Begin the ratification process for the following two instruments

To that end, Thailand was in the process of completing domestic ratification procedures.

Ukraine welcomed the adoption of the Convention against Corruption and had begun the process of ratification.

They called for the acceleration of the process of ratification and implementation of the 13 universal instruments against terrorism.

The ratification process for the Convention to Combat Desertification should be completed in the next few months.

Ukrainian authorities have also started the process of ratification of the amendments to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material.

He requested the assistance of the Consultative Process in promoting widespread ratification and implementation of ILO instruments, including the Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention (Revised).

The process leading to the adoption of those mechanisms, however, must be open to all Member States, with a view to promoting universal ratification.

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia had also signed the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols and had begun the process of ratification.

He also called on the United States to reconsider its approach to the CTBT and on China to bring forward its ratification process.

Third, legal issues, such as conditions for entry into force, should be carefully addressed in the light of the experience gained in the ratification process of the CTBT.

Such experience could be constructive in the context of future discussions at the national level in the process of ratification of or accession to the Convention and the Protocol.

As part of their ratification process, the General Secretariat of the Office of the President has submitted the Convention and the Protocol to the Congress of the Republic for adoption.

To complete the ratification process of the amendment, the French Congress (a joint sitting of the National Assembly and the Senate) would have had to approve it as well.

Ratification of treaty bodies

(c) The ratification of

Ratification of the Optional Protocols

If the introduction of a prior informed consent system necessitated an amendment to the Protocol, that needed to be considered very carefully, as ratification of amendments was always a long process.

Many speakers called upon those States which had not yet done so to complete the ratification process and fulfil their obligations under the Trafficking in Persons Protocol.

Ratification of amendments to the Charter

This process was furthered by the ratification of the IAEA Safeguards Agreement in 1973 and ultimately further accomplished by the signature of the Additional Protocol to its Safeguards Agreement in 18 December 2003.

Canada made an important contribution to the successful diplomatic conference to amend the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material in July 2005 (Canada is currently undertaking the necessary ratification process).

The Convention was ratified by the People's Assembly at its session of 1 February 2005 and the instrument of ratification is in the process of being deposited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (attachment 2).

Continuation and completion of the ratification procedure

We need to prepare the way carefully to ensure that whatever we vote for in this body will gain the requisite support of Member States required by the Charter during the ratification process.

Ratification of amended Protocol II turned out to be quite a long process, owing mainly to our responsible approach to the obligations we were assuming and the consequent need for complicated coordination efforts.

Treaty signature ratification event

The European Union took very seriously threats posed by transnational organized crime at the national, regional and international levels and stressed its commitment to an expeditious completion of the ratification process by its members.

At the political level, the seminars have provided an opportunity for high level officials with political responsibility to review progress in the ratification process and to be informed about the efforts of other States.

SR I. Ratification and implementation of UN instruments

Ratification of the core international human rights treaties

Ratification and implementation of international covenants and agreements.

(g) Promoting ratification of the human rights conventions.

Signed on 12 September 1997 (instrument of ratification).

Organizational matters Status of ratification of the Kyoto Protocol

Exchange of instruments of ratification on 6 October 1994.

Exchange of instruments of ratification on 6 April 1981.

By contrast, two years after the French and Dutch No votes, there is no sign of a Plan B, despite the claims of the French politicians who helped mobilize the No vote. Europe s Franco German locomotive has broken down and ratification has stopped, even though member states that had yet to ratify the treaty could have completed the process of ratification.

It also re signed and ratified conventions on social welfare with Austria and Croatia, and conventions with Serbia and Montenegro, as well as with Macedonia and Turkey, which conventions are in the process of ratification.

Ratification, acceptance, approval or accession

Signature, ratification, acceptance or approval

Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval, accession

SIGNATURE, RATIFICATION, ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL

SIGNATURE, RATIFICATION, ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL

Norway (ratification 1990) published 2004