A national moratorium on closing post offices has been in effect for several years.

Then Norway announced a national moratorium in June and Austria announced its decision in July to work for an international instrument on the weapon.

Pat Robertson and other conservatives have called for a national moratorium.

On the death penalty, Mr. Gore said he did not support a national moratorium on executions for the 21 federal prisoners who are on death row.

The execution was Utah's first since Gary Gilmore faced a firing squad in January 1977, ending a 10-year national moratorium on the death penalty.

He advocates elimination of the federal death penalty "even if unpopular" and has introduced a national moratorium on executions.

As a remedy, "Legal Lynching" proposes a national moratorium on the death penalty.

A total of seven individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Utah since the national moratorium was lifted in 1976.

The primary goal of ADELA is to effectuate a complete national moratorium on oil exploration.

The N.A.A.C.P. has called his execution a "gross travesty of justice" and wants a national moratorium on executions.