Take William Hague, who asked the Egyptian authorities to refrain from violence because "now is the time for dialogue, not confrontation".
The ICC prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, has requested the Libyan authorities to refrain from carrying out any sentence and instead surrender him to The Hague.
He said: "We're closely following developments and we strongly urge the Israeli authorities to refrain from carrying out any demolitions in the village".
MOSCOW — After weeks of rising tensions, a few thousand people gathered here on Sunday to protest ethnic violence and to call on the authorities to refrain from crackdowns that would curtail Moscow's diversity.
It strongly urged Libyan authorities "to refrain from reprisals", to take measures to prevent others from carrying out reprisals, and to protect the population, "including foreign nationals and African migrants".
A few hours later, his boss came out with the administration's strongest posture to date on behalf of the protesters, trying to get ahead of any potential violent crackdown by the Mubarak government by calling on Egyptian authorities to "refrain from calling for any violence against peaceful protesters".
But America and the EU could still try to ensure an orderly count, and rather as they did in Ukraine last year pressure the authorities to refrain from violence in the event of demonstrations.The real test is for Mr Aliev, who is as much of a Caucasian enigma as his country.
But immediately after that one of the most prominent Russian anti-gay campaigners, Vitaly Milonov of St Petersburg Legislative Assembly, called on the Russian authorities to refrain from applying the gay-propaganda law inconsistently during the Sochi Olympics.
Through its petition, ABVA argued for supplying of condoms to jail inmates and instructing the authorities to refrain from segregating prisoners with homosexual orientation or those suffering from HIV/AIDS.
The text of the new agreement says: "The Greek authorities commit to refrain from any rollback of measures and unilateral changes to the policies and structural reforms that would negatively impact fiscal targets, economic recovery or financial stability, as assessed by the institutions".
