Security Council to pass a resolution that would have imposed sanctions on Mugabe and members of his government.
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Serbia then plans to ask the UN General Assembly to pass a resolution demanding fresh talks on Kosovo's status.
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Indeed, it could not pass a resolution even mentioning Iraq by name.
On Monday, the Security Council did pass a resolution condemning the rebel advance and calling for governments to extend support to President Idriss Deby.
One of the first actions of the Republican-controlled House was to pass a resolution cutting members' office budgets by 5% for the next two years.
Although it's worth noting that parliament is supposed, eventually, to pass a resolution approving that state of emergency for it remain in force beyond two months.
Obama didn't even say that he would oppose the Palestinians' plan to get the UN Security Council to pass a resolution in support for Palestinian independence.
Mr Netanyahu says that the cabinet, when it eventually meets to ratify the memorandum, will pass a resolution limiting the third redeployment to just 1% of the territory.
It takes nine votes to pass a resolution, but even if a resolution obtains the requisite votes, it can be killed by a single veto by one of the permanent members.
Concern about the issue prompted the National Association of Attorneys General to pass a resolution last month encouraging states to work with local school districts to implement teen dating violence education policies.
She also declined to say whether there might be an effort to authorize war spending on a case by case basis or whether Congress would simply pass a resolution expressing its desires.
Serbia's president, Boris Tadic, has been trying to persuade the Serbian parliament to pass a resolution to condemn and commemorate the murder of up to 8, 000 Bosniaks by Bosnian Serb troops in Srebrenica in 1995.
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While the Sudanese government and the rebels continue to make excuse after excuse, the world powers on the Security Council have at least managed to pass a resolution that puts more pressure on the regime in Khartoum to stop the fighting.
The House of Representatives may not even pass a budget resolution this year, for the first time since such resolutions were introduced in 1974.
If they hold firm on the sequester, they know the government will have to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government beyond March 27.
The House and Senate Budget Committees set the overall parameters for tax and spending in the rare years when they pass a budget resolution.
Instead he asked the Security Council to pass a nonbinding resolution stressing the urgency of global disarmament and arms-control treaties among the five permanent Security Council members.
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So the question is whether the moratorium would be continued if they pass a continuing resolution for the interior department, or whether it's going to be dealt with in some compromised energy legislation.
Yet, because removing Mr Hussein is remarkably difficult, and criticising the American president in time of war is not done lightly, Congress is likely to pass a vague resolution supporting President Clinton's Iraqi policy.
There are things, however, that Congress absolutely must do -- steps to ensure that we pass a continuing resolution that the government continues to function, there are no threats of shutdowns, and other things they can do.
Considering that a unanimous vote is required to pass a Security Council resolution, the president had good reason to doubt that such an action would succeed.
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France and America joined forces at the UN to pass a Security Council resolution calling for Syria's exit from Lebanon, and the disarmament of Lebanon's many militias.
Instead, following the precedent established with the 1972 Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms (SALT I), both the Senate and the House of Representatives would be encouraged to pass a symbolic joint resolution endorsing the bilateral chemical weapons pact.
In the meantime, we will pass a short-term resolution to keep the government running through Thursday.
Called a continuing resolution, it must pass by March 27 to prevent a partial government shutdown.
Here, at least, Boehner saw some promise, predicting a resolution will pass soon to head off a partial shutdown.
Russia has repeatedly blocked U.S. efforts to pass a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for Mr. Assad's ouster and tough economic sanctions.
If a resolution threatening asset freezes and international travel restrictions against senior Syrian officials were to pass this week, it would still require a second resolution to implement the sanctions, which Russia could then veto.
Congressional leaders, responding to the airlines, are demanding that airlines either hold the money in trust for the government pending a budget resolution or pass along the savings to travelers.
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