sovereign equality

This type of immunity is based on respect for sovereign equality and state dignity.

The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members.

"It will undermine the principle of sovereign equality.

From 1967, the "interestedness" provisions of the Charter reinforced the principle of "sovereign equality."

Is there and should there be a democracy among nations as expressed in the United Nations thesis of "sovereign equality" for all?

Since much of its authority rests on the sovereign equality of its member nations, it cannot comfortably refuse a gift from any of them.

The trusteeship system shall not apply to territories which have become Members of the United Nations, only among those of sovereign equality.

The Charter (1959) stated that "the sovereign equality of all members" was fundamental to the organization and procedures of Comecon.

"If such behavior of self-styled world cop is to be condoned, can there still be justice, sovereign equality and normal state-to-state relations in this world?"

D. Respect for the sovereignty, sovereign equality and independence of states and for territorial integrity and inviolability of borders.

Two issues closely related to the arbitration question were the sovereign equality of states and the assertion that military conquest should generate no territorial rights for the victor.

The old conflict between planned approaches to regional specialization and the principle of sovereign equality could not be avoided in any discussion of the mechanism for future cooperation.

The pacta tertiis rule is founded upon the Roman law analogy to contract and the principles of independence, consensuality, and sovereign equality of States.

We are building our relations with them on the basis of sovereign equality, the impermissibility of any intervention and the recognition of each country's absolute freedom of choice.

The particular European system supposing the sovereign equality of states was exported to the Americas, Africa, and Asia via colonialism and the "standards of civilization".

The Soviet Council of Ministers sent a telegram expressing confidence that Polish-Soviet ties would continue to develop based on "sovereign equality and respect, mutual benefit and mutual responsibility."

We regard United States aid as a most valuable component of our foreign policy, especially when it brings with it the assurance of a friendship based on common objectives and sovereign equality.

The "sovereign equality" of members, as described in the Comecon Charter, assured members that if they did not wish to participate in a Comecon project, they might abstain.

The FRG and the USSR are guided in the shaping of their relations by the following principles: They respect each other 's sovereign equality, territorial integrity and political independence.

Venezuela also called for the suspension of veto rights because it was a "remnant of the Second World War [it] is incompatible with the principle of sovereign equality of States."

These proposals provoked strong and open reaction from Romania on the grounds of "sovereign equality" of members, as articulated most forcefully in the April 1964 Declaration of the Romanian Central Committee.

However the analogy should not be over-extended: a new State cannot be bound by the terms of a trust concluded between other States, for that would be contrary to the incidents of Statehood, including sovereign equality.

Waldock remained unconvinced by the argument that it was contrary to the sovereign equality of States, for the third party remained free to reject the right, a view he considered supported by more recent State practice and jurisprudence.

In order to attain this objective, the parties have committed themselves to taking the necessary measures and applying the best available techniques, individually and in cooperation, on the basis of sovereign equality, territorial integrity, mutual benefit and good faith.

A 2004 briefing on foreign policy for Pakistani Parliamentarians says, "Pakistan highlights sovereign equality of states, bilateralism, mutuality of interests, and non-interference in each other's domestic affairs as the cardinal features of its foreign policy."