Germany opposed the resolution.

Russia has in particular opposed its neighbors joining NATO. What is NATO against, the Russians ask?

On balance, I believe that I was right to oppose the Kosovo war.

Armenia was opposed to the inclusion of item 163 in the agenda of the fifty ninth session.

Some delegations were opposed to the threshold of significant harm in draft principle 1.

Cuba has always been opposed to the arms race in outer space or anywhere else.

But Germany (and its Constitutional Court), partly following popular opinion, has opposed giving Greece the help that it needs.

The US has repeatedly opposed the 1967 Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and has called for its end.

Thatcher supported Britain s entry into the European Union in order to benefit from free trade, but she forcefully opposed joining the single currency.

That government fell in March 2000 over the issue of proposed natural gas plants, opposed by Bondevik due to their impact on climate change.

All Prime Ministers before 1884 opposed the constitutional reforms proposed by the parliamentary opposition, and were in their time viewed as conservatives.

He hoped that those few who opposed any changes to the existing draft would reflect very carefully on their positions before the next meeting.

Luxemburg criticized Lenin's ideas on how to organize a revolutionary party as likely to lead to a loss of internal democracy and the domination of the party by a few leaders.

MINUGUA was harshly questioned when it opposed reinstating the death penalty in Guatemala in response to a post conflict surge in violent crime.

Communist influence In 1918 the Soviet Union opened the Commissariat for Muslim Affairs, which actively opposed the colonial powers in the Middle East and their system of Mandates.

Countries such as France and Germany that opposed action in Iraq were willing to use force in Kosovo despite the absence of Security Council authorization.

The Executive Committee disagreed, noting that this was impossible to implement, as any United Nations audit had to be conducted under the United Nations financial rules The evaluators suggested that the implementing agencies should explain significant increases in their core budget expenses.

Likewise, the Bush administration opposed the OECD initiative to restrict bank secrecy until it realized that secret bank accounts help finance terrorists.

The US strongly resisted the jurisdiction of the ICC, but American abuses at Abu Ghraib show why the US, should be subject to international law.

The latter objected to Aoun s assertion that it was in the national interest for the government to unify weapons , meaning that the Lebanese Forces should submit to his authority as acting head of state.

Even the large portion of the Serbian political elite that opposed the ruling Socialist Party stood with the regime at this time. The result was a civil war.

If I did not believe that, I would oppose capital punishment, because revenge and other possible motives should not be a basis for public policy.

Töregene opposed the choice in favor of Güyük, but despite the enormous influence she had on him, she was unable to persuade Ögedei to change his selection.

In late 2001, the Bush administration openly opposed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and even declared the United States' signing of the Treaty during President Clinton's mandate to be invalid thereby destroying any possibility of the Treaty entering into force in the next few years, as the United States is precisely one of the 44 States whose ratification is required for the Treaty to enter into force.

At that time, Armenia unequivocally opposed the introduction of the item, stating clearly that all allegations levelled against Armenia were false, and suggested facilitating the dispatch of a fact finding mission to assess the situation.

For example, some white families have opposed public financing for education, because they believe that their tax money goes disproportionately to help poorer non white students.

Turkey s effort to fine and imprison those who do not toe the official line convinces me that I was correct to oppose opening negotiations on the country s European Union membership.

Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld even tried to use divide and rule tactics by pitting New Europe against the Old Europe led by France and Germany, which opposed the Iraq war.

As a result, Hatoyama s administration seems to be trying to emulate South Korea s former Roh Moo hyun administration, which foolishly sought to distance that country from its main defensive partner, the US. Indeed, many in the DPJ cabinet are baby boomers influenced by the radical student groups that opposed the Japan US Security Treaty 50 years ago.

Although the U.S. had first opposed itself to colonial empires, the Cold War concerns about Soviet influence in the Third World caused it to downplay its advocacy of popular sovereignty and decolonization.

This solution will give the president much more power and basically overthrows the Taif Agreement, something that March 8 was considering recently, while March 14 has always vehemently opposed any change to Taif.

SOPAC has objected to a decision by the territorial Government to grant Blue Lagoon the same tax breaks it has benefited from for 20 years on the grounds that the market is too small for two producers.

Japan s powerful bureaucrats, nostalgic for the 1960 s model of development, whereby government and its business cronies nurtured the Japanese miracle, strongly opposed this bold, free market solution.

My mother opposed the practice, however, because she was (and remains) a Christian and wanted me to become educated and to escape the fate of many girls in my community who are married off to older men and then lose their autonomy.

Nevertheless, she voiced her disagreement with ICRC's statement that international humanitarian law was the lex specialis during an armed conflict, stating that human rights law can apply before, during and after a conflict.

Greece vehemently opposed its tiny northern neighbor with only two million inhabitants using the name Macedonia and symbols from the days of Alexander the Great in its flag and crest.

Germany opposed the resolution. Speaking on behalf of the European Union, a German spokesperson rejected the concept of defamation of religion as not valid in a human rights context, because human rights belonged to individuals, not to institutions or religions.

I publicly opposed NATO s attack on Serbia carried out in the name of protecting the Kosovars from Serb atrocities in March 1999.

On 22 July, six members of a political opposition group were detained in Lautem district following violent clashes with the local community, which reportedly opposed the group's opening of an office and the raising of its flag in the village of Pitilete.

But the truly curious factor that might bring success to Bush is that those who have opposed or resented America s presence in Iraq, such as the Iranian backed Shi a parties now also appear to want Bush s new strategy to succeed.

It is in recognition of the possible consequences a return of US isolationism, the emboldening of terrorists that many countries sent and retain troops in Iraq. Indeed, Russia, France, and Germany, which confronted the US and Britain at the UN over the Iraq war, and the UN itself, which withdrew early in the occupation, are all now searching for a way to assist in Iraq's rehabilitation.

Here, the Committee has challenged the state party not on the grounds of denial of equal treatment, but on a question of process finding that the administrative authorities of the state party had refuse d to carry out the relevant decisions of the courts of the state party concerning property restoration.

The Executive Committee disagreed, noting that project identification and development were tied to compliance needs and were coordinated effectively by the agencies and the Secretariat The evaluators suggested that administrative indicators should be discontinued in cases where the relevant administrative problem had apparently been solved.

In an opinion poll at the end of 2014, 68 of respondents said that Putin should be Man of the Year. His seizure of Crimea from Ukraine in March, together with his refusal to bow to the Western powers that disputed the move, made him a hero among ordinary Russians.

My mother opposed the practice, however, because she was (and remains) a Christian and wanted me to become educated and to escape the fate of many girls in my community who are married off to older men and then lose their autonomy. I tried to persuade my mother to permit my circumcision, but she refused.