspiring English sources

First, delegates voted 284 to 241 to reject a resolution upholding the right of the Boy Scouts to establish its own criteria for membership.

Its representative at the UN absented himself from a resolution upholding Ukraine's territorial integrity.Correction: An earlier version of this article mistakingly said that the road in Hebron was restricted to settlers and that the victim of the attack was a settler.

For the first time, countries agreed to take human rights records into account when voting for the council's members, and those member-states that failed to, in the words of the founding resolution, "uphold the highest standards in the promotion and protection of human rights" would find themselves up for review and their seats endangered.

In an effort to head off any constitutional challenge, the Supreme Court approved a resolution today upholding its decision to install Mrs. Arroyo.

Participants affirmed their support for relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions upholding the security, prosperity and human rights of all Afghans and in particular the central role of the U.N. to support the Afghan government' s efforts in achieving these goals.

In ratifying the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Senate wrote into its resolution a condition upholding the United States' interpretation of how riot control agents might be used, as specified by the 1975 executive order.

Immediately upon hearing an opponent propose a split of 80 percent me, 20 percent you, scanned subjects showed a burst of activity in the amygdala, the ancient seat of outrage and aggression, followed by the arousal of higher cortical domains associated with introspection, conflict resolution and upholding rules; and 40 percent of the time they angrily rejected the deal as unfair.

Later, Mr. Ashraf said that he was seeking a resolution of the controversy that "upholds the honor and sanctity of the court but also the honor of the office of the president".

What is needed, aside from an expansion of the Security Council (think G20) is a withdrawal of veto power from all members, with resolutions being upheld by some agreed-upon level of majority.

He further noted that privacy has been specifically dealt with in other UN resolutions — for example, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on the right to privacy in the digital age in December 2013 — reiterating a desire not to dilute the focus of the resolution in upholding human rights online.

Ultimately, the council decided to uphold the Planning Commission's approval of the project, adding conditions about glass and balcony screening that will be voted on in a resolution at the council's next meeting.