Part four. Interpretative rules

Well, you could fit it into a range of different interpretative frameworks.

If it was a purely interpretative instrument, he wondered what purpose it would serve.

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

My delegation will reaffirm those interpretative criteria in the deliberations to be held to establish the Peacebuilding Commission.

Concerning the second option of an interpretative authoritative statement, the sponsor delegation noted that this was not without precedent.

As an interpretative tool, the principle expresses the nature of a treaty as an agreement governed by international law .

Concerning the second option of an interpretative authoritative statement, the sponsor delegation noted that this was not without precedent.

As the draft convention was an interpretative instrument he wondered whether there was any need to include draft article 3.

One delegation suggested that States that were not in favour of an independent offence could make an interpretative declaration on ratifying the instrument.

Mr. Lavalle Valdés (Guatemala) said that the fact that his delegation had not commented on the interpretative declaration made by Venezuela did not necessarily signify agreement.

In June 2004 the Hong Kong Monetary Authority issued a revised supplement to the Guideline on the Prevention of Money Laundering ( Supplement ) together with its accompanying Interpretative Notes.

In the present context, such an interpretative statement could take the form of a paragraph in a preamble to the present draft protocol or could be dealt with separately.

Mr. Bellenger (France) said that he was not familiar with the concept of an interpretative convention and he wished to know what text the draft convention was supposed to be interpreting.

Several delegations were opposed to the inclusion of such a provision, pointing out that the intended effect could be achieved by means of an interpretative declaration made by the State at the time of ratification.

The Study Group welcomed the revised paper by Mr. Mansfield, endorsing in general terms the adoption of an interpretative approach to article 31 (3) (c) that may be of practical use to judges and administrators.

Tarasofsky, supra note 70, at 35 Chinkin, supra note 15, at 25 Simonds, supra note 113, at 188 Bothe, supra note 199, at 56.

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This overview would not be complete without some mention of reservations and interpretative declarations, which have already been the subject of debate in the Sub Commission on the basis of studies carried out by Ms. Françoise Hampson.

The Interpretative Notes have been developed, in collaboration with the banking industry, to provide practical guidance on implementing the requirements of the Supplement and explain the use of a risk based approach in various due diligence processes.

But as Judge Mohamed Shahabuddeen has remarked in another setting, some of those statements lean towards interpretative declarations, i.e., they are worded as clarifications as to what the Covenant is assumed to mean in the first place.

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See, e.g., McIntyre, supra note 7 Rank (Part II), supra note 34 IDI study, supra note 18, at v.

Restatement 3d, supra note 79, at reporter's note 4, comment g. See also Tarasofsky, supra note 70, at 65 66.

Kaikobad, supra note 106, at 93 works cited supra note 106.

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