Word: breach
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Even more disturbingly, there is no consensus of what constitutes a material breach of the resolution. The United States, for example, maintains that attacks on U.S. or British airplanes patrolling the no-fly zone, one of which happened just last Friday, could trigger war. After all, the resolution commands Iraq to not “take or threaten hostile acts against…any member state taking action to uphold any council resolution.” But almost no one else agrees...
...existing stakes in the Iraqi oil fields, and would thus benefit from Hussein retaining power. Indeed, soon after last Friday’s disarmament resolution was approved, Russian, French and Chinese diplomats issued a joint statement claiming that it did not automatically permit the use of force should Hussein breach its terms or choose to delay the inspectors’ access. Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov was quick to maintain, “We have excluded from the resolution material that is unacceptable to Russia,” adding that “it does not include the automatic...
...government suit accuses Shleifer, Hay and Harvard of breach of contract for violating policies against investing in a country while acting in an advisory role. HIID, which was dissolved two years ago, received $50 million in federal money to help privatize the Russian economy...
...first with the Council before marching off to war. However, the Administration has also made clear that it won't be bound by the outcome of such a discussion, and reserves the right to take military action without a further UN resolution if the Security Council finds Iraq in breach of its obligations...
...Sept. 19, after Mughogho spent his second night in jail, the state prosecutor dropped the original charge and added two new ones: conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace and possession of materials likely to cause corruption of moral values, both misdemeanors under Malawi...