But when the states' ratifying conventions insisted on specific guarantees, the first Congress went to work.
The plan provided specific guarantees of fundamental human rights.
Some political candidates, particularly the Sunni ones, say they intend to withhold their support for any new government without specific guarantees on changes in the Constitution.
In the United States there is no specific constitutional guarantee on the privacy of correspondence.
"We want more specific guarantees for personal liberties," he told me.
Article 14 of the treaty provided specific guarantees safeguarding the rights of minorities in both the nations.
Because of similar feelings in Massachusetts, that state recommended with its ratification the addition of specific guarantees of individual rights.
That is why in our proposals, and the Commission has stated this clearly, we support specific guarantees for energy-intensive industries.
It includes specific guarantees for the disabled, in this sector more than others, and I can only stress that point.
As it turned out, Ambassador Gandhi had held on for a number of specific guarantees before he agreed to support Moore.