The goal for the new Protocol should likewise be universal ratification.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child had achieved near universal ratification.

Universal ratification would be highly desirable to facilitate that process and efforts would be made to encourage broad based international treaty ratification.

A unified treaty body would require universal ratification of the seven core human rights instruments.

That 100th ratification marks an important milestone towards universal support of the International Criminal Court.

Reaffirming the importance of the goal of universal ratification of the United Nations human rights instruments,

Representatives called unanimously for the speedy ratification and full implementation of the universal counter terrorism instruments.

However, achieving universal ratification of the Convention was vital in order to guarantee the safety of personnel.

The Congress may wish to consider providing specific recommendations concerning promotion of the ratification of the Convention and its Protocols, with a view to ultimately achieving their universal ratification.

They called for the acceleration of the process of ratification and implementation of the 13 universal instruments against terrorism.

Bearing in mind the nearly universal ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child,Resolution 44 25, annex.

Stressing the importance of achieving universal ratification of the Convention, which will contribute to the fight against racism and racial discrimination,

At the Vienna and Beijing conferences, Member States had committed to the universal ratification of the Convention by the year 2000.

(a) The number of States assisted by UNODC in completing ratification of all 13 universal instruments against terrorism during 2006 2007

As a result, the ratification rate of the universal instruments has risen from 60 percent three years ago to 89 percent today.

She called for universal ratification of the Convention, in line with the Secretary General's appeal to turn the millennium commitments into action.

Finally, the Division provides technical assistance to requesting States for the ratification and implementation of the 13 universal instruments related to terrorism.

Ethiopia had acceded to the Ottawa Convention in 2004, believing that doing so would help to create the momentum for its universal ratification.

The process leading to the adoption of those mechanisms, however, must be open to all Member States, with a view to promoting universal ratification.

The process leading to the adoption of those mechanisms, however, must be open to all Member States, with a view to promoting universal ratification.

Stress that the importance of prevention cannot be overemphasized, and call for the universal ratification of the Convention against Torture and its Optional Protocol.

Stress that the importance of prevention cannot be overemphasized, and call for the universal ratification of the Convention against Torture and its Optional Protocol.

(b) The number of States assisted by UNODC in achieving ratification of at least 6 universal legal instruments related to terrorism during 2006 2007

The report reviews the annual initiatives within the United Nations to encourage universal participation in the treaties, discusses good practice in this regard in other international organizations and makes suggestions to revive the movement towards universal ratification.

The overarching objective continues to be to strengthen the legal regime against terrorism, by assisting States in ratifying universal legal instruments related to terrorism, leading to their near universal ratification, and in achieving national legislative implementation of their provisions.

On 28 October, Mexico became the 100th State party to the ICC, marking an important milestone on the road towards universal ratification of the Rome Statute.

The annual call for ratification, published under the title Multilateral Treaty Framework An Invitation to Universal Participation takes as its focus in 2005 Responding to Global Challenges .

The speakers called for the ratification and implementation of the universal instruments against terrorism by all States so as to create a global legal framework against terrorism.

Upon the entry into force of the Convention and two of its Protocols, UNODC activities have begun to focus on the universal ratification of and full compliance with the instruments.

He called for fast track universal ratification and implementation of the conventions and protocols related to crime and terrorism and implementation of the standards and norms relating to criminal justice.

The aim of the preliminary report submitted in 2004 (E CN.4 Sub.2 2004 8) was to define the scope of the study, in theoretical and practical terms, and then to formulate working hypotheses in the two main subject areas, namely universal ratification and universal implementation.

The aim of the preliminary report submitted in 2004 (E CN.4 Sub.2 2004 8) was to define the scope of the study, in theoretical and practical terms, and then to formulate working hypotheses in the two main subject areas, namely universal ratification and universal implementation.

2. Expresses disappointment that universal ratification of the Convention was not achieved by 2000, and urges all States that have not yet ratified or acceded to the Convention to do so

2. Expresses disappointment that universal ratification of the Convention was not achieved by 2000, and urges all States that have not yet ratified or acceded to the Convention to do so

The three countries called upon those Member States which had not done so to ratify the Convention in order to make it the first human rights treaty to achieve universal ratification.

The Terrorism Prevention Branch will reinforce its activities as a key provider of technical assistance to requesting States for the ratification and implementation of the 13 universal legal instruments against terrorism.

Its main focus, however, is on the question of the universal ratification of the international human rights instruments and on developing the first set of working hypotheses proposed in the preliminary report.

Its main focus, however, is on the question of the universal ratification of the international human rights instruments and on developing the first set of working hypotheses proposed in the preliminary report.

OSCE counter terrorism efforts initially focused on three main areas the ratification and implementation of the 12 universal counter terrorism instruments, combating the financing of terrorism and the police capacity building programmes.

She welcomed the steady momentum towards universal ratification of that Convention and called on the States that had not yet done so to ratify it as a matter of the highest priority.

20. Urges all States that have not yet become parties to the Convention to ratify or accede to it as a matter of urgency, with a view to achieving universal ratification by 2005

10. Urges all States that have not yet done so to become parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in order to achieve its universal ratification

As we set out in our general statement, the EU supports and promotes the universal ratification of and adherence to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC).

There must be universal ratification of the core human rights treaties, followed by implementation and reporting. States must accept the universality, indivisibility and interdependence of human rights and the principle of non discrimination.

2. Expresses disappointment that universal ratification of the Convention has not been achieved by the year 2000, and urges all States that have not yet ratified or acceded to the Convention to do so