Betancourt stated that as a presidential candidate, the government had, under constitutional provisions, the mandatory obligation to protect any Colombian running for presidency.

The court held that the board had a "mandatory obligation" to count manually.

Government's Obligation "Deposit insurance is a mandatory obligation of the Government," the report says.

In such a case a coroner has a mandatory obligation to hold an inquest.

Military officials and Kremlin leaders have threatened to prosecute young men who fail to fulfill their mandatory military obligations.

Graduate and begin a mandatory five-year military obligation, leaving little chance to ever play professional basketball.

Before the resolution was adopted, the non-proliferation regime was based on many partly overlapping arrangements, none of which established universal mandatory obligations.

Article IV covers the Department's mandatory obligations to provide services to victims of a crime under the Victims' Rights and Restitution Act.

We here in the European Union cannot impose mandatory obligations on the Member States.

He referred to US legislation and to the mandatory obligation to apply rules like those in the highway code.