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If, however, the Emperor of Russia ratifies that convention, I will ratify it; but it is only a trick.

AaAa Our country, which co-chairs with France the conference on Article XIV, seizes every opportunity to call on all non-signatory states, mainly those included in annex 2, to sign and ratify the document in order to fill in the gap of the international disarmament regime, the Moroccan delegation noted.

Belgium intends to ratify the Lisbon Treaty by summer 2008, announced Belgium's interim Prime Minister, Guy Verhofstadt, on 17 January in Brussels during a meeting with the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso.

A conference on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ended a three-day meeting here Friday with a renewed call for efforts to ratify the treaty, which bans nuclear weapons testing, as soon as possible.

Despite the Senate's refusal thus far to ratify the treaty, it went into effect in 1995, and elements of the vast regulatory apparatus it outlines are already in operation.

Ottawa is protecting its interests in case the Anglican dioceses do not ratify the agreement, said Archdeacon Boyles.

Japan on Tuesday reiterated its request to China to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) on nuclear testing at an early date, Japanese officials said.

In 1998, China signed but did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which calls for developed countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, including carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.

The Danish parliament has voted to ratify the Kyoto climate treaty on greenhouse gas emissions.

To "ratify" means "to confirm or make valid by formal consent." In other words, the Archdiocesan statement confirms that Mr.

But the agreement won't take effect until at least 50 legislatures ratify it--a goal supporters hope to see achieved before the 10-year anniversary of the 1992 Rio de Janeiro environment summit.