adopter

Et vous savez, s’ils avaient pu imaginer une meilleure méthode pour la forger, ils l’auraient adopté.
And, you know, if they could figure out a better way to forge it out, they would.
Sinon, ils auraient adopté de meilleures procédures et mesures de sécurité pour éviter de tomber entre les mains de leurs ravisseurs.
Otherwise they would have adopted better procedures and security measures to avoid falling into the hands of their captors.
Deux pays seulement auraient adopté des plans d'action dans ce domaine ; un autre, qui a déjà un comité national, travaille encore à la mise au point de son plan d'action.
Only two countries are reported to have adopted such plans; one country with a national committee is still in the process of drafting a plan.
Expliquant son vote avant celui-ci, Mme Tamlyn (États-Unis d'Amérique) dit que sa délégation n'a pas été en mesure de se joindre aux pays qui auraient adopté le projet de résolution E/2004/L.53 par consensus.
Ms. Tamlyn (United States of America), speaking in explanation of vote before the voting, said that her delegation had been unable to join the consensus regarding draft resolution E/2004/L.53.
Si nous avions choisi cette approche, huit pays seulement auraient adopté cette interdiction, et non 27 comme c'est le cas en la faisant adopter par le Parlement européen.
If we were to rely upon that particular route, only eight countries would be signing up to this particular ban, as opposed to the 27 by voting it through the European Parliament.
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