(d) Diplomatic assurances are not legally binding.

However, this practice would not be legally binding.

Non legally binding instrument on all types of forests

(a) The instrument is voluntary and non legally binding

A legal framework could also contain a combination of legally binding and non binding elements.

Stronger regulation means legally binding, globally applicable rules and standards.

The Declaration is in no way legally binding on China.

(c) It would not be legally binding under international law

Limitations and related measures should have a legally binding character.

The Convention and its annexes form a legally binding instrument.

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(k) A legally binding instrument such as a stand alone convention.

It is not an institution created to negotiate legally binding instruments.

Although the Programme is not a legally binding document in itself, many of the important issues addressed therein such as the right to health and employment issues are already included in existing, legally binding international instruments.

These steps could take the form of an internationally legally binding instrument.

To our mind, it is imperative that the instrument be legally binding.

The failure of Copenhagen was not the absence of a legally binding agreement.

This applies to global, regional and bilateral agreements, whether politically or legally binding.

(ii) Development of different possible scenarios of legal framework on all types of forests with legally binding and non binding instruments

It would appear that the opinions expressed by the nuclear Powers are mainly political statements which are not legally binding upon their authors.

First, clarity is needed on ambitious, legally binding emission reduction targets for industrialized countries.

The Convention contains clear, legally binding commitments, as well as provisions to ensure compliance.

There was a need for legally binding security assurances to non nuclear weapon States.

Canada supports beginning discussions on codifying negative security assurances on a legally binding basis.

The disarmament process should be carried out within the framework of legally binding instruments.

Unlike the Set and the above mentioned OECD recommendations, the Uruguay Round agreements are legally binding and are backed by strong dispute settlement mechanisms.

In the discussion following these presentations, questions were raised with regard to the issue of accountability, as the Millennium Development Goals were not legally binding but were linked to legally binding international human rights instruments.

The EU Council s common position on arms exports is legally binding on all EU states.

(j) A legally binding instrument such as a framework convention, with provisions for subsequent protocols

Such a treaty must be legally binding, include all weapons and be United Nations based.

As to naturalization principles this resolution is not legally binding on the current Latvian Saeima.

Bangladesh fully supports the initiative under way for a legally binding convention in this field.

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.

His concern is buttressed by the fact that diplomatic assurances are not legally binding and thus have no sanctions for their violation.

The provisions of common article 3 and of Additional Protocol II are legally binding on both the Government and the insurgent forces.

Existing moratoria on nuclear tests are welcomed signs of restraint, but they can be terminated unilaterally and are no substitutes for a legally binding compact.

As stated above, a legal framework could include a set of legally binding commitments to be applied in conjunction with certain non binding elements.

We hope that that instrument will be legally binding and that it will cover illicit ammunition.

We also urgently need a multilateral and legally binding treaty banning the production of fissile materials.

Those guidelines and legally binding norms did not need to relate solely to the underlying right.

In the absence of any legally binding instrument on that issue, such cooperation was entirely voluntary.

However, States' respective obligations to eliminate or refrain from developing nuclear weapons were legally binding too.

(v) Effective legally binding measures to deter the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons

The EU recognizes the ongoing value of the existing security guarantees that are legally binding and made in the context of such protocols.

Generally we are in favour of a framework of residual rules legally binding when watercourse States do not otherwise agree on a governing regime.