There is simply no basis to claim, as Tom Hoving reportedly has, that the museum's proposed new plan violates the trustees' 1971 commitments.

But using them would contradict the policy, he said, unless the nations violated their commitments to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty by developing nuclear weapons.

This disregard of individuals' civil rights as a result of the capital controls violates Iceland's legal commitments under the European four freedoms.

Iran is an autocratic state mistrusted by nearly all countries and that has violated its international commitments.

But they nevertheless worked behind the scenes against the plan because they said there was nothing in his plan to prevent the Sandinistas from violating their commitments.

But to impose higher duties on government industries if Beijing continues to violate its international commitments would be entirely appropriate.

For instance, when we refuse journalists the right to enter Russia under a false pretext, we are violating our international commitments.

When journalists are subjected to absolutely incommensurate punitive measures, we are also violating our commitments.

He also stressed that he did not believe the regulations violated China's commitments under the World Trade Organization.

So, by systematically violating its own commitments, the Chinese Government has demonstrated that it does not intend to respect the core values of the Olympic tradition.