In particular, they object to the plan s proposal to give increased powers and responsibilities to the Secretary General, whose selection is effectively in the hands of the Security Council s five permanent members, which wield veto power.

Our preference is to limit the use of veto and to promote a veto free culture.

Former leaders of Ituri armed groups continue to wield influence

They should have a right of veto.

Instead, a veto free culture should be promoted.

(a) Restraint on the use of the veto

The Hamas Veto

It was also suggested that if a veto is used, an explanation of the reasons for the veto should be given to the Assembly.

Confused and self absorbed, Europe is not in the best position to wield influence.

Limiting the Security Council Veto

They will wield decisive importance in swing states like Colorado, New Mexico, Florida, and Nevada.

There should be no extension of the right of veto, and the use of the veto should be limited.

According to one estimate, middle class consumers in a dozen emerging economies today wield annual purchasing power totaling approximately 6.9 trillion.

But Obama s veto power is a big obstacle to reversing his policies.

Another provision gave the government a veto power over most church activities.

The identity of the new king is clear, but who will really wield power is not.

If America s Democrats lose in the mid term elections this November, there is a risk of persistent fiscal deficits as Republicans veto tax increases while Democrats veto spending cuts.

A small minority cannot be allowed to veto the establishment of the Council.

Saakashvili must be pressured to abandon his effort to wield full control over Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

The Governor has the power to veto a budget bill, following which the bill is returned to the Legislature, which can either override the Governor's veto by a special majority or reconsider the bill.

With the government still having room to wield expansionary monetary and or fiscal policy, the economic revival was only a matter of time.

Other delegations stated that the elimination of the veto was not a realistic proposition.

The question of the use of the veto

Sometimes likened to a secular Pope, the UN Secretary General can wield the soft power of persuasion but little hard economic or military power.

Until the final objective of the elimination of the veto is achieved, as a first step it is necessary to limit the veto to actions taken under Chapter VII of the Charter.

Nonetheless, this does not preclude an independent royal decision to exercise a right of veto.

Greenpeace and many others claim that GM foods merely enable big companies like Monsanto to wield near monopoly power.

(f) The question of the use of the veto.

In our view, the veto can rarely be justified.

And like any new technology, it's really in humanity's hands to wield it for the betterment of mankind, or not.

We ask for at least two permanent members with a veto and five non permanent seats.

Collective action to prevent and respond to genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes must, therefore, not be made impossible by a veto or threat of veto by one of the permanent members of the Council.

My third point relates to the use of the veto.

The third message is the claim to the veto power.

Let me briefly deal with the matter of the veto.

We have often reaffirmed that the veto should be eliminated.

But our critics say that the AU is not really committed to the veto at all that it does not really want the veto, but something entirely different.

Under Khamenei s leadership, an unholy trinity of nouveau riche Revolutionary Guardsmen, hard line clergymen, and indoctrinated Basij militiamen increasingly wield power.

Behind closed doors, governments wield financial incentives and regulatory powers to mute media criticism and twist editorial content in their favor.

Of course, the Central American nations do not wield huge influence in Mexico if anything, it is the other way around.

As a matter of principle, and in keeping with its historical position of rejecting the veto, Chile makes a specific reservation with regard to the granting of the right of veto to the new permanent members, whether immediately or subject to a suspension or moratorium.

Meanwhile, online activists have started a campaign to boycott Chinese products in retaliation against the Chinese veto.

Though some of Iraq s conservative local clerics wield considerable influence, its current leaders will resist any drive to transform the country into a socially repressive and isolated state.

One such problem is Wall Street s implicit veto over the Fed.

We have also consistently advocated limiting the use of the veto.