Sentence examples for approving a statement from inspiring English sources
After vetoing two anti-Assad initiatives at the United Nations Security Council, on Thursday they joined the rest of the Council in approving a statement demanding immediate access for humanitarian workers.
In November 2010, the Russian Parliament approved a statement holding Stalin and other Soviet leaders responsible for the Katyn killings.
About a half-hour later, a United Nations spokesman announced that the council would meet on Sunday to approve a statement.
The UN Security Council overcame deep divisions to unanimously approve a statement condemning Syria's shelling of a Turkish town that killed five women and children "in the strongest terms".
At the United Nations, the Russians are reluctant to approve a statement supporting Mr. Ouattara because of concerns about Security Council involvement in elections, diplomats at the United Nations said.
All 15 Council members approved a statement condemning the nuclear test and pledging further action hours after North Korea carried out its third atomic blast on Feb. 12.
The demonstrators also approved a statement opposing what they called the growing militarization of Russian society and restraints on press freedom.
On Tuesday, the A.F.L.-C.I.O.'s executive committee approved a statement saying the court ruling "has seriously undermined enforcement of the law and made an already weak law more lopsided against workers exercising their rights".
Russia's Parliament on Friday approved a statement holding Stalin responsible for ordering the 1940 murder of more than 20,000 Polish officers in a forest near the village of Katyn.
Father Lombardi said that he had spoken directly with the pope at least twice since Sunday and that Benedict had personally approved a statement he released on the condom question, indicating how adamant the pope was.
The 15-member Council approved a statement that, while not blaming the Syrian government directly for all the deaths, rebuked it for its use of tanks and artillery against civilians despite agreeing to an April 12 cease-fire.
