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Source: www.exportlawblog.com --- 6 days ago
On Monday, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (”DDTC”) published on its website the minutes of the June 19th meeting of the Defense Trade Advisory Group, and attached to those minutes was a Draft of the proposed implementing rules for the Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom. The [...] ... Source: news.google.com --- 84 days ago
Britain Joins a Draft Treaty to Ban Cluster Munitions New York Times - 49 minutes ago By JOHN F. BURNS LONDON - The Draft of a Treaty to ban cluster munitions was adopted by a group of 111 nations on Wednesday in Dublin after Britain dropped its longstanding opposition to any limitations on the weapons. More than 100 Nations Approve Draft Outlawing Cluster Bombs Voice of America Treaty seeks to ban cluster bombs within 8 years The Associated Press BBC News - Los Angeles Times - CNN International all 893 news articles ... Source: news.google.com --- 62 days ago
Emirates Business 24/7 EU to set October review of Treaty impasse: Draft Reuters - 44 minutes ago BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will call for a review in October of the impasse over Ireland's rejection of the EU reform Treaty, a Draft final summit statement obtained by Reuters showed on Friday. France warns no Treaty, no EU enlargement Reuters UK EU warned: No Treaty, no growth BBC News Xinhua - guardian.co.uk - International Herald Tribune - Bloomberg all 4,394 news articles ... Source: news.google.com --- 84 days ago
ISA Britain Joins a Draft Treaty on Cluster Munitions New York Times - 1 hour ago By JOHN F. BURNS LONDON - The Draft of a Treaty to ban cluster munitions was adopted by a group of 111 nations on Wednesday in Dublin after Britain dropped its longstanding opposition to any limitations on the weapons. Australian defense minister voices concerns about cluster bomb ban International Herald Tribune England backs cluster bomb ban United Press International Voice of America - The Associated Press - BBC News all 910 news articles ... Source: www.iht.com --- 35 days ago
Southeast Asian foreign ministers meeting this weekend will welcome North Korea's plan to join a regional nonaggression Treaty, according to a copy of a Draft statement seen Wednesday. ... Source: edition.cnn.com --- 41 days ago
The European Union will not Draft a new Treaty after Irish voters rejected the existing one last month, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday. ... Source: edition.cnn.com --- 41 days ago
The European Union will not Draft a new Treaty after Irish voters rejected the existing one last month, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday. ... Source: www.nytimes.com --- 84 days ago
The sudden shift by Prime Minister Gordon Brown created fresh pressures on the United States, which had counted Britain as one of its staunchest allies in opposing the ban. ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 84 days ago
The sudden shift by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who is under pressure to combat his Labor Party's declining political fortunes, created fresh pressures on the United States, which had counted Britain as one of its staunchest allies in opposing the ban. ... Source: www.asahi.com --- 82 days ago
Japan said Friday it will accept the Draft of an international Treaty banning cluster bombs, except for the latest types, and eventually abolish all of those weapons owned by the Self-Defense Forces.(May 30) ...
Source: www.economist.com --- 36 days ago
India's government replaces one troublesome ally with anotherON THE eve of this week's G8 summit, India's prime minister, Manmohan Singh, made a momentous announcement. While flying to the G8 shindig on Hokkaido on July 7th, Mr Singh told journalists that his government would "very soon" seek approval from the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for a safeguards accord required by a controversial nuclear-co-operation deal with America. It submitted a Draft on July 9th.After months of tiresome bickering over the pact between the Congress-led coalition government and its Communist parliamentary allies, this was a coup for Mr Singh. He is believed to view the deal with America, struck three years ago but recently seeming dead, as his government's finest achievement. It would enable nuclear-armed India to import nuclear fuel and technology for civilian uses--despite its refusal to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. This, its supporters and critics agree, would be hugely significant, making India an exception to the global counter-proliferation regime. ... ...
Source: jurist.law.pitt.edu --- 43 days ago
[JURIST] The upper house of the Dutch parliament voted 50-15 Tuesday to approve the EU reform Treaty, formally known as the Treaty of Lisbon. Last month, Netherlands Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said that he would press on with ratification, even after Irish voters rejected the Treaty in a referendum earlier that month. The Dutch parliament's lower house approved the Treaty by a vote of 111-39 in June. Xinhua has more. Dutch News has local coverage. Other EU countries have delayed ratifying the Treaty until the full effect of the Irish referendum is known. The future of the pact is currently in doubt as it must be approved by all 27 EU states in order to take effect. EU leaders signed the reform Treaty last December, and 14 countries have ratified the document so far. In 2005, a Draft European constitution failed when voters in France and the Netherlands rejected the proposal in national referenda. EU leaders are expected to meet in Brussels next week to discuss how to move ahead in light of the Irish vote. ... Source: jurist.law.pitt.edu --- 75 days ago
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[JURIST] Diplomats reached an agreement Wednesday on a Draft Treaty banning the use, manufacture, and stockpiling of cluster munitions following ten days of negotiation at the Dublin Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions. The Treaty forbids signatories from acting in a way that would assist, encourage, or induce "anyone to engage in any activity prohibited" under the Treaty. Countries possessing cluster munitions would be required to destroy them, and to provide medical assistance, rehabilitation and psychological support to any victim of cluster munitions within their jurisdictions. While the US was not present at the conference, a loophole was built into the Treaty to allow continued military and other cooperation between parties and non-parties to the Treaty. Article 21 of the Treaty allows the military personnel and nationals of Treaty signatories to engage in military cooperation and operations with non-signatory states which might engage in prohibited activities. The Treaty will be formally adopted on Friday, signed into law in December, and then must be ratified by individual signatory nations. BBC News has more. No representatives were sent to the conference from the US, China, Russia, Israel, India, or Pakistan, whose governments collectively make up the world's largest producers and users of cluster bombs. Last month the US said it would not attend the 2008 Dublin conference, echoing June 2007 statements that it doe ... Source: jurist.law.pitt.edu --- 49 days ago
[JURIST] Polish President Lech Kaczynski Tuesday refused to sign the EU reform Treaty, properly known as the Treaty of Lisbon, saying that to do so would be "pointless" after Irish voters rejected the Treaty in a June referendum. The Treaty's future has been uncertain since the Irish vote, as the instrument requires that all 27 European Union member nations ratify it before it can go into effect. In April, the lower house of the Polish parliament voted 384-56 to approve the EU Reform Treaty. The Upper House approved it the following day. BBC News has more. Poland had raised numerous objections to the pact during negotiations, many having to do with the proposed Council of Europe voting system, but signed the reform Treaty along with other EU nations in December. Fourteen countries have ratified the document. In 2005, an earlier Draft for a European constitution failed when voters in France and the Netherlands rejected the proposal in national referenda. ... Source: jurist.law.pitt.edu --- 44 days ago
[JURIST] The Sudanese parliament Monday passed a long-anticipated electoral law that is expected to ease the country's transition to democracy. The law establishes that 60 percent of parliamentary seats will be chosen by majority voting, while the remaining 40 percent will be filled by a proportional representation of political parties. Of the proportional representation seats, 25 percent will be reserved for women. Critics, including the National Democratic Alliance, argued that the Draft law would marginalize some political groups. AFP has more. The Sudan Tribune has local coverage. Under the country's 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Sudan is scheduled to hold its first democratic elections by 2009. Following the adoption of a peace Treaty, the approval of a new constitution, and the installation of a new government, Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir lifted the country's state of emergency, except in Darfur and a region on the eastern border. ... Source: jurist.law.pitt.edu --- 5 days ago
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced on Friday that its researchers have proof that Russian forces have dropped cluster bombs on Georgian civilians during the recent conflict over the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Cluster bombs release large numbers of smaller explosives which spread out before detonating upon impact, a design meant to maximize bodily injury of a large group of people. On Tuesday, Georgia filed a complaint against Russia with the International Court of Justice (ICJ), alleging that invading Russian troops have also engaged in the murder, rape and mass displacement of civilians. Russian officials have stated that they have their own evidence showing that Georgian forces have committed war crimes. At the Dublin Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions in May, diplomats agreed on a Draft Treaty banning the use, manufacture, and stockpiling of cluster munitions. No representatives were sent to the conference from the US, China, Russia, Israel, India, or Pakistan, whose governments collectively make up the world's largest producers and users of cluster bombs. A loophole allows continued military and other cooperation between parties and non-parties to the Treaty, which must still be ratified by individual signatory nations before entering into full effect. ... Source: www.geo.tv --- 19 days ago
VIENNA: The 35-nation governing body of the International Atomic Energy Agency has approved the India''s safeguards agreement. The Director-General of the IAEA, Mohammed el-Baradei gave the opening statement. The text, said Dr. el-Baradei, "is an Infcirc/66-type safeguards agreement based on the Agency''s standard safeguards practices and procedures" for states that are not party to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. These agreements "are not comprehensive or full-scope safeguards agreements", he added. Describing the Indian Draft as an "umbrella agreement" providing for any facility notified by India to become subject to Agency safeguards in the future, the IAEA DG said he expects to begin implementation of safeguards at new Indian facilities in 2009. Dr. el-Baradei said the "umbrella" nature of the agreement provides for a "more efficient mechanism for ensuring that safeguards requirements can be met". "It satisfies India''s needs while maintaining all the Agency''s legal requirements". ... Find more results for Draft Treaty on RSSMicro.com |
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The European commission today proposed slashing the cost of sending mobile text messages when travelling within the EU. "EU citizens should be free to text across borders without being ripped off," Viviane Reding, EU telecoms commissioner, said. The EC said the 2.5bn text messages sent each year by 'roaming' customers cost in excess of 10 times more than domestic messages and proposed capping them. The European Regulators' Group, including Britain's Ofcom , said the cap should be set at between €0.11 and €0.15 per text compared with the current EU average of €0.29. Domestic text messages can cost as little as €0.034. Reding said a single text for travellers from Belgium could be as high as €0.80 while British holidaymakers could expect to be charged €0.63 (40p) when roaming in Italy - compared with €0.30 for the French and €0.41 for the Germans. She imposed price caps last year on roaming calls which have proved popular with consumers but angered mobile operators who are campaigning against her latest plans. But Reding said the operators had failed to respond to her calls for voluntary price cuts. The EC believes its latest proposals, due to be presented as Draft legislation in the autumn, will boost the EU's role as consumer champion among its increasingly disenchanted 500 million citizens after the debacle of the Lisbon Treaty. EC president, José Manuel Barroso, said: "Europe's single market should be allowed to play its part, m ...
The G8 Summit began today in Tokyo, Japan. Among the topics expected to be discussed is the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement ( ACTA ) Treaty proposal drafted in secret primarily by the office of the US Trade Representative and legislators from Californiia. Not surprisingly, the California lawmakers are well known for supporting just about any legislation that increases the term or scope of copyright or strengthens penaitles for infringement. Despite some attention from websites like Afterdawn , public interest groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation , and news publications in Canada we don't really know anything more now than we did when a Draft of the proposal was first published by the watchdog site Wikileaks . Besides suggesting the controversial move of making law enforcement responsible for investigating and prosecuting intellectual property infringement, the proposal has come under fire for the exclusive group of countries included in the initial discussions. Unlike the World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ) or World Trade Organization (WTO), every member of the G8 have businesses that derive a significant amount of revenue from intellectual property. Although representatives of non-G8 countries will be in attendance at the summit, with the secrecy surrounding the entire issue of the ACTA Treaty there's no way to know whether any of them will be consulted or even briefed on any relevant discussio ...