Sentence examples for abstaining on from inspiring English sources

In the muddle of a hastily called meeting of the Organisation of American States on October 23rd this entailed the paradoxical business of supporting a whole resolution with one breath, and abstaining on one of its sections with the next.

In return, South Africa has been one of Iran's doughtiest supporters at the UN, abstaining on a resolution to condemn Iran's human-rights violations and arguing against further embargoes and sanctions over Iran's nuclear plans.Yet the amount of aid that Iran gives Africa is still small compared with the sums Americans and Europeans give, let alone China.

Abstaining on the benefits cap?

Conservative ministers will be abstaining on this vote, she says.

In this case, UKFI advised allowing 200% bonuses (or, at least, abstaining on the vote) but Osborne did the opposite.

So, after years of abstaining on the Cuban issue at the UN, Mexico has changed its line.

Britain abstained on a vote about Palestinian statehood in the UN general assembly in 2012.

Smith said he would abstain on the plebiscite bill, but if it came down to one vote he "would not be able to support [it]".

Vanguard abstained on almost 20percentt of shareholder proposals this year.

He says he assumes Labour will abstain on his amendment.

In the end, only Bulgaria abstained on the resolution.