Sentence examples for mandate to act from inspiring English sources

"The structure is such that in many ways they will have the authority and mandate to act," he said.

A report by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services released recently acknowledged that operational and political constraints within missions were at odds with their legal authority and mandate to act and that some missions felt outnumbered and stretched "making the use of force only a paper option".

"In UNICEF Viet Nam, we believe that it is our duty and mandate to act as a convener for these engagements between the two countries.

The Panama Papers made the commission's mandate to act "clearer than ever", Moscovici said.

Secondly, politicians here in the UK need a mandate to act.

George H.W. Bush worried that he lacked the public mandate to act firmly against Iraq.

Almost 10,000 people have signed a petition objecting to the plans submitted to the London Legacy Development Corporation LLDCC), the body mandated to act as the planning authority for the Olympic park.

On Monday, with the 17-year process of Russia's entry nearing its endgame, Georgian officials confirmed that they would sit down with their Russian counterparts in Switzerland, which "has been mandated to act as a mediator between both countries," said a spokeswoman for the Swiss Foreign Ministry.

It's also about what the regulators are mandated to do, and whether they act.

Though the industry is more disparate than it seems at first glance, Rafat says that until last year the American Hotel & Lodging Association was united in fighting an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandate to install swimming pool ramps for the disabled.

Instead, their mandate is to act as "lamplighters" by reaching out to secular Jews, often stopping people on city sidewalks and asking, "Are you Jewish?," and trying to persuade them to deepen their faith.