Sentence examples for general assembly vote from inspiring English sources

The Zionists made one last effort to "turn" Nehru, in a last-minute cable from Weizmann, two days before the general assembly vote.

In a scathing letter to human rights watchdogs, Haley criticised opposition to US attempts to drive through a general assembly vote on reform last month.

Hailing the general assembly vote supporting the initiative, the UK permanent representative, Matthew Rycroft, said: "The days of smoke-filled rooms, of rumours and speculation on the runners and riders for the job, are over.

While Czech Republic had briefly suggested it could follow Trump's line, it quickly reversed its position, and by last week had contented itself with merely abstaining in a UN general assembly vote that overwhelming criticised Trump's move.

Polly Truscott, foreign affairs adviser for Amnesty UK, said it was feared that changes proposed by the US in the general assembly vote would have been subjected to hostile amendments and encountered significant opposition, weakening rather than strengthening the council.

The fiercely independent Swedish diplomat had, by then, enraged almost all the major powers on the security council with his support for decolonisation, but support from developing countries meant his re-election as secretary general would have been virtually guaranteed at the general assembly vote due the following year.

A draft of the declaration, scheduled for a General Assembly vote on Wednesday, urges all countries to protect the rights of people with AIDS.

Earlier Thursday, hours before the General Assembly vote, Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations' secretary general, sharply criticized Syria while on a visit to Vienna.

The resolution followed a General Assembly vote in October demanding that Israel tear down the barrier and a report from Secretary General Kofi Annan on Nov. 28 calling its construction "a deeply counterproductive act" that was causing the Palestinian population "serious socioeconomic harm".

What got these tendentious articles through the General Assembly vote, though, was a classic fudge.

Tuesday's General Assembly vote was 104 nations in favor, 54 against and 29 abstaining.