faillir

Pour terminer, ma délégation faillirait à son devoir si elle ne félicitait pas le Secrétariat pour les rapports exhaustifs dont nous sommes saisis.
In conclusion, it would be remiss of my delegation not to commend the Secretariat for the comprehensive and well-researched reports before us.
D'autre part, j'ai le sentiment que la Commission faillirait à sa mission si elle ne se montrait pas aussi honnête dans ses réponses au Parlement.
On the other hand, I have the feeling that the Commission will be failing in its job if it did not give just as honest an opinion as Parliament in reply.
Étant donné la gravité de l'incident et la publicité qui a entouré la création des ces groupes, nous avions la ferme conviction que l'Assemblée faillirait à ses devoirs si elle ne mentionnait pas ces groupes dans sa résolution.
Given the gravity of the incident and the publicity surrounding the panels' establishment, we strongly felt that it would be remiss of the General Assembly not to mention the panels in its resolution.
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