Sentence examples for calling for a ceasefire from inspiring English sources

The Zairean government urged the UN to implement its plan calling for a ceasefire and withdrawal of foreign forces.

A separate resolution calling for a ceasefire in Yemen was supported by a larger number of MEPs.

In this situation, calling for a ceasefire is like asking a jailer who is torturing its prisoner to halt the torture.

Earlier this year, imprisoned leaders of the Gamaat and its sister organisation, al Jihad, issued a statement calling for a ceasefire, which the government ignored.

We might have been talking about slaughtering chickens.' All the Security Council managed was a tepid statement calling for a ceasefire.

Russia on Monday called an emergency session of the UN security council to vote on a Russian motion calling for a ceasefire in Ukraine.

All sides, including the rebels, have called for a ceasefire.

In Washington, meanwhile, President Obama finally called for a ceasefire.

Overnight the UN security council has called for a ceasefire.

The ensuing communiqué called for a ceasefire but sounded more like an ultimatum to Mr Machar.

Two years ago the imprisoned PKK leader, Abdullah Öcalan, also called for a ceasefire.