Sentence examples for diplomatic responsibilities from inspiring English sources

Bizarrely, they cited the importance of relations with China, as if the foreign ministry had subcontracted its diplomatic responsibilities to a low level of the judiciary.

In the 1580's, Bodin's diplomatic responsibilities were reduced at the same time that the prestige of the Duke of Alençon and Anjou, whom Bodin had accompanied on a voyage to England and Flanders, diminished.

For the U.S. and its allies, Jordanian-Palestinian confederation could represent a source of stability and security in the region and would no doubt receive substantial Western assistance as long as overall military and diplomatic responsibilities reside with the authorities in Amman.

At the same time, the appointment gives Mr. Baker diplomatic responsibility and visibility that would ordinarily be accorded to Secretary of State Colin L. Powell.

For his part, Obama was especially impressive on Benghazi, though Romney made it relatively easy, saying that while Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has taken responsibility for diplomatic security, it is his responsibility as he appoints the ambassadors and sends them out around the world, and feels deeply the loss of Ambassador Chris Stevens.

At the same time, Rei Mihara, a Tokyo housewife, formed a similar pressure group in Japan, and 18 Japanese lawyers attempted to sue the Japanese government to force them to accept diplomatic and financial responsibility for the transportation of the Sakhalin Koreans and their return to South Korea.

But this review found that step insufficient, noting that in Washington, clear lines of authority and responsibility for diplomatic security were lacking.

In his morning address, and in other sessions over his two days in New York, Obama tried to make the case that the U.S. threat is what pushed Assad and his Russian allies toward the current diplomatic process -- a responsibility that he asserts ought to rest also with the U.N. Assad has now agreed to work with international monitors to impound or destroy his stockpiles of chemical weapons.

The Dubai plot, for which Israel has never acknowledged responsibility, led to diplomatic sanctions against Israel because fake passports from Europe and Australia were used in the operation.

The Fulbright program is based on a series of bilateral diplomatic agreements that place ultimate responsibility for operations with the U.S. Department of State.

The agreement follows the breakthroughs that brought Libya in from the diplomatic cold when it acknowledged responsibility for the 1988 Pan Am 103 jetliner bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 2002, and formally abandoned its nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs in 2003.