Sentences with phrase «several council members noted»

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«There are 20 other countries that have already expressed an interest,» says Mr. Sokolov, who notes that at a May Arctic Council meeting, members blocked several nonnorthern states — including China, Japan, South Korea, and the European Union — from becoming «permanent observers» in the group.

UNESCO's commitment to stand up for the protection of the right to education during conflict has been reaffirmed on several occasions recently, including through the recently released Guidance Note on the Implementation of the Security Council Resolution 1998 («attacks on schools and hospitals»), which calls on Member States to prevent attacks on schools and hospitals, as well as their military use.

Several Science Council members objected to this, noting the K15 paper did not contain any further methodological information — all of that had already been published and thus there was no rationale to delay the dataset release.