Sentence examples for proposal for a resolution from inspiring English sources

The United States presented the Security Council today with a proposal for a resolution, revised to draw the support of France, that would give Iraq a last chance to accept rigorous weapons inspections and disarm or face an American-led war.

The United States decided today to submit its final proposal for a resolution on Iraq to the Security Council on Wednesday, after Secretary of State Colin L. Powell concluded that the draft would receive the crucial support of France, Bush administration officials said.

The United States and Britain moved to slow the pace of the discussions after the three other permanent members remained adamant in their opposition to the American proposal for a resolution authorizing a unilateral military attack by the United States and any ally if Washington determined that Iraq had made even minor violations.

A16 Draft Iraq Resolution Ready The United States decided to submit its final proposal for a resolution on Iraq to the Security Council, after Secretary of State Colin L. Powell concluded the draft would receive the crucial support of France, Bush administration officials said.

Having answered these questions, our Group felt unable to vote for the proposal for a resolution.

"We did not manage to change the situation," said Nabil el-Araby, the secretary general of the Arab League, whose proposals for a resolution to the conflict have failed.

That prospect — and the likelihood of escalating conflict if the North resisted an inspection — is why China has balked at American proposals for a resolution by the United Nations Security Council that would explicitly allow interceptions at sea.

He has refrained from publicly criticizing the American proposal for a new resolution, though his government has indicated opposition.

The United States offered France what it called a final proposal for a Security Council resolution to disarm Iraq, seeking to break a United Nations deadlock.

Moreover, Mr. Gore's proposal for a binding resolution put in a bad light Governor Bush's insistence on blocking an authoritative recount.

In many ways its policy is similar to Britain's, but France has pushed diplomatically for stronger measures, including a recent proposal for a UN resolution designed to protect civilians from the barrel bombs used by Syrian government forces.