Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There were other sources of tension at the summit. The British were furious at the U.S. for trying to switch its vote on a United Nations resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Falkland Islands from veto to abstention. At a Friday morning photo session, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher stood stony-faced beside a smiling Reagan, who could not answer reporters' questions as to what had happened. Said one White House aide: "The boss wasn't in on this one. Maybe he should have been. Maybe that was the trouble." Then on Sunday came word...
When the resolution came to a vote, it was rejected by Parsons on the grounds that it did not explicitly demand an Argentine withdrawal within a fixed time limit. Reluctantly supporting the British position, Kirkpatrick also vetoed the resolution. But when her turn to speak came, she had conciliatory words for Argentina. Kirkpatrick expressed the hope that "cooperation will be restored and friendship mended," and pointedly referred to the Falkland Islands by their Argentine name, the Malvinas. Then came the surprise of the evening. "I am told that it is impossible for a government to change a vote once...
According to State Department sources, Haig's first instructions were indeed to join the British veto. But when Haig returned from the opening dinner at Versailles, he received a call from Deputy Secretary of State Walter Stoessel recommending that the decision be reconsidered in light of changes made in an attempt to strengthen the link between a cease-fire and an Argentine withdrawal. Haig concurred. He discussed the changes with British Foreign Secretary Francis Pym and then telephoned instructions to Stoessel to tell Kirkpatrick to abstain from the vote. Finding that he was too late, Haig asked that Kirkpatrick...
While nobody thinks the faculty will veto the committee's clinical education recommendations, arguments between the left and right could affect the degree of the faculty's support for clinical education programs. Legal educators at other major law schools have pointed out that this will be the most important outcome of the faculty debate since limited use of clinical education has already gained widespread acceptance...
...drama then switched to Brussels, where the agriculture ministers were to take up the matter of increasing farm prices. Resorting to a time-tested tactic, Britain's Peter Walker began by claiming the right of veto under the Luxembourg compromise on the ground that farm prices directly affect the size of Britain's budget. Belgian Agriculture Minister Paul de Keersmaecker, who was in the chair, ruled that Walker's declaration of national interest was invalid on the ground that farm prices, not Britain's budget contribution, were at issue. De Keersmaecker was supported by France...