Sentence examples for called for halting from inspiring English sources

Last week Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, called for halting wildlife drone missions as a cost-saving measure under the federal budget sequestration.

At last month's meeting of Community Board 10, Marcia Pavlica, the civic association's president, called for halting the project, but the ultimate decision belongs to the city.

Although the statement also called for halting attacks against state institutions, a step demanded by various countries including Brazil and India, diplomats said the statement also increased pressure on the Syrian government to stop deploying tanks against its citizens.

In its action plan for next year, the group called for halting construction of new nuclear plants and the gradual phasing out of Japan's 54 current reactors as energy alternatives are found.

Other government hawks called for halting the peace talks entirely.

It further called for halting the construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank — though did allow for land swaps that could involve existing settlements.

Mexican human rights organizations called for halt to military funding in light of a sixfold increase in human rights violations by the Mexican military.

Among other things, GPARC calls for halting the spread of resistant parasites in Cambodia by strengthening malaria control locally, ramping up monitoring and surveillance to detect resistance, and investing in new research.

When ice coverage becomes so extensive that cleanup isn't no longer possible, the plans call for halting the response until spring.

The campaign launched by V-Day and UNICEF calls for halting the violence and ending impunity for those who commit such atrocities.

The region is badly off track to meet the challenge of Millennium Development Goal #6, which calls for halting and beginning to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015.