Sentence examples for reach a common position from inspiring English sources

The premiers apparently failed to reach a common position at their meeting this week.

Everything will be done with an endeavor to reach a common position, but not at the price of paralysis".

So, with Al Gore's full approval, he decided not to decide -- to kick that can into the future, couching his indecision as "an opportunity for President Putin and the next American president to reach a common position".

"We are pressing for the United Nations Security Council to reach a common position and for the U.N. inspectors to conclude their work as soon as possible," the German foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, said in comments reported by a regional newspaper, The Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.

EU regulators have been analyzing the legality of transfer mechanisms such as binding corporate rules and should reach a common position on Feb. 2, said a spokeswoman for the French data protection authority, which will chair the meeting.

GENEVA, July 19 (Reuters) - International mediator Kofi Annan voiced disappointment on Thursday at the failure of world powers to reach a common position on Syria after China and Russia vetoed a Western resolution threatening Syrian authorities with sanctions.

The foreign ministers of Western powers and Russia reached a common position in June.

But it is understood that the European Union, which has been split by Denmark and Sweden choosing to back the whaling nation of Norway, was close to reaching a common position.

Tusk spoke out after Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Czech Republic reached a common position on Tuesday rejecting current proposals on curbing child benefits for their migrant workers in western Europe, a key demand in Cameron's campaign.

The three also stopped short of reaching a common position on membership in the World Trade Organization, something Russia as an individual country has been trying to negotiate since shortly after the Soviet collapse in 1991.

"I commend all those whose efforts have made this possible... they kept the future of Kenya always in their sights and reached a common position for the good of the nation".