At the same time, she said India should ratify a treaty agreed with Bangladesh in 1974 which clearly defines the joint border of the two countries.
C. fully ignored that the U.S. has for over a quarter-century expressly refused to ratify a treaty (the 1977 Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions) that would grant POW protections to non-state militias.
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Swayed by economic arguments, and also by the fact that emission levels in developing nations are rising rapidly, it declared unanimously in August that it would never ratify a treaty that let developing countries avoid some sacrifices.
For that, national governments would have to ratify a further treaty revision.
For now, until there is any legislation to set up a referendum or ratify a new treaty, the debate is one for pamphlets and policy papers, not detailed scrutiny and votes on the floor of the House of Commons.
These include Mr. Obama's hopes for the Senate to ratify a nuclear-weapons treaty with Russia.
Vice-President Joseph Biden has warned the US that failure to ratify a new nuclear arms control treaty with Russia will "endanger our national security".
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In a rare appearance at the US Capitol on Wednesday, Mrs Clinton spoke alongside Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman John Kerry and Republican Senator Richard Lugar, also urging the Senate to ratify the treaty in response to a "continuing threat that is posed to our country".
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EU's lack of democratic accountability (acutely felt by the British, who dislike the reform treaty that Mr Brown aims to ratify without a referendum) won't solve themselves.
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These steps include the completion of a new strategic weapons treaty with Russia, a rebalancing of US nuclear policy towards a reduction in the potential use of nuclear weapons and their development, and a commitment to ask the US Senate to ratify the treaty banning nuclear tests.
In 1997, the Senate declared by a vote of 95 to 0 that it would ratify no treaty that did not include everyone, effectively killing Kyoto.
Ireland is the only EU state putting it to a national vote but only 12 of the 17 eurozone members need to ratify it, so a "No" would not block the treaty.
And we discussed the fact that the Senate appropriately has a role in advice and consent, and it ultimately needs to ratify this treaty.
German standoffishness toward the EU is now based in law: a 2009 ruling by Germany's Constitutional Court allowed it to ratify the Lisbon treaty but limited further transfers of power to Brussels.
Mr Obama has made climate change a major priority for his administration, after previous incumbents had failed to ratify the Kyoto treaty.
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