binding convention

We have since achieved a legally binding convention which, I believe, is historic.

Some nations preferred a declaration rather than a binding convention, while others wanted to deal with racial and religious intolerance in a single instrument.

The binding conventions of manners and dance forms have fallen away almost entirely, in sweeping yet intimate dance.

The measure would be nonbinding, but would commit the nations to negotiating a binding convention on the issue later on.

Today Mr. Qian said China preferred a binding convention halting production.

The 15 European Union countries and Canada pressed hard for the forestry panel to recommend an immediate start to talks on a binding convention.

The binding conventions invariably stipulate that parties must punish people guilty of violations, no matter what their rank or status or where the crimes took place.

However, large parts of the content of the Charter are already found in binding conventions, primarily the European Convention on Human Rights.

MEPs in the committee have stressed that the outcome of the UN process must be a legally binding convention with an effective monitoring mechanism.

Unable to reach a consensus on a binding convention, in March 2005 a non-binding 'United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning 'was finally adopted.

The 15 European Union countries, Canada and several third-world countries including Malaysia and Indonesia still favor adopting a new, legally binding convention protecting the world's forests.

Weather, Plants and Animals Also unresolved are two legally binding conventions - one on stabilizing climate and the other on protecting the diversity of plant and animal life.

Further, I hope that the Commission, Parliament and the Council alike will be active in promoting the adoption of a binding convention on port state control at United Nations level.

Although many Northern countries had hoped for a legally binding convention the resulting Statement of Forest Principles represents the "mean position of the lowest common denominator" and is voluntary.

I believe, however, that we will only be able to achieve the desired objectives by means of a legally binding convention which includes civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights suited to the circumstances of disabled people.

I must express my complete support for the proposal to adopt a legally binding convention that would protect the rights of the disabled and that would ensure that these rights are respected at world level.

Ministers attending the meeting on Thursday will also seek a compromise on a plan strongly supported by the United States to adopt a set of principles on forest preservation, including a commitment to negotiate a binding convention.

The women who populate Elena Lappin's fine debut short story collection approach relationships with the reckless spirit of tourists traveling without visas - they would rather rely on improvisation and luck to get where they're going than follow a set of binding conventions.

He looked like he'd be more at home at a book binding convention than at a hip Russian nightclub, but whoever he was, Ivanova had gone to a lot of trouble to meet him and therefore Harvath wanted to meet him too.

The summit should echo the UN Secretary-General’s appeal for consensus on the legally binding convention on the marking and tracing of small arms and to expedite negotiations on an instrument on illicit brokering and the supply of arms.

In an effort to win African support for a strong statement on principles and a commitment to such a binding convention, the United States agreed today to support African countries in seeking another international convention to fight the creeping encroachment of the desert on their continent.

Malaysia led the lobbying at the Rio UNCED summit against the adoption of a binding convention on conservation and sustainable development of forests, arguing that much of the developed world's criticism of the exploitation of forests was ill-informed and hypocritical.

The Democratic candidates - former County Executive and Lieut. Gov. Alfred B. DelBello, Linda D. Puglisi, the Supervisor of Cortlandt, and Mayor Robert W. Elliott of Croton-on-Hudson - "have all agreed to a binding convention," Mr. Spano said.