It does not require that both parties be located in Contracting States (Note, paragraph 28).

(a) the use prior in time is beneficial to both Contracting Parties and reasonable under the circumstances and

Unless both contracting parties pay due attention to all of the potentially applicable provisions of the draft instrument, as modified, excluded or supplemented contractually, one or other of the contracting parties may find itself by default to have agreed to potentially disadvantageous terms.

At the request of the Commission, the Contracting Parties shall

(f) the economic and social development needs of the Contracting Parties

Consequently, it is not applicable to States that are not contracting parties.

For instance, there are only 10 contracting parties to the Moon Treaty .

A meeting of the High Contracting Parties to that effect should be convened.

Contracting Parties that share natural resources shall cooperate concerning their conservation and harmonious utilization, taking into account the sovereignty, rights and interests of the Contracting Parties concerned in accordance with generally accepted principles of international law.

Organizational meetings and review meetings of the contracting parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety

It is clear that in this context, the contracting parties are not of equal bargaining power.

Both Resolutions have been brought to the attention of Contracting States urging States to implement them.

All UNCITRAL conventions require that at least one of the parties should belong to a contracting State.

It might be preferable, for instance, to avoid using the parallel terms States Parties and Contracting States .

A water use existing at the time an equitable sharing determination is made shall take precedence over a future use, provided the existing use is beneficial to both Contracting Parties and reasonable under the circumstances.

In the event of an environmental emergency, or imminent threat thereof, the Contracting Party of origin shall ensure that the Contracting Parties likely to be affected, are, without delay, notified at appropriate levels.

In applying the principles of cooperation and coordination set forth above, the Contracting Parties shall forward to the Secretariat

On the basis of their domestic activities, the Contracting Parties shall cooperate in the field of monitoring and assessment.

The Contracting Parties shall cooperate for the setting up of early warning systems for industrial accidents and environmental emergencies.

Paragraph 22 This paragraph only applies to States whereas Article 3 (10) of Amended Protocol II applies to States (High Contracting Parties) and parties to the conflict .

It was hard to imagine parties agreeing to apply the convention in non contracting States and it would be difficult for the courts of a non contracting State to apply the provisions of the convention.

It would apply, for example, if parties agreed that the law of a non contracting State should govern a contract but the forum State ruled instead that the law of a Contracting State should apply.

The Contracting Parties shall agree to carry out environmental impact assessment of hazardous activities, and to implement risk reducing measures.

This article provides flexibility for States Parties to conventions, which clearly fall within the scope of the E Contracting Convention.

Both parties and non parties may contribute to the fund.

It is believed that these treaties survive a war, whether all the contracting parties or only some of them are belligerent.

It would then apply to contracts that were subject to the law of a Contracting State when commercial parties so agreed.

Contracting Parties have in accordance with generally accepted principles of international law the responsibility of ensuring that activities under their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment or the natural resources under the jurisdiction of other Contracting Parties or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.

The developing countries, which make up most of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention, cannot comply with the proposed technological requirements.

Both parties therefore cater to their wishes.

The Contracting States,

(a) Electronic contracting

Procurement and contracting

The Agreement which came into force in 1999, cited the struggle against terrorism as number one area of cooperation of the Contracting Parties.

preparatory meetings of contracting parties to the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste

Pursuant to the same resolution, Switzerland issued a report based on consultations with all the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Reaffirming further the obligation of the States parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention8 under articles 146, 147 and 148 with regard to penal sanctions, grave breaches and responsibilities of the High Contracting Parties,

Instead, the document is billed merely as a Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, agreed to by High Contracting Parties that is, national governments.

For the purpose of protection and equitable and rational use of transboundary waters, the Two Contracting Parties may conduct cooperation in the following fields

Towards the implementation of its Conservation Measures, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources is increasingly cooperating with non contracting parties.

But make no mistake both parties are implicated.

But make no mistake both parties are implicated.

Most interesting was the split in both parties.

That is a tall order for both parties.

Both parties have clear obligations under that roadmap.