Sentence examples for casting a veto from inspiring English sources
Bush backed Canada's Brian Mulroney for the UN post, but did not want to offend Egypt by casting a veto against Boutros-Ghali.
Both have taken a hard-line stance against the Palestinians and have criticized the Clinton administration for abstaining from a United Nations Security Council vote last week instead of casting a veto.
It came about this way: On April 19, a day of diplomatic maneuvering in which the United States tried to avoid casting a veto against a strongly worded Arab resolution, Israel's foreign minister, Shimon Peres, who was in Washington, called Mr. Annan to say that the secretary general should personally appoint a fact-finding mission, adding Israel "had nothing to hide".
They can try again in the UN Security Council in 2015, when members change, with the chance of obtaining the nine positive votes, but the US, which has cast a negative vote in 2014, will not worry so much anymore about casting a veto.
Even if this happens, France still can implacably cast a veto.
Since 1990, the United States has cast a veto on Council resolutions 16 times, many concerning Israeli-Palestinian relations.
Though most decisions are made through majority voting, any country can still cast a veto in key areas.
"We hope no one will cast a veto," he said, referring to the Americans who have vetoed resolutions targeting Israel in the past.
Ten years ago, a previous deal was wrecked by Canada, not by Belgium, when Quebec dairy farmers cast a veto and left the EU's negotiators fuming.
At the White House this morning, Mr. DeLay was not so confident and urged President Bush to cast a veto if the bill passed.
