Sentence examples for support for a resolution from inspiring English sources

The Europeans had sought to win unanimous support for a resolution that would have reported Iran to the Council immediately.

Others, which clashed with the United States and withheld support for a resolution authorizing war, want to tweak Washington for disregarding them.

As General Powell considers his options, he is in the process of choosing an assistant secretary for human rights, who will organize the complicated diplomacy of winning support for a resolution at Geneva.

Meanwhile, the American effort to get the United Nations to exert pressure on Sudan has run into problems reminiscent of the American difficulties in getting support for a resolution backing the ouster of Saddam Hussein in Iraq last year.

Also, some said, Mr. Castañeda had angered Cuban officials in the past when he rallied Latin American support for a resolution urging Cuba to move toward democratic reforms and human rights.

State Department officials who toured European capitals this month to test support for a resolution found very mixed reactions and little enthusiasm for joining the Americans at the annual Geneva meeting of the rights commission next month.

The Palestinian Authority has been steadily building support for such a resolution in September, a move that could place Israel into a diplomatic vise.

China's support for such a resolution is viewed as critical because it holds a veto in the Council and because it exerts influence over North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-il.

AS President Bush sought Congressional support last week for a resolution authorizing "all means that he determines to be appropriate, including force" to confront Iraq, the nation heard little dissent from the Democrats.

Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told New Zealand's foreign minister that support for a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlement-building in the occupied territories would be viewed as a "declaration of war".

The US must cease its illegal and counterproductive support for a military resolution now.