(n.) The act of ratifying; the state of being ratified; confirmation; sanction; as, the ratification of a treaty.
Example Sentences:
(1) The US signed Kyoto, but President Bill Clinton never submitted it for ratification to a hostile Senate, which made it clear it would oppose on economic grounds any deal that did not set binding targets for the developing world, code for China.
(2) Breakthrough as US and China agree to ratify Paris climate deal Read more The prime minister used her maiden speech at the United Nations in New York to say the UK remained determined to “play our part in the international effort against climate change … In a demonstration of our commitment to the agreement reached in Paris, the UK will start its domestic procedures to enable ratification of the Paris agreement and complete these before the end of the year,” she said.
(3) He suggested that Cameron might promise a referendum even if EU-wide ratification has already taken place.
(4) Jukka Leskelä, director of power generation at Finnish Energy Industries , which represents distribution companies, said: “We expect to have parliamentary ratification in December of the government’s positive decision in principle.” Rosatom, which will supply the reactor, currently holds a 34% stake in the project.
(5) While the US has signed the ATT, the Senate has vowed to reject the treaty’s ratification.
(6) The French parliament's recent ratification of the fiscal treaty drawn up by "Merkozy" before him was a fraught process, with those on the left of his party rebelling and others on the left taking to the streets.
(7) The government and its supporters have positioned the constitution's successful passage as both the only means of creating a stable and democratic state and as an informal ratification of former president Mohamed Morsi's overthrow.
(8) One advantage (and sometimes weakness) of that process was that commitments were only politically binding on member-states: the rules were easy to update in the light of experience, and did not need to go through lengthy ratification processes.
(9) Lizzie McLeod, senior policy adviser at UK NGO Traidcraft, which has protested against the treaty's ratification in Britain, said it could allow British companies to challenge the Colombian government over its land reform programme.
(10) These data were confronted with the needs resulting both from the present model of workers health care as well as with those arising from ratification of ILO Convention No 161 of 1985.
(11) Once endorsed, the controversial austerity package will be sent to the parliament for ratification.
(12) The new rules were first laid before parliament on June 13 under the negative resolution procedure, meaning that no formal parliamentary ratification is necessary.
(13) The politicisation of the European process of ratification has been most surprising and, at times, disconcerting.
(14) The Conservatives say Tony Blair's pledge in the 2005 election to hold a referendum on the EU constitution means that Britain's failure to hold a referendum on the Lisbon treaty – the son of the constitution – invalidates the parliamentary ratification process.
(15) Ratification by shareholders would lock Royal Mail into the agreement beyond its five-year term unless investors chose to overturn the charter at a later date.
(16) Cherry picking is not an option.” Barnier said that if the UK triggered article 50 by the end of March, as Theresa May has said she would, formal negotiations on Britain’s departure from the EU could start “a few weeks later”, but agreement would need to be reached by October 2018 to allow time for ratification.
(17) Although ILO health and safety standards are directed toward the enhancement of occupational health and safety practice, political issues impede their widespread application despite individual national ratifications.
(18) The EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has stated that the ratification process alone for a UK-EU deal would take six months.
(19) The Troika is like a cat with a mouse, tormenting then eventually killing its plaything While ballymichael flags up the political hurdles that leaders are struggling to overcome: Germany is in the middle of its budget ratification process, and Schäuble yesterday was understandably being rhetorically kicked all around the Bundestag Chamber for not balancing the budget, even when the circumstances are so favourable, by the SPD and Greens.
(20) In addition to the appointment of a CEO by the losing candidate, the framework also calls for that post to be replaced by a new prime minister position after ratification by a Loya Jirga, or nationwide conference of elders and tribal chiefs.
Signatory
Definition:
(a.) Relating to a seal; used in sealing.
(a.) Signing; joining or sharing in a signature; as, signatory powers.
(n.) A signer; one who signs or subscribes; as, a conference of signatories.
Example Sentences:
(1) Among its signatories were Michael Moore, Oliver Stone, Noam Chomsky and Danny Glover.
(2) It is widely seen as a counter to China’s economic might in Asia, and the world’s second largest economy is notably absent from the list of signatories.
(3) Off The Hook has facilities of up to £30,000 from the bank, a signatory to the Project Merlin agreement.
(4) By sharing insights and best practice expertise through [the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Sustainability Action Plan] esap and other platforms, Wrap believes business models such as trade-in services will be a reality in the next three to five years.” The actions of the 51 signatories to esap include: implementing new business models such as take-back and resale; extending product durability; and gaining greater value from reuse and recycling.
(5) The opposing letter has twice the number of signatories, from all over the world.
(6) Rwanda was among 11 signatories to a regional peace agreement signed last month, and has been praised for progress on poverty alleviation.
(7) Dunlop was among the signatories to another open letter, published in October , in which prominent Australians had called for the Paris conference to discuss banning new coalmines.
(8) Campbell said that if all signatories to the convention killed as many minke whales as Japan does, then more than 83,000 would be slaughtered in the Southern Ocean every year.
(9) A UN spokesman said the UK was the signatory to a number of international treaties that protect the right to adequate housing and non-discrimination.
(10) The letter is particularly striking given that some of signatories are on the party's centre right, such as Progress and Policy Network, and others on the left, such as key figures at Compass and Class.
(11) If anyone wants to make an inference [from this that they supported] imposition then that is their inference, [but] that is not what [the signatories] have committed their names to.
(12) Even Kiev, which came last of 30 cities in Siemen’s 2009 European Green City Index , is a signatory.
(13) In a sign of Labour's need to avoid tension with business, Darling was careful to stress he was not criticising the signatories but said: "I wonder if one of their finance directors came to them and said 'look, we have this wonderful idea, and we are going to pay with it by savings we have not yet identified and by calculations we cannot verify', they would say 'that is complete nonsense'."
(14) It is hard to think of a better provisional epitaph than that supplied in the midst of his later troubles by Martin Palouš, one of the first signatories of Charter 77: "Havel was the man who was able to stage this miracle play.
(15) The other signatories include John Dugard, a South African jurist and former UN special rapporteur in the occupied territories; Luisa Morgantini, former president of the European parliament; Cynthia McKinney, a former member of the US Congress; Ronnie Kasrils, a South African former cabinet minister; and the dramatist Caryl Churchill.
(16) Dr Colin Bannon Plymouth • As a signatory to the Action on Sugar campaign , the British Dental Association supports a tax on sugar to curb childhood obesity, and we would add, tooth decay.
(17) Turnbull was later asked about the domestic challenges in signatory countries to ratifying the TPP.
(18) Does Obama include the right to enrich uranium, which Iran is entitled to do as a signatory of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty?
(19) None of the signatories holds a particularly significant position in the party.
(20) Signatories already supporting the open letter include professors and lecturers across Australia, but also academics in the UK and US.