Sentence examples for security council measures from inspiring English sources

The complete removal of all security council measures is extremely important to Iran, as much for their symbolism as their substantial effect.

UN security council measures ban the regime from testing nuclear or ballistic missile technology, but that did not prevent it from carrying out two nuclear tests and launching more than 20 ballistic missiles last year alone.

South Korea is under pressure not to agree to any proposals that could violate sanctions against the North, particularly if the delegation includes senior government officials blacklisted by UN security council measures agreed in response to Pyongyang's ballistic missile and nuclear tests.

She also asked "if [Mr Hammond] will make an assessment of the effect of the temporary removal of the Saudi-led coalition from the UN's list of states and armed groups that violate children's rights during conflict on the integrity and effectiveness of UN security council measures on children and armed conflict".

The UN security council agreed measures last month to combat the trafficking of antiquities plundered from Iraq and Syria, but safeguarding culture has yet to be written into the mandate of peacekeeping operations.

President Kim Dae Jung, in an emergency meeting of his national security council, ordered "thorough measures" by the armed forces to prevent a recurrence of hostilities but stopped short of implying that South Korean forces would go on the offensive against North Korea.

Basically, it is embodied in a set of security council resolutions authorising coercive measures in case of "threats to the peace".

The beleaguered court has no army and no police and so is reliant on the security council to take coercive measures that could compel Bashir and his co-accused to stand trial.

The email claimed the UN security council resolution authorising "all necessary measures" to defeat Isis did not give the "clear and unambiguous authorisation".

Norway's envoy to the region, Jens-Petter Kjemprud, on Monday said Igad, the African Union and the UN security council were discussing more punitive measures.

China is the last permanent member of the UN security council to oppose any new measures, although there is disagreement among the other permanent members over the extent of additional sanctions.