"The final stage of the ratification process is expected to be concluded shortly, but there remains a possibility that the Swiss government will have to hold a referendum on the agreement, " says the Treasury.
He went on to campaign vigorously for a Yes vote in the referendum on the agreement, symbolically sharing a stage with David Trimble and Bono of U2 in an effort to swing the unionist vote.
As for Sinn Fein, which holds its own meeting in Dublin this weekend, Gerry Adams and those around him seem fairly certain they can deliver their supporters when Northern Ireland holds a referendum on the agreement on May 22nd.
Ms Boyack said the referendum was held without agreement amongst all parties in the council and there had been no effective controls in spending on the campaign.
The people in a national referendum will decide the agreement...
In Stormont it was the 1998 referendum on the Good Friday Agreement.
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The original Coalition Agreement linked a referendum on electoral reform (which the Lib Dems wanted) to a reduction in the number of MPs and, crucially, to an equalisation of constituency sizes.
According to the agreement on the referendum between Indonesia and Portugal, eligible voters must have been born in East Timor, have one parent born there, or be married to an East Timorese.
No 10 have indicated that all Conservative MPs will be expected to support the government in rejecting the referendum option - the coalition agreement commits the UK to being a "positive participant in the European Union" .
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Whatever the outcome, both main parties in Spain have ruled out the possibility of an Edinburgh-style agreement to hold a referendum, saying such a move would be unconstitutional.
He wants to see a settlement by next May, and has indicated he will put a proposal to the voters of Northern Ireland in a referendum, with or without the agreement of the province's political parties.
Lawmakers also OK'd a referendum on the progress of the security agreement to be held by the end of July.
The cross-border bodies, devised as part of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement peace accord and mandated by referendum, will harmonise north-south policy on a number of areas.
The referendum pledge was a key part of coalition agreement between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats but the proposed 5 May date has angered opposition MPs in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, who believe it will detract from national elections there.
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He has promised to bring any peace agreement to a vote in a national referendum.
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Powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has said that any such agreement should be put to a popular referendum, a position reflected in demonstrations in several Shiite Baghdad neighborhoods Friday.
For example, it took days of intensive talks last December between President Bashir and the southern leader and Sudanese Vice-President, Salva Kiir, to finally reach an agreement on the law governing the 2011 referendum.
The First Minister said there was agreement that there was no need for a referendum because the proposed changes would not fundamentally change the way Wales is governed.
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An agreement at least on the possible timing of a referendum would help to maintain a common front.
The UK government previously opposed votes for 16 and 17-year-olds in the independence referendum, although the measure was eventually included in the Edinburgh Agreement, which set out the terms for the vote and was signed by both Westminster and Scottish ministers.
Last week the Silk Commission recommended that the assembly could have tax-varying powers by the year 2020 subject to agreement from AMs, both Houses of Parliament and a referendum.
Crucially, the agreement commits both governments to working with the outcome of the referendum - whatever that is.
Mr Barak believes he can carry a solid majority of the public with him when he calls a referendum, as he is pledged to do, on the final peace agreement with the Palestinians.
As the Sudanese people adjust to the new realities on the ground, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement parties must shift their attention to the key post-referendum arrangements that will sustain the North-South relationship in the long term.
Mr Salmond and Prime Minister David Cameron signed the Edinburgh Agreement in which it was decided there would be a one-question referendum to be held before the end of 2014.
An agreement was signed last week to deliver a legally binding, single-question referendum in 2014.
Whether the southern poll would, as in the case of the Good Friday Agreement, have to be held at exactly the same time as a northern referendum is less clear.
One thing that may not be happening is agreement on the scheduling of a backbench debate on an "in-out" referendum on the EU. But this will not be because of any dark machinations by the whips.
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However, if there's clear evidence that a majority of people in Northern Ireland want to leave the UK and join a united Ireland, then the agreement places a duty on the secretary of state who "shall" arrange a referendum.
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In particular, the President stressed the importance of the Security Council remaining united in urging all parties to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement on Sudan to abide by their commitments, particularly in light of the upcoming referendum scheduled for January.
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