Binding
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In fact, their status as European partners – ever since Ireland became a member of the European Communities in 1973 – has long reinforced the ties
binding
the UK and Ireland.
The three new agencies will not only enforce common technical standards, which may eventually become
binding
throughout the EU if endorsed by the European Commission, but will also be allowed to settle disputes between national supervisors.
If Asian countries other than Japan commit to
binding
caps on greenhouse gas emissions, a global deal on climate change will be possible at this December’s Copenhagen Summit, even if developing Asia’s caps are implemented more gradually than those for the developed world.
Binding
the union closer together could prove critical to building such trust.
The fact that there was a
binding
timetable was one of the main reasons why Economic and Monetary Union happened in January 1999.
So the Bundesbank’s self-righteous zeal in asserting that its responsibilities are somehow graver – and more
binding
– than those of other central banks is dangerously wrong-headed.
Most important, the government appears to be backtracking on a commitment to allow a
binding
referendum on the opening of the oil sector and other “transcendent” issues.
Likewise, a
binding
and enforceable deal on Iran’s nuclear program could encourage progress at this spring’s Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference toward instituting firm commitments to implement the action items agreed upon at the 2010 round – in particular, establishing a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East.
And the negotiating parties must move beyond the soft “intended nationally determined contributions,” agreed to last month in Lima, to establish legally
binding
commitments.
One must always remember: pensions are ultimately a claim on future output, whether in the form of a tradable financial asset or a legally
binding
commitment of the state.
I asked all of them the same question: When will we have a
binding
framework for cross-border resolution?
No one is willing to sign a treaty or otherwise pre-commit in a
binding
way (least of all a majority of the US Senate, which must ratify such a treaty).
An ambitious sustainable development agenda, together with a legally
binding
global climate deal, could go a long way toward catalyzing such a movement.
Potentially, there are three bodies of law that could govern the treatment of these prisoners:domestic American law in accordance with the rights guaranteed by the US Constitution;international human rights law to which the US is a party through its membership in the UN and its ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;international humanitarian law--also known as the laws of war--to which the US is also a party through its ratification of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and through its acceptance that certain provisions of the First Additional Protocol of 1977 have the status of customary international law that is
binding
on America as on all other governments.
What is required is de-politicized fiscal and macroeconomic surveillance, stricter and more
binding
budgetary rules, smoother recourse to sanctions for breaching them, and close co-ordination of economic policies.
De-politicization of surveillance is best achieved by creating an independent body, whether formal or informal, while stricter and more
binding
rules must include a stronger link between deficit and debt criteria.
The higher the risk, the more
binding
the recommendations for the reduction of imbalances, the stricter the surveillance of how well appropriate measures are implemented, and the harsher the possible sanctions for continued rule violations.
Authoritative and
binding
Court judgments, many of which require governments to compensate victims, are among the most effective tools for constructive pressure – and may well provide better value in promoting the rule of law than the millions of euros invested annually in technical assistance and training in the erring states.
But the talks failed to deliver a comprehensive, legally
binding
agreement, causing investors to lose confidence in a low-carbon economy and delaying progress by several years.
What Asia most needs today is a well-conceived regional system, embedded in
binding
multilateral institutions.
American START negotiators argued with their Russian colleagues for months to exclude legally
binding
language that might constrain missile defenses or the use of non-nuclear warheads on long-range ballistic missiles.
International agreements and the United Nations Charter are as
binding
in Chechnya as anywhere else.
We are all aware that even if the vote succeeds, the UN resolution will not be binding, and that establishing and enforcing a moratorium is only a necessary mid-way step toward full abolition.
It is essential that all member states – and their voters – recognize that there is no option when it comes to the
binding
nature of legal commitments within the EU: Either comply with European law or leave.
It will do some good in all scenarios, but its impact will be much larger beyond the short term if other
binding
constraints are removed.
The hawks have trapped Israel in a demographic quandary,
binding
together two nations that are utterly different from each other.
Indeed, people and governments need to express their anger at the fact that no
binding
agreement was reached in Copenhagen, despite the willingness of many of those who were present.
However, direct controls on credit growth, while necessary, are often leaky and not very
binding
in practice.
National emissions targets are voluntary, rather than inscribed in the agreement, so they are not legally
binding.
Hamas insists that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas does not have the legitimacy to negotiate on behalf of the Palestinians, and that any deal he reaches with Israel is not
binding.
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