Example sentences of "nations call for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eugene Lapointe , head of the world 's wildlife trade monitoring body , hopes to find a compromise between those African nations calling for a total ban on ivory trading and those arguing for trade to be controlled . |
| 2 | In 1972 the United Nations called for a ten-year moratorium on all commercial whaling to be enacted through the IWC . |
| 3 | Southern nations called for specific funds to be made available to support the improvements , but this was rejected by the northern donor nations . |
| 4 | The G77 group of developing nations called for a commitment from all developed nations to meet this target by the year 2000 . |
| 5 | No date for the target to be met has yet been set , although several nations called for a deadline of 2000 for western Europe and 2005 for eastern Europe . |