Sentence examples for language of a resolution from inspiring English sources

Senators have squabbled for two weeks over the language of a resolution.

For now, though, the spotlight is on the United Nations, where she said diplomats were "hammering out" the language of a resolution.

With the White House and Capitol Hill approaching agreement on the language of a resolution authorizing the use of military force against Iraq, Congress is on the threshold of a solemn and rare occasion -- a debate over war and peace.

Before word of the Iraqi offer arrived, American officials said they hoped to begin detailed talks in the Security Council by Wednesday, with the goal of circulating draft language of a resolution by week's end.

The American ambassador to the United Nations, Susan E. Rice, is in intensive negotiations over the language of a resolution, sponsored by Lebanon, another Arab state, and backed by France and Britain.

However, this week Washington relied on the U.N. Security Council to prosecute its policy toward Syria, and allowed the language of a resolution criticizing Damascus to be watered down significantly.

I'm told American officials are already quietly at work, talking to European allies and drafting the language of such a resolution, aiming to word it so that US Jews, for example, would find it irresistible.

In fact, Mr. Chen's comments, while the strongest since he took office two years ago, did not go beyond the language of a 1999 resolution on Taiwan's future adopted by his Democratic Progressive Party.

Drawing on the language of a United Nations Security Council resolution passed last summer, President Bush and senior officials are now calling on "the Syrian regime" to remove its military and intelligence personnel from Lebanon and cede any political role there.

Russia and China vetoed two previous resolutions at the Security Council seeking to end the violence in Syria, and the Russians have objected to draft language of a new resolution proposed by Western nations because it does not equally blame all parties in the conflict for the violence.

UNITED NATIONS — After months of resisting the idea of new Security Council sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, the Chinese government appears to have taken a step closer to supporting them, agreeing to enter negotiations over the language of a new resolution to intensify international pressure on Iran.