While this first meeting resulted in nothing more than declarations of intent, it still marks a historic turning point.

Agreements that lack serious verification provisions are essentially only declarations of good intent, subject to changing politico security perceptions without notice.

In this regard, it is noteworthy that the Conference on Disarmament has long proposed to develop an agreement on that issue this suggests that unilateral declarations are not viewed as legal in nature but rather, as has been mentioned, as political declarations of intent.

a Declarations and reservations (excludes territorial declarations and certain other reservations and declarations of a political nature).

b Declarations and reservations (excludes territorial declarations and certain other reservations and declarations of a political nature).

d Declarations and reservations (excludes territorial declarations and certain other reservations and declarations of a political nature).

e Declarations and reservations (excludes territorial declarations and certain other reservations and declarations of a political nature).

g Declarations and reservations (excludes territorial declarations and certain other reservations and declarations of a political nature).

i Declarations and reservations (excludes territorial declarations and certain other reservations and declarations of a political nature).

n Declarations and reservations (excludes territorial declarations and certain other reservations and declarations of a political nature).

r Declarations and reservations (excludes territorial declarations and certain other reservations and declarations of a political nature).

IHL is also governed by principles which, far from constituting mere declarations of intent, have been considered to form the basic fabric of this branch of international law by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

c Declarations and reservations (excludes other reservations and declarations of a political nature).

Declarations

Rendering Intent

Procedure and effects of declarations

Article 20 (application of declarations)

Declarations on the scope of application

2. Declarations and confirmations of declarations are to be in writing and to be formally notified to the depositary.

That was the intent.

Genocide requires special intent.

Strategic intent and results

g Declarations and reservations.

a Declarations and reservations.

d Declarations and reservations.

e Declarations and reservations.

i Declarations and reservations.

m Declarations and reservations.

n Declarations and reservations.

Declarations by States parties

Article 21 Procedure and effects of declarations

The ICC profile rendering intent

(a) The Statement of Intent, Brussels, November 2000

Article 19 Declarations on the scope of application

Article 18. Declarations on the scope of application

In other cases the act consists of several declarations, as with the declarations by the French authorities concerning the Nuclear Tests case.

ERW bad luck or bad intent

Knowledge, intent and purpose as elements of an offence

Article 18. Declarations on the scope of application (continued)

Declarations by States parties 154 86.

Declarations by States parties 157 97.

And early they went , resolved in intent .

And early they went , resolved in intent .

Yet gaps of ratification and restrictive reservations and declarations remain.

This is the clear intent of the framers of our Constitution.