If the system is to work, the countries involved must give their consent.
The Council would have to give its consent, of course.
"He has not yet given his consent to her marriage."
Nothing can or will happen unless I give my consent.
"I will never give my consent to your marriage with that boy."
"We have received an offer for you in marriage, and your father has come to give his consent."
I shall not give my consent to anything you do.
One, which passed 69 to 30, gave consent for the mission.
On all points apart from the last the union gave specific consent.
Persons who do not understand the nature of the act cannot give consent.
He never approved of me, but no one did back then.
A year later, in 1919, Congress finally approved of the design.
They can't bring themselves to actually approve of our relationship.
He just didn't approve of the things they did for a living.
During that year the school board approved of the plan.
It didn't sound as if he approved of those either.
He wanted them to be friends, to approve of each other.
I could tell that they approved of her big time.
After all, I do not really like and approve of everyone else.
She approved of the fact that he put no oil on his hair.