Sentences with phrase «before military action»

My total opposition to the death penalty very much informs my strong preference for diplomacy before military action — which involves no judicial process before firing on others — as a last resort, and to erring on the side of restraining military actions,...

Jeremy Corbyn was right in his speech yesterday — the Convention which was articulated by the Tories in 2011 and accepts the need for a Commons vote before military action on the basis of the 2003 Iraq precedent, is broken.

The recent Labour Party conference agreed four conditions that would have to be satisfied before military action could be supported.

Not exact matches

On July 27, Bennett admonished Gantz as he was speaking before the cabinet, telling him that military leaders should be like «galloping horses» that need to be restrained by the government, not like «lazy bulls,» which require prodding to take action.

Before Wounded Knee, in a military action stirred by gold mining on tribal land, Gen. George Armstrong Custer and 200 U.S. troops were killed in 1876 by Sioux warriors at Little Bighorn, in what is now present day Montana, about 400 miles west of the Standing Rock battle.

The leaders of two of Britain's major church denominations have urged the government to think twice before agreeing to take part in military action against Islamic State (IS).

The principle of last resort rigorously requires pursuing all possible nonmilitary alternatives before undertaking military action.

Mr Grieve added: «That said, I think the basic principle that you should seek parliamentary authorisation before taking military action is a perfectly sound one and I don't think the Prime Minister disagrees with that.»

Assad turned over stockpiles of weapons from a program he never admitted existed before, because of the threat of NATO military action.

«We have a good record on consulting parliament - having a vote in parliament if we decide to take any military action and we're conscious of the views of parliament on these matters and the need to be consulted,» foreign secretary William Hague said before the recall announcement was made.

And who on Syria had the courage to stand up and say that if the case was sound and the United Nations was properly engaged, Labour would support military action, but that Labour would not support a gung - ho Prime Minister, putting decision before evidence in a reckless dash to conflict.

However, the monarch's consent is required before Parliament may pass legislation removing such powers: this was seen when the second reading of the Military Action Against Iraq (Parliamentary Approval) Bill, which would have removed the monarch's ability to authorize military action without Parliamentary approval, had to be abandoned because the monarch (on the advice of her government) refused to grant such Military Action Against Iraq (Parliamentary Approval) Bill, which would have removed the monarch's ability to authorize military action without Parliamentary approval, had to be abandoned because the monarch (on the advice of her government) refused to grant such coAction Against Iraq (Parliamentary Approval) Bill, which would have removed the monarch's ability to authorize military action without Parliamentary approval, had to be abandoned because the monarch (on the advice of her government) refused to grant such military action without Parliamentary approval, had to be abandoned because the monarch (on the advice of her government) refused to grant such coaction without Parliamentary approval, had to be abandoned because the monarch (on the advice of her government) refused to grant such consent.

The UK has not deployed control equipment requiring codes to be sent before weapons can be used, such as the U.S. Permissive Action Link, which if installed would preclude the possibility that military officers could launch British nuclear weapons without authorisation.

This House believes that Parliament should hold a full debate before any British commitment to military action in Syria

The COAS who was in company of top military chiefs while assuring Nigerians that the Nigerian army will not lag said a number of actions have been intensified to enable the military get to the insurgents before they cause any havoc or even run away from their hideouts.

At the national level, however, «clearly you want to be able to attribute an attack with a degree of certainty before you respond with military action,» he adds.

Filmed during the artist's trip to region in 2014, directly before Israel's military operation against Hamas - ruled Gaza, the film portrays footage of everyday life, which cuts intermittently between live action animation.

His rooms are quite attractive, but he had a very short design career, doing some furniture and one building before he changed his name to Pierre Villon and became active in the French Communist Party and the resistance during the war, one of the three leaders of the Committee of Military action in the resistance, and after the war, a member of the French National Assembly continuously until 1978.

Sir John also concluded that the peaceful options for disarmament had not been exhausted before the decision to take military action was taken.

A chemical attack in eastern Ghouta in 2013 that was widely blamed on government forces killed hundreds of people, prompting the U.S. to threaten military action before later backing down.