Sentence examples for has obligated from inspiring English sources

Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, applauded the deal, saying it marked "the first time that the entire world community has obligated itself to act – to act in the battle against global climate change".

"Although the United Nations in its millennium [development goals] has obligated itself to provide continuous and cheap access to vital drugs and medication to people in developing countries before 2015, sanctions … have made the imports of medicine to Iran very hard if not impossible".

Governments have obligated themselves to do whatever it takes to keep climate change within 2C.

City officials still worry that FEMA officials could change their minds and take back money they have obligated, Ms. saidain-Lear said.

Over the 100 days of the tragedy, the UN and US persistently failed to recognise it as genocide, avoiding an admission that would have obligated them to intervene.

The problem, and it's a killer, is that over the years we have obligated ourselves as a nation to spend truly staggering sums.

The deal was rejected by activists over clauses that would have obligated them to leave municipal buildings and clear the protest camp paralysing Kiev's city centre.

Church officials said on Friday that the archdiocesan finance council had refused to authorize the settlements, which would have obligated the archdiocese to pay at least $14.9 million and up to $29.8 million.

Dynegy, a power producer that is giving up energy trading, said yesterday that it had paid $34 million to end a contract that had obligated the company to buy electricity in Mississippi from a unit of Dominion Resources through 2010.

But the State Senate struck down a provision that would have required clergy members to report accusations, because some Catholic lawmakers said it would have obligated priests to violate the secrecy of the confessional.

The settlement was intended to cover 86 people who say they were abused by Father John J. Geoghan, and would have obligated the archdiocese to pay at least $14.9 million and as much as $29.8 million.