It is against this unlikely backdrop, that a group of prominent former and present officials released today a letter to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist urging him to facilitate the "expeditious" ratification of a treaty that would help establish precedents useful to opponents of the Bush Administration at the UN and elsewhere: the Law of the Sea (LOST).
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The debate over the participation of developing countries in the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty to reduce global emissions of greenhouse gases, has stalled ratification of the treaty.
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The main task of the full signature period we regard as achieving the ratification of the treaty, as mentioned by my colleague, Mr. President of the United States, and it is also important to synchronize the ratification process.
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The latest skirmishes, she said, proved that ratification of the treaty by India was urgent.
Court jurisdictions over US personnel should come only with US ratification of the treaty.
Under the Constitution, it only takes 34 votes to prevent the ratification of a treaty.
This would at best impose a delay to the ratification of the treaty.
So I hope that the Senate will move quickly and give its advice and consent to the ratification of this treaty.
Our goal -- the goal of the two Presidents -- is to ensure tranquil ratification of the treaty by our parliament.
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MPs are currently debating the ratification of the treaty - but the Conservatives, who are the only party at Westminster demanding a referendum, would need to gain the support of Lib Dem and Labour MPs to get their way.
Refused to pursue ratification of the Treaty of Rome which establishes an International Criminal Court (ICC) on the grounds that such a mechanism is likely to become politicized and may be abused to prosecute American leaders, military personnel, and other U.S. citizens without regard for their constitutional rights.
Senator Kyl's remarks were followed by brief comments by Rep. Solomon concerning the need for opponents of the CTBT and similar treaties to stay vigilant because the Clinton Administration, foreign governments (including some of our allies) and other advocates can be expected to mount a renewed push for the ratification of this Treaty.
In the meantime there are some very positive signs: The decision of the German Constitutional Court to approve the ratification of the ESM treaty with only minor conditions was one of them.
That plutonium handling plant was included in the Treaty Resolution of Ratification which President Obama pledged to support upon entry of the treaty into force.
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Mr Reinfeldt said that the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, as was persuading the G20 to try and end the "bonus culture" in world banking.
According to the respected on-line service STRATFOR, a long-standing objective of the transnational progressives, U.S. ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST), is now just a matter of time.
The European Parliament is a key player in setting the EU's budget, and its powers have been expanded following ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, especially in areas such as the budget for agriculture.
Yet those are the words chosen by Mr Lellouche this morning, after the British opposition leader David Cameron unveiled his new Europe policy, to take account of the final ratification of the Lisbon treaty.
He also declined to recommend to the Senate ratification of the ICC Treaty in its present form which he described as "deeply flawed, " even though at the last moment he buckled into pressure to sign it.
At a joint press conference last Wednesday, he was one of several Senators to declare that, as a result, supporters would be unable to muster the necessary 67 votes for ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST).
If the old Senate already had five more votes than would be needed to block ratification of any new treaty -- or amendment to the existing 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty -- that had the effect of "hindering our advanced TMD programs, " the new Senate will be even more hostile to such an idea.
President Obama had also promised to build a modern Chemical and Metallurgy Research Replacement facility for handling plutonium which was included in the Treaty Resolution of Ratification and presented in his message to the Senate upon entry of the treaty into force.
It would, in short, be an embarrassment as well as an impediment to ratification of the New START Treaty.
Never before in the history of the U.S. Senate has the ratification of a strategic arms treaty been considered in a lame-duck session.
The study, entitled Mapping a National Security Failure: The Ratification of the New START Treaty , was authored by Center Vice President Ben Lerner.
The study, entitled Mapping a National Security Failure: The Ratification of the New START Treaty (PDF), was authored by Center Vice President Ben Lerner.
He was reacting to comments by Jon Kyl, a Republican senator who said he did not think ratification of the New Start treaty should be considered this year.
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Proponents of ratification ignore the treaty's severe problems.
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It is striking that 34 senators voted earlier this week to preserve a higher level of funding for the Strategic Defense Initiative precisely the number needed to block ratification of a deficient START Treaty.
It is striking that 34 senators voted earlier this week to preserve a higher level of funding for the Strategic Defense Initiative -- precisely the number needed to block ratification of a deficient START Treaty.
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