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“contenter d'une déclaration” in English
5 examplesCertains semblent se contenter d'une déclaration et d'une position commune.
There is a mindset that seems to think that a statement and a common position are all that is needed.
En ce qui concerne les sanctions, je ne pense pas que le Conseil de sécurité puisse se contenter d'une déclaration.
As far as sanctions are concerned, I do not think that the Security Council can just make a statement.
Au départ, la Commission souhaitait introduire des sanctions pénales, mais, face à l’opposition unanime des États membres, elle a sagement décidé de se contenter d’une déclaration sur cette question.
The Commission initially sought to introduce criminal sanctions, but faced with the Member States' unanimous opposition to this approach, the Commission wisely decided to settle for a statement on the matter.
Se contenter d'une déclaration de pure forme à chaque exaction kafkaïenne dont est victime un citoyen des ACP, c'est nous rendre complices et entretenir par cette inertie diplomatique le retour à ces obscurantismes.
If we are satisfied with a token statement each time a Kafkaesque crime befalls a citizen of the ACP countries, we are essentially becoming accomplices and are upholding, due to our diplomatic inertia, the return to obscurantist ways.
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