They tried to convince the European public and politicians of how necessary it was to stop the war in the former Yugoslavia.
In numerous letters and (later on) public speeches, he attempted to convince East German politicians to change their policies in the domain of culture.
During the 1950s he helped convince politicians that atomic bomb testing was a danger to health in regard to strontium-90 finding its way into the human food chain.
Given the chance, could you convince certain American politicians that evolution should be taught in schools?
Despite his ambitious economic and political ideas, he failed to convince other business leaders (too Malthusian) or politicians to join him.
We need to convince politicians that pro-disability policies can be vote winners.
Somehow we had to convince politicians that they needed to do something, by proving it was in their interests to do so.
Working quietly through the winter, he did what he could to convince leading politicians in several states to withhold votes from Adams.
The Government of Malaysia has begun a campaign to convince American consumers and politicians that edible palm oil is not a proven health hazard.
Animal welfare organisations have a long way to go in order to convince the public and politicians over there.