Back in 1999, the WHO set a deadline to destroy the remaining smallpox samples, but the U.S. and Russia have repeatedly delayed action.
But after two decades, it is long past time for Congress to sort this out and get past the myths that delayed action for so long.
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Mr Byers has delayed action on the inspector's recommendation that night flights should be more strictly controlled, saying that he is legally obliged to seek advice.
Just last week, for example, the Supreme Soviet further delayed action on an emigration bill, this time citing concerns over a potential "brain-drain" and adverse budgetary implications arising from the 10-20 billion ruble cost to print new passports and customs forms which would be needed to implement the new law.
Oh, and fined another quarter million when they delayed taking action.
The need for such rules has also long been debated, but the central government has delayed taking action in the face of stiff resistance from local governments.
The Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) was given the green light by Scottish ministers in 2009 but it has been delayed by legal action.
Saturday's action was delayed by pro-hunting protesters who staged a peaceful demonstration in the village Llanfinangel Nant Bran.
"This action is delayed, but is undoubtedly a welcome one, " said Rajiv Pratap Rudy, spokesman of India's principal opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Energy efficiency, emissions trading, and new technology must all be used, they said, and quickly - the costs of preventing climate change rise the longer action is delayed, they argued.
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Mrs Mandziak said she was taking legal action over the delayed diagnosis.
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Meanwhile, the Blues have suffered a blow with the news captain John Terry's return to action has been delayed by a sore calf.
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Mr Cameron earlier played down the flag blunder, which happened on the first day of sporting action, and delayed the women's football match between North Korea and Colombia at Glasgow's Hampden Park by about an hour.
Technical problems have delayed a Webcast of the device in action slated for July 4, at the Kinetica Museum, in London.
Strike action was averted two weeks ago when the company delayed introducing changes to working conditions.
One of several problems that delayed the formation of the new government was the rear guard action waged by the Shiite Fadila Party to hang onto the Oil Ministry, which it controlled under former Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jafari.
The process had been continually delayed by a combination of factors, from a change of government to threats of legal action from operators.
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The mix-up delayed the women's football match, at Glasgow's Hampden Park on the first day of sporting action.
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