Sentence examples for western delegations from inspiring English sources

The board also failed to exclude Syria from two committees involved in human rights, as had been the hope of several Western delegations, though it did approve a resolution condemning the "violent repression" in that country.

When familiar tensions between Western delegations and conservatives led by the Vatican and supported by Catholic and Muslim nations threatened to reopen battles over abortion and family relationships, Suzanne Mubarak was dismayed.

9. (S) Minister Al-Naimi has consistently been rational and practical in talking with western delegations about climate change, noting that Saudi Arabia had to address its development concerns, but conceding that the world needs to work together to address climate change.

One Western delegation after another told the Greeks to get their act together — or, to put it more bluntly, to pay up.

A Western delegation, from the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, was on hand to discuss the sensitive topic of Soviet compliance with the Helsinki accords of 1975 on emigration and political liberties.

The Russian proposal drew broad support from non-Western delegations.

In an interview, Mr. Krutskikh expressed frustration that the United States had not budged after Russia made a concession by accepting a mere resolution, rather than actual treaty wording, on the issue of Internet "public policy issues". The Russian proposal drew broad support from non-Western delegations.

Officials from two Western observer delegations, including the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, said boxes had been stuffed with phony ballots, though the extent of the fraud was not clear.

[XXXXXXXXXXXX] was able to get into Baba Amr and he has told me that many western media delegations have entered the area by crossing the Lebanese borders illegally, one of them was a French and a German media delegation and that fighters are touring the streets specially those who are calling themselves Khalid Ibn al-Walid brigades.

But over the course of the decade, he noticed "a subtle change". As he wrote this month in the Taipei Times, "Western management delegations continued to be politely received, but more often than not professional guides were appointed to show them around, and there was no dialogue with the Toyota managers, who previously had been keen to teach and learn.

Seven years ago I went on one of my strangest journalistic jaunts, when I joined the first western parliamentary delegation to Equatorial Guinea.