Sentence examples for assert sovereignty from inspiring English sources

Both countries assert sovereignty in the area.President Lee Myung-bak's governing party kept its majority in South Korea's parliamentary election.

The decision whether or not to prosecute Duvalier is an important synbolic way the Haitian government can assert sovereignty.

Or does it, following historic maps that show a "nine-dash line" round the edge of the sea (see map), also assert sovereignty over the water itself?

The report also notes that China has continued to assert sovereignty over the East China Sea, including the Senkaku Islands, which are administered by Japan.

New black separatist members declare themselves Moorish, and assert sovereignty under antiquated, complex interactions between the young United States and people who lived along the Barbary Coast.

But even they are not sure that it does not assert sovereignty over the water as well.In the face of all this Mr Aquino tempers his outrage with realism.

China has more forcefully asserted sovereignty over great swathes of the South China Sea.

The strong words asserting sovereignty in the Uluru statement are unlikely to appease those concerns.

By making this request, Japan was asserting sovereignty over the Ryukyus (and acknowledging Chinese sovereignty over Taiwan).

Taiwan adheres to the same vague "nine-dashed line" claim as China, asserting sovereignty over almost all the South China Sea.

Though Israel asserts sovereignty over the site, its security forces normally stay on the plaza's walled perimeter.