Sentence examples for block action against from inspiring English sources

The documents draw new attention to the industry's efforts to block action against climate change – including President Barack Obama's power-plant rules.

The Russian premier has used his UN veto to block action against the regime, despite it being accused of using chemical weapons on civilians by Syrian doctors and investigated by international organisations.

In 2007, the oil company committed to ending its support for a network of think tanks and activist groups that deny the science underlying climate change or have worked to block action against climate change.

An editorial in The New York Times, titled "The Enablers," asks why India, China and Russia are "enabling two dangerous regimes, Syria and Iran, to continue on destructive paths?" In Syria, India for months worked to "block action" against a United Nations Security Council resolution, sponsored by the Arab League, calling for a peaceful transfer of power.

Rizwan Akhtar, the director general of the Inter-Services ISIelligence directorate (ISI), a military spy agency, was told the army must not block action against Jaish-e-Mohammad, Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Haqqani network, three groups that have remained untouched despite Pakistan's much-vaunted campaign against terrorism in the last two years.

For months, House Republican leaders blocked action against companies using the Bermuda device.

Mr. Annan, the envoy of both the United Nations and the Arab League and a former United Nations secretary general, arrived with a new mandate from the Security Council — including Russia, which had usually blocked action against its ally in Damascus — to carry out his plan.

In the past it has blocked action against North Korea.

It is the ninth time Russia has blocked action against its ally Syria, something rights group Amnesty called "a green light for war crimes".

Russia and China have blocked action against Syria by the U.N. Security Council.

Meanwhile, China blocks action against or actively supports a rogue's gallery of nations, among them Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Zimbabwe.