Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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NORTH KOREA. The Administration is in a tough spot because the perils of using force against Kim Il Sung's nuclear-development program are too high to be reasonable, and even economic sanctions may not work, since China might veto any U.N. move to impose them. Though Clinton once spoke of destroying the country's society if it built and used atomic bombs, the U.S. has been lurching between confrontation and negotiation for 14 months. And as in other situations, the Administration has been unclear, possibly even to itself, on what its ultimate goal is. Should it try to keep...
...could only occur when the Undergraduate Council has shirked its responsibility to tell its constituents about its activities. This year, the Council began publication of the Courier, its newsletter. Unfortunately, distribution has been sporadic and unreliable. In any case, 66 of 88 Council members should not be able to veto the opinions of 4,000 peers unless communication has been abysmal...
According to Zeckhauser, the Harvard facultywill not have veto power over the recommendations,on which only the Rudenstine and the governingboards will vote
...diverted nuclear material for possible use in weapons. That was enough for the agency to turn the matter over to the U.N. Security Council. The council has the power to impose economic sanctions on the North for its recalcitrance. But since China, Pyongyang's friend, is still likely to veto any such measures, the U.N. at present does not have the inclination...
...sign of momentum." He referred not only to the negotiations but also to the U.N.-brokered arrangement to open roads and bridges in Sarajevo beginning this week. The deal is wrapped tightly in cumbersome conditions. Both the Bosnian government and the Serbs encircling Sarajevo will have to approve -- or veto -- each traveler's plans in advance. Vehicles must have a U.N. escort. Military movement on the roads is banned and so are commercial trucks, leaving the city still dependent on U.N. humanitarian shipments. Still, it does provide the first chance in almost two years for ordinary Sarajevans to leave...