Widening the narrow mandate to insure aid deliveries, Mr. Vranitzky said the soldiers could be needed to guarantee peaceful elections, which are scheduled for June 29.

But as its original narrow mandate has expanded into policy-making territory, like deciding which extensions should join .

Furthermore, in contrast to Kilgore, he felt that the agency should have the narrower mandate of pursuing only basic science, rather than basic and applied science.

But the two prime ministers appointed since then have been frustrated by their narrow mandates.

African Union troops occasionally patrol the area, but their narrow mandate calls for them to monitor, not enforce, the 2004 cease-fire.

"I could draw the conclusion that the Soviet delegation was given a narrower mandate than we had."

The commission also needs to look beyond its narrow original mandate.

But these agencies are crippled by narrow mandates and tiny budgets.

We hold a very, very narrow mandate among our people, Captain.

The New York Health Foundation has enough grant money to give away to become important within its narrow mandate, limited to health care and to New York.