When the Colombian delegate said that the principle of consensus does not allow one country to impose a veto, the delegates erupted again into prolonged applause.
The Bolivians were able to keep the accord from being integrated into the UN process because of a principle of consensus common in UN bodies; a sustained explicit objection is taken to mean that no such consensus has been reached.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, under whose auspices these annual talks are held, operates on the principle of consensus, meaning that any of the more than 190 participating nations can hold up an agreement.
The principle of consensus on which the conference runs does not give one country the right to veto the will of all the others, ruled Patricia Espinosa, Mexico's foreign secretary and the conference's chair.
This was the principle of consensus omnium, the universal agreement that had prevailed throughout the many centuries of Christian history on certain basic beliefs.
12. Fos Fanariou: What about the principle of consensus.
You have yourself stated that «the principle of consensus remains valid for the Orthodox Churches in attendance.» If these documents are not accepted by the Churches of Russia, Antioch, Bulgaria and Georgia, are they invalidated?
However, it is important to remember that the principle of consensus - albeit frequently misunderstood in the sense of unanimity - was accepted primarily and solely in order to allay the fears of some churches (large and small), which felt that their opinion would not be heard or respected.
This, to my mind, is the basis of the principle of consensus in the [Bundestag] Children's Committee," said MP Dörner.
