Sentence examples for resolution backed by from inspiring English sources

The resolution, backed by the United States, was a compromise.

[C2.] RESOLUTION FAILS Exxon Mobil rejected a resolution backed by members of the Rockefeller family to separate the chief executive and chairman jobs.

In the UN security council on Tuesday, Lebanon tabled a resolution backed by Britain and France for a no-fly zone to be imposed over Libya.

Turkey voted Wednesday against a U.N. Security Council resolution, backed by the United States, imposing a fourth round of sanctions against Iran.

In December, the UN passed a resolution, backed by 104 states, calling for the first time for a worldwide moratorium on capital punishment.

A November 15th vote on a resolution backed by the African Union attracted only seven "yes" votes in the 15-member council.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week said the North would soon test a nuclear warhead and ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, in what would be a direct violation of U.N. resolutions backed by its chief ally, China.

For that he needs a tough UN resolution, backed up by a vote in Congress authorising force if diplomacy fails.

Although Mauritania is not a member of the ICC, the court's warrant was issued after a UN security council resolution – backed then by Libya's new government – which requires all states to co-operate.

At one seat was Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, with whom China sided in July to veto a United Nations resolution, backed strongly by the United States, that would have imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe, after most observers had concluded that Robert Mugabe stole the presidential election there.

In 2008, a month before the Beijing Games, Russia sided with China in a surprise decision to veto the U.N. resolution, backed strongly by the United States, that sought to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe effectively stole the country's Presidential election.