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Thus, the theory that all waters within the line are Chinese is unsupported by international law.

[...] [...] Jochanan, who lived in the third century is untenable because of [...]

(c) Israel’s claim that weapons are being stockpiled and military installations established in densely populated civilian areas in South Lebanon bears no relation to the truth, and is designed to facilitate the targeting by Israel of innocent Lebanese civilians and justify their slaughter and terrorization, regardless of the fact that all international instruments and, in particular, those of international humanitarian law, outlaw and criminalize the targeting of civilians.

[...] valid reason for not using public [...]

Ever since the start of the recent internal events and developments in Syria, and especially after certain extremists started using violence and bearing arms against the forces of law and order and innocent Syrian citizens, including peaceful demonstrators, it has become clear to us and to many observers throughout the world that some parties, including in this very Security Council, are attempting to involve the Council, on the pretext of weak excuses and justifications, in internal developments that have nothing to do with its role, responsibilities or mandate.

[...] [...] custodians of human rights for the world, based on the untenable conviction [...] [...]

The trumped-up nature of these claims is obvious given that the European Union blacklist includes, among others, a considerable number of journalists, judges, prosecutors, electoral commissioners, college and university provosts and school principals, businesspeople and even a hospital medical director.

[...] [...] appeared to him untenable, or to which he [...]

An attempt to look out for all individual WIPO activities or initiatives that have a possibility of contributing to the achievement of the MDGs would also be tenuous and, most likely, result in an incomprehensible maze.

[...] sole source are not in our view well-founded [...]

Moreover, the Court’s conclusion that the declaration of independence of 17 February 2008 was made by a body other than the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosovo and thus did not violate international law is legally untenable, because it is based on the Court’s perceived intent of those authors.

[...] [...] improbable, that he had not claimed to [...] [...]

It is no coincidence that such a preposterous idea immediately collapses like a house of cards under the weight of evidence testifying of a situation diametrically opposite to that represented by the Armenian side.

[...] conjuring up scenarios of winnable nuclear wars against non-nuclearweapon States are not tenable.

[...] [...] in order to justify its discredited, isolated and untenable policy against [...]

Flimsy moral sentiments expressed at Copenhagen will be no substitute for legally binding treaties and will do little to ensure the security of the most vulnerable among our membership.

The Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan made it clear more than once, and I am instructed to point it out once again, that Armenia’s claims to the application of the principle of self-determination are contrary to and unsustainable in international law.

The inclusion of Cuba in the annual list of “State sponsors of international terrorism” compiled by the United States Department of State since 1982 under untenable pretexts and without presenting a shred of evidence of Cuba’s participation in or link to any terrorist act is a spurious and politically motivated exercise.

[...] [...] and will not succeed in its purpose of crushing the patriotic resolve [...] [...]

Having overcome the tribulations of the Cold War, there is no moral or political justification for the security doctrines of the nuclear Powers to continue to be based on the first-use approach.

The idea that its status could be the subject of a deal between two other States was untenable, as was Spain’s sovereignty claim, which lay outside the competence of the Special Committee.

[...] [...] the test against the rights and freedoms as contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (see, [...] [...]

On 27 June 2009, all nine local employees (Iranian nationals) in the Political/Economic Section of the British Embassy in Tehran were detained and interrogated by the Iranian authorities on the fallacious grounds that they had been fomenting unrest on behalf of the United Kingdom following the disputed presidential elections of 12 June 2009.

[...] [...] be justified and does not meet the Executive [...]

Traditionally, whenever the pretexts brandishedas alleged obstacles to lifting the blockade against Cuba collapse, new excuses replace them in order to justify the continuation of a policy that is unsustainable from every viewpoint.

The CARICOM member States found untenable the argument that the economic crisis warranted such action, given the trillions of dollars spent on saving domestic banks while reducing the already meagre funds devoted to helping the poor, who had played no part in the financial collapse.

With the purpose of keeping Cuba on that list, various pretexts — all of them untenable — have been used throughout the years without putting forward a shred of evidence of our country’s participation in any terrorist act.

[...] [...] themselves had indefensible records when it came to human rights.