The phrase "occupying authorities" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a hostile force or government that exercises control over a region or territory, usually through military might. For example, "Pirates were a constant worry for colonists in the 18th century, but even more feared were the occupying authorities."
Although the U.N. resolution technically obliged the occupiers to abide by the Geneva Conventions — which prohibit occupying authorities from exploiting a country's resources or making fundamental changes to its government — the international norms of occupation were superseded.
But occupying authorities worry that the militias could become power centers competing with whatever new government Iraqis form.
I refer to how, "under a law passed by the occupying authorities in June, a news media organization must be licensed".
But under a law passed by the occupying authorities in June, a news media organization must be licensed, and that license can be revoked if the organization publishes or broadcasts material that incites violence or civil disorder or "advocates alterations to Iraq's borders by violent means".
The future American role is being negotiated by the occupying authorities and the Iraqi Governing Council.
The fatwa said the selection of a council by the occupying authorities would be "unacceptable".
Many have argued that Ma'ale Adumim is an illegal settlement according to international law, under an article in the Geneva Conventions that forbids an occupying authority to transfer its citizens to occupied territory.
Within weeks, occupying authority chief Paul Bremer introduced controls on the IMN.
The German occupying authority accused her of sheltering Allied soldiers at the school and helping them to escape to Holland.
As for control, the occupying authority is currently in over-all command of everything in Iraq, including the oil industry.
The occupying authority dragged its feet on an international audit, which didn't even begin until April 2004.
