Sentence examples for actions nations from inspiring English sources

By implication, the Kellogg-Briand treaty also legalized a whole set of non-military actions nations can now take, including the use of economic sanctions against countries that violate international norms or laws.

"Ukraine and any other adjacent nations in a similar position need to be leery of attacks that soften, test, probe and seek to destabilize because destabilization is a heartbeat away from so-called police actions, nation-building, and adventurism," Sam Curry, chief security officer at Cybereason, told VICE News in an email.

As recent diplomatic frustrations over Iraq, Iran and North Korea attest, no broad international consensus yet exists on what kind of enforcement action nations can legitimately take to thwart the development of these terrible weapons.

At the end of two days of meetings, Mr. Obama could claim two major accomplishments: The summit meeting forced countries that had failed to clean up their nuclear surpluses to formulate detailed plans to deal with them, and it kicked into action nations that had failed to move on previous commitments.

Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, the United States Army chief of staff, likes to take note of how military men and women from a diverse democracy set a standard, by their actions, in nations with no history of tolerance or democracy.

Though hunting and poaching might seem obvious candidates for targeted policy and management interventions, there are complex social issues underlying these activities that will require coordinated and cooperative actions by nations (see Brashares et al., p. 376).

Chairing the council session, Mr Obama said "the words spoken here today must be matched and translated into action, into deeds, concrete action within nations and between them, not just in the days ahead but for years to come".

This is not to say that the gap between talk and action in nations that aren't American allies is any better.

As India grabs its piece of the action, other nations of all stripes have gone along for a most dynamic and exhilarating but at times also enervating ride.

Only recently he told a reporter he believed this was not time to consider legislation for postwar collective action by nations.

The Bush administration's version of arms control was unilateral military action against nations accused of developing weapons of mass destruction.