Sentence examples for disputing nations from inspiring English sources

And he presided over the Paris climate change conference last year, making it a personal mission to negotiate an accord on global warming among fractious and disputing nations.

Afterward, in the kind of diplomatic language normally used to describe official meetings between disputing nations, Mr. Levy issued a statement calling the session "positive and constructive".

One of the chief features which, it is anticipated, will make a special appeal to European nations, is the temporary limitation placed upon armament and war preparations and the prohibition of mobilization by the disputing nations pending arbitration.

"If she mishandles a negotiation between two disputing nations, she can't blame that on somebody else," said Christine C. Quinn, the first female speaker of the New York City Council and a longtime political friend of Ms. Clinton.

In 2002, because of intensive efforts of ASEAN countries and China, a Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea was agreed, promoting bilateral negotiation among the disputing nations over sovereignty issues, and calling for the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea for all nations of the world in accordance with UNCLOS.

(Exactly what happened remains disputed). The nations teetered on the brink of war, but the pilot's release by Pakistan appeared to ease tensions.

> Owing to relaxed international labelling requirements set by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), species descriptions are often inaccurate, disputed by nations or missing (Jacquet & Pauly 2008).

But rich and poor nations are disputing how to set targets, and who should bear most of the responsibility.

Mediation can be used in a wide range of disputes, including labor disputes, public policy disputes, disagreements among nations, family disputes, and neighborhood and community quarrels.

The committee also postponed for three days a showdown decision on Secretary General Kofi Annan's plan for overhauling the United Nations management, which is being disputed by developing nations that complain that it shifts power to the largest donor nations.

The fighting along the nations' disputed border is a resumption of an exceptionally fierce two-year war.