On Sunday, all of them except Syria agreed to allow the five permanent members, which are all nuclear powers, to examine the declaration immediately, before the 10 rotating members, none of which are nuclear powers.
The declaration immediately evoked memories of Mr. Bush's father's reneged and politically disastrous promise, "Read my lips: no new taxes," but in fact "over my dead body" has been a favorite of politicians, sometimes with unpleasant results, for some time.
When Mr Clinton on May 4th declared the Oklahoma and Kansas tornadoes to be "major disasters", he was setting in motion a well-tested procedure: the declaration immediately allows federal disaster aid, from emergency housing and low-cost loans to the use of the National Guard.
"I don't think you would have been immediately arrested, but it would be very difficult to reverse your declaration now without being charged with a crime yourself, and even more challenging to file a complaint".
That announcement was immediately followed by a government declaration that the Chadian Army had crushed the rebels.
Mr. de Blasio said the Weather Service had underestimated the severity of the storm, a declaration that was immediately met with criticism from experts who said the forecasts had been accurate.
The colonial government began to concern itself with the plight of African peoples; in 1923 the colonial secretary issued a White Paper in which he indicated that African interests in the colony had to be paramount, although his declaration did not immediately result in any great improvement in conditions.
It's time for a policy response that provides reconstruction insurance, so that along with a federal disaster declaration, funds become immediately available to rebuild homes, facilities and infrastructure.
This ringing declaration, however, is almost immediately followed by a note of paradox, as Rousseau declares that he can make this subjection "in chains" legitimate.
The presidential declaration of war followed immediately.
