Sentence examples for divided council from inspiring English sources

It is the first time the divided council has agreed on a resolution on Syria.

Before the bitterly divided Council is a bill that would roll back term limits, which voters approved in referendums in 1993 and 1996.

When confronted with a divided council, Hammarskjold took it on himself to interpret the charter and use that as a way of bridging the divide himself".

The UN's outgoing and outspoken humanitarian coordinator, Valerie Amos, challenged the divided council to mandate a fact-finding mission into the roughly 440,000 Syrians who are besieged in Syria and risk death by starvation, dehydration and the lack of medical care.

The French, who have apparently seen an early version of the list and decided that it was too broad, say it would be foolish to push ahead without consensus on the Security Council, or at least among the five permanent members -- Britain, Russia, China, France and the United States -- because a divided Council is weak in the face of Iraqi defiance.

State education officials said they would not announce until next week the overall results of these reviews, but interviews in communities across New Jersey showed that in many districts, the process had divided council members and school leaders, while drawing fire from residents.

The debate about who ought to be appointed to the position has divided the council along racial lines, with three black council members calling for the job to go to Laverne Mitchom, who is black, and two white members throwing their support behind Robert Chabot, who is white.

A divided City Council has approved the "Good Neighbor Outdoor Lighting" ordinance, which one council member thinks is a dim way to reduce conflicts over so-called light pollution.

Annan urges UN council to unify The UN secretary-general, Kofi Annan, has urged the bitterly divided security council to find a compromise on its efforts to disarm Saddam Hussein.

Mr Blix's reports divided security council opinion.

Those left defenceless blamed impotent UN soldiers, but the real problem lay with a feckless and divided security council.