(d) Diplomatic assurances are not legally binding.

The Commission's decisions are not binding however, it has been shown in practice that they are usually adhered to.

However, direct controls on credit growth, while necessary, are often leaky and not very binding in practice.

Russia has consistently argued that only Security Council resolutions, not General Assembly resolutions, are binding international law.

China already has binding domestic energy intensity standards, but will certainly not agree to binding emissions reduction targets.

The Declaration voted upon today is not binding.

However, this practice would not be legally binding.

Moreover, the Indian Claims Commission is an advisory body whose recommendations are not binding upon the federal government.

It would appear that the opinions expressed by the nuclear Powers are mainly political statements which are not legally binding upon their authors.

But the UN resolution is, unfortunately, not a binding document.

Although the Programme is not a legally binding document in itself, many of the important issues addressed therein such as the right to health and employment issues are already included in existing, legally binding international instruments.

It is not an institution created to negotiate legally binding instruments.

For starters, the votes on company managers pay are non binding.

His concern is buttressed by the fact that diplomatic assurances are not legally binding and thus have no sanctions for their violation.

Since then, the CODEXTER has held 6 meetings, and several intergovernmental committees of experts are currently working on the elaboration of various legal instruments, of binding (conventions) and not binding (recommendations) nature according to the issues dealt with.

Individual countries like Germany are making binding unilateral commitments that are not conditional on what other countries do, and coalitions of the willing are being formed to tackle particular sectors.

While the African Commission only gives recommendations, the Court's decisions are binding.

There must be accepted rules that are binding on everyone in politics, so that whoever does not accept or obey them is disqualified.

The failure of Copenhagen was not the absence of a legally binding agreement.

Some of the relevant instruments create binding legal obligations, and others do not.

He objected to the pardons when consulted, but his views were not binding.

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And they swear by Allah their most binding oaths ( that ) Allah will not raise up him who dieth . Nay , but it is a promise ( binding ) upon Him in truth , but most of mankind know not ,

And they swear by Allah their most binding oaths ( that ) Allah will not raise up him who dieth . Nay , but it is a promise ( binding ) upon Him in truth , but most of mankind know not ,

There must be certain accepted rules of the political game that are binding on all, so that whoever does not accept or obey them is disqualified.

The resulting budget is binding, though the city council can suggest, but not require changes.

And it is binding on a town which We destroy that they shall not return .

And it is binding on a town which We destroy that they shall not return .

The interpretative declaration of the New York Convention is not considered to have binding force.

International agreements and the United Nations Charter are as binding in Chechnya as anywhere else.

These common positions and Council regulations are binding on States members of the European Union.

These common positions and Council regulations are binding on States members of the European Union.

These common positions and Council regulations are binding on States members of the European Union.

He reiterates that diplomatic assurances are not legally binding and undermine existing obligations of States to prohibit torture, are ineffective and unreliable in ensuring the protection of returned persons, and therefore shall not be resorted to by States.

A legal framework could also contain a combination of legally binding and non binding elements.

(b) Non binding recommendations

There are also guidance documents prepared by HOAs, aimed primarily at the humanitarian community, that address the issue of military support for humanitarian activities, but they are not easily usable by the peacekeeping force and not binding for missions.

Those guidelines and legally binding norms did not need to relate solely to the underlying right.

It is not necessary, because what really works in practice is removing successive binding constraints, whether they are supply incentives in agriculture, infrastructure bottlenecks, or high credit costs.

However, the Court did not pronounce itself on the conceptual possibility of the existence of rules binding automatically on States of a region and binding other States in their relationship with those States.

Forests affect, and are directly and indirectly affected by, a considerable number of binding and non binding instruments, each having a particular focus and mandate that determines its scope in respect of forests.

We are, unfortunately, not able to see merit in a voted, non binding political declaration, as such a text will not be the expression of the will of the world community as a whole.

The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Investment Principles adopted in November 1994 are general rules for investment but they are non binding.

The absence of a binding agreement could mean a global hangover, and not just for a day.

Although it is a political and not a legally binding declaration, the issue of definitions nonetheless arises.