(d) Proposed that serious negotiations should be initiated immediately with a view to drafting a legally binding document that offered comprehensive security assurances, which were both balanced and unconditional, to non nuclear weapon States.

Human rights are governed by rules and laws that should be applied.

Obviously he can. This is a very legal document.

Monitoring and registration procedures are in place to check that operations are carried out in accordance with legal requirements. Foreign exchange offices are also required to make periodic declarations.

Some of the relevant instruments create binding legal obligations, and others do not.

Give its views on incorporating sensitive subjects such as reproductive and sexual rights in legally binding instruments.

We are also aware that the 2001 Programme of Action is a politically binding document which was adopted as a result of consensus.

However, political willingness is not enough to maintain outer space peaceful, and needs to be combined with legal binding instruments to restrict the development and deployment of space weapons.

The group acquired a legal document delineating the entire site acquired by he Hasid in 1700.

A commitment has been expressed in a legal document, and we must ensure that it will be reflected in concrete action.

The EU welcomed the conclusions of the United Nations expert group and believed the adoption of a multilateral legally binding instrument on the subject would enable significant progress to be made, in particular by making it easier to collect evidence against the illegal traders and those engaged in terrorist activities.

However, it should be noted, that the CSCE commitments are basically of a political nature and CSCE is not based on a legal document such as the Charter of the United Nations, nor can it, in contrast to the Security Council, issue rulings which are legally binding on the participating States.

With further reference to draft article 3, his delegation had some doubts regarding the use of the term arrangement , which might include both legally binding international legal agreements and legally non binding political and administrative arrangements.

Political declarations on the issues outlined would be registered as international treaties at the United Nations to provide binding legal force.

The fact that some unilateral acts could have binding legal effects for other parties added to the difficulty of examining them with a view to their codification.

However, no international legal instrument either was perfect or dealt with all the questions that it was meant to resolve. During negotiations, his Government had expressed a number of concerns in specific areas.

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Sweden felt that a binding multilateral instrument for identifying and tracing light weapons would help to combat illicit trade in light weapons.

The Netherlands therefore welcomes the Moscow Treaty of 2002 between the United States of America and the Russian Federation, in which reductions of strategic offensive nuclear weapons have been laid down in a legally binding document.

We support the elaboration of a politically binding document that would, as a temporary measure, take the form of a code of conduct in outer space and would call for exchanges of information concerning space activities.

The Subcommittee had given proof of its effectiveness in drafting the important legal instruments which could in the future become the binding rules of international law.

The entry into force of the Law on the Protection of the Family in 1998 signalled the first time that domestic violence had been defined in a Turkish legal document.

The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action constituted an important policy framework but did not create international legal rights or legally binding obligations for States under international law.

Of course, developing confidence building measures in space is no replacement for work on a legally binding document to prevent weapons deployment in space.

The Nairobi Protocol, article 3, binds States parties to enact national systems under law to licence, monitor and audit possession of small arms by all persons.

First, international precedent tells us that nuclear fuel delivery contracts are unreliable, and no legally binding international document or instrument exists to guarantee the delivery of nuclear fuel.

Until that much desired goal is achieved, the non nuclear weapon States must be provided with legally binding assurances against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons in order to address their security concerns.

(b) Non binding recommendations

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The Committee was committed thereto.

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The Treaty of Canandaigua remains an operating legal document the U.S. government continues to send the requisite gift of muslin fabric to the nations each year.

During the period September 2002 to August 2003, 845 legal instruments were issued and 134 bills, regulations, decrees, agreements and circulars were studied and prepared, as well as nine legal studies, the most important of which are described below.

Such participation would not entitle these observers to enter into any legally binding agreements or commitments between Governments which are specified or otherwise implied in General Assembly resolution 47 189.

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One feature of the development of normative standards in the field of human rights is the way in which material, originally approved in resolution form, is ultimately incorporated into binding legal obligations.

However, while the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action expressed important political goals that the United States endorsed, they did not create international legal rights or legally binding obligations on States under international law.

We support the idea of adopting a generally binding document on the rights of persons belonging to national, ethnic and other minorities in the United Nations, the CSCE and the Council of Europe.

is bound by treaties entered into by China.

The Council s decisions are binding on all Members.