1. The resolution condemned continued violations of the arms embargo and expressed particular concern at growing military collaboration between Israel and South Africa. 2. A Huffington-sponsored resolution condemned the use of racial quotas to thwart the death penalty. 3. The resolution also condemns Iraq for barring access to weapons sites, endangering the lives of inspectors and removing or destroying documents. 4. Another resolution condemned the general elections in May, which observers said were flawed. 5. Axworthy was referring to a Wednesday vote in the Security Council on a U.S.-British resolution condemning Iraq for interfering with U.N. weapons inspectors. 6. But the US and many European and other nations abstained, saying the Arab-supported resolution should have condemned Hezbollah as well. 7. Communists, who dominate the Duma together with their hardline allies, last week blocked a resolution condemning Makashov. 8. Danish defense minister Hans Haekkerup stressed that several U.N. resolutions condemn Yugoslavia, but that the Security Council had not lived up to its responsibility. 9. On the agenda was a resolution condemning the U.S. embargo against Cuba but also calling for economic and political liberalization in Cuba. 10. Several U.N. resolutions have condemned the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. |
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