Sentence examples for it an obligation from inspiring English sources

On November 16, Hollande requested, and EU member states unanimously invoked, the EU Lisbon Treaty's little-known Clause 42.7, which states: "If a member state is the victim of armed aggression on its territory, the other member states shall have towards it an obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power".

42.7 TEU, "If a Member State is the victim of an armed aggression on its territory, the other Member States shall have toward it an obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power, in accordance with Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.

It invoked EU Treaty Article 42 (7), which says that "if a Member State is the victim of armed aggression on its territory, the other Member States shall have towards it an obligation of aid and assistance by all means".

A victory might have brought with it an obligation to replace those silver eyebrow, nose and chin ornaments with gold.

The coterie of generals also declared that Sissi's broad public backing made it an "obligation" that he run for president — a post he is almost certain to win.

But the older generation are so steeped in showbusiness that they almost consider it an obligation to be entertaining at all times".

This is more then a job [sic] it is an obligation," it reads.

"It is not sanctions, it is an obligation not to sell arms".

We felt it as an obligation to report it.

It is not an option now, it is an obligation now".

It's not a legal obligation, it's an obligation to the ecosystem of the site". But there's one massively important principle, Feerst stresses.