wield

If you wanted to get them to sit down, you ought to have wielded the gavel.
Si vous teniez à les faire asseoir, il vous fallait utiliser le marteau.
I wish here to commend the activities of Ambassador Muñoz at the head of the Committee, which is an essential link in the United Nations machinery to address threats that Al Qaeda and its associates have wielded against humankind.
Je voudrais ici saluer l'action de l'Ambassadeur Muñoz à la tête de ce Comité, qui est un maillon essentiel du dispositif de l'ONU face aux menaces qu'Al-Qaida et ses associés font peser sur la communauté internationale.
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