Sentence examples of "щекотливый вопрос" in Russian with translation "awkward question"

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Часто Генеральный секретарь может поднять щекотливый вопрос, но не может диктовать правильный ответ; историческое обращение Аннана к Генеральной ассамблее в 1999 году на предмет интервенции дало богатую пищу для размышлений исследовательским центрам и авторам статей на полосах мнений, но не привело ни к одному военному вмешательству для защиты угнетенных. Often, a Secretary General can raise an awkward question but not dictate the appropriate answer; Annan’s historic speech to the General Assembly in 1999 on intervention set a thousand flowers blooming at think-tanks and among op-ed columnists, but it has not led to a single military intervention to protect the oppressed.
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