The latest amendment eliminating the word sanctions was expected to attract the minimum nine votes needed for Council passage, but Mr. Danforth said he hoped for unanimous approval.
On March 6th, China said it too opposed the second resolution.With only Britain, Spain and Bulgaria firmly behind America in the 15-member Security Council, the second resolution could fail to get the minimum nine votes necessary to be adopted.
Failure of the Security Council to act together, it is widely accepted, would also undermine the world body's credibility.If America and its allies could collect at least the minimum nine votes (out of 15 permanent and rotating members) needed for a resolution to pass, it could increase pressure on France and Russia to abstain, rather than wielding their vetoes.
They are willing to accept a U.S. veto, if they can get the required minimum nine votes as a sign of support for another attempt in the future.
But now that it's purportedly ready to throw that overboard, let's suppose that the US is ready to go all the way in this direction, and content itself with a resolution that passes with the minimum nine yes votes from the fifteen members of the Council.
The budget passed on Tuesday with a bare minimum of two votes, both cast by Republicans.
"The denominator drops until you reach consensus or a minimum of nine votes".
I figured that I needed a minimum of two thousand votes to squeak by, maybe even twenty-six hundred for it to be a sure thing.
Here are the novels that received the most nominations, in no particular order – we have included all that received a minimum of two votes.
The Sounders are somewhat conservative when it comes to voter-registration laws — only season-ticket holders, or dues-paying members of Alliance, will be allowed to vote — and a minimum of ten thousand votes is required to make the count official.
