Sentence examples for adopt a motion from inspiring English sources

In 2009, Russia convinced the S.C.O. to adopt a motion that declared the dissemination of information "harmful to the spiritual, moral and cultural spheres of other states" and a "security threat".

A future Labor government may consult like-minded nations about recognising a Palestinian state, after the New South Wales branch of the party voted to adopt a motion critical of Israeli settlements.

To begin debate on a bill, senators must first adopt a "motion to proceed".

On Thursday, the Quebec provincial legislature adopted a motion condemning Islamophobia.

In September International Union for the Conservation of Nature adopted a motion recommending the closing of domestic ivory markets globally.

Gorbachev and others criticized him and adopted a motion claiming that the economic decline had been halted.

Earlier this month, the gold-standard Ramsar Convention on wetlands of international importance adopted a motion encouraging paludiculture as a way of avoiding carbon emissions.

Delegates adopted a motion stating that the curriculum would reduce "creativity and enjoyment at school, alienate young people and lead to more school absence … and disaffection".

The EC is politically accountable to Parliament, which has the power to dismiss the whole EC by adopting a motion of censure.

The National Assembly formally adopted a motion, by 299 votes to 10, accepting Mbeki's resignation and thanking him for his service as the deputy president and then the national president for the past 14 years.

Currently polling at around 15%, five points behind the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), the party has focused increasingly on opposing immigration and recently adopted a motion saying Islam was not compatible with the German constitution.