(ii) Development of different possible scenarios of legal framework on all types of forests with legally binding and non binding instruments

There was a need for legally binding security assurances to non nuclear weapon States.

Mongolia favours the early conclusion of a legally binding document containing unconditional and unlimited nuclear security assurances in favour of non nuclear weapon States.

It would be for the negotiating parties to determine which aspects of the framework would take the form of legally binding rules and which elements might be contained in accompanying non binding instruments.

The point was also made that States had no legal obligations to establish regional organizations.

However, States' respective obligations to eliminate or refrain from developing nuclear weapons were legally binding too.

This Convention is a vital link in the elaboration of legally binding instruments to save our globe.

Bangladesh fully supports the initiative under way for a legally binding convention in this field.

Moreover, the non nuclear weapon States have not yet received legally binding guarantees against the threat or use of nuclear weapons.

Such measures should at least include strong and legally binding assurances of non use of nuclear weapons against States not possessing such weapons.

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

(b) Non binding recommendations

As stated above, a legal framework could include a set of legally binding commitments to be applied in conjunction with certain non binding elements.

(v) Effective legally binding measures to deter the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons

(d) The formalizing of existing informal bilateral arrangements regarding non strategic nuclear reductions, such as the Bush Gorbachev declarations of 1991, into legally binding agreements

If legally binding security assurances were given by the five nuclear weapon States to non nuclear weapon States, it would avoid unnecessary insecurity.

However, this practice would not be legally binding.

The Declaration is in no way legally binding on China.

However, the court was not bound by the assessments of the centre for Social Welfare.

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.

Such an arrangement should essentially offer universal and legally binding negative, as well as positive, security assurances that are global in scope, uniform and comprehensive.

In response, the Bank prepared a set of Guidelines embodying commendable approaches which would not be legally binding as such, but could influence the development of international law in this area.

At the same time, however, we must recognize that what we want is the reality of a Convention that is legally binding and clearly articulated legally binding so that the agreement we reach will be stable and enduring clearly articulated so that the possibility of misunderstandings with regard to its provisions will be reduced.

Non legally binding instrument on all types of forests

The Agency has no police powers, but is legally obliged to collect, analyse and disseminate intelligence on various categories of organized criminal activity.

By the early 90s, Congress passed the law that changed everything.

(c) Develop legally binding international instruments to regulate the marking, tracing and illicit brokering of small arms and light weapons and ensure the effective monitoring and enforcement of United Nations arms embargoes

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.

The Bahamas, like many other countries, would have strongly preferred to reach agreement on legally binding commitments on the marking and tracing of such weapons.

The Committee observes, however, that under the State party's law, the municipal authority is solely under an obligation to receive the petition, but not to consider it or to make a determination on the outcome.

62 98. Non legally binding instrument on all types of forests

The Netherlands therefore welcomes the Moscow Treaty of 2002 between the United States of America and the Russian Federation, in which reductions of strategic offensive nuclear weapons have been laid down in a legally binding document.

It is our hope that by then we will have witnessed the achievement of the conditions under which it may become universal as well as legally binding.

However, taking into account the increased danger posed by the illicit acquisition and transfer of small arms and light weapons, an international instrument of a legally binding nature for tracing such weapons has indeed become imperative.

(a) Seeking an amicable settlement through conciliation or, within the limits prescribed by the law, through binding decisions or, where necessary, on the basis of confidentiality

(a) Seeking an amicable settlement through conciliation or, within the limits prescribed by the law, through binding decisions or, where necessary, on the basis of confidentiality

The situation calls for urgent and effective legally binding measures to counter the threat to important fish stocks and the coastal communities directly dependent on them.

The negotiating parties will have to determine which aspects of the framework would take the form of legally binding rules, for example in the form of a treaty or convention, and which elements might be contained in accompanying non binding instruments.

18. Calls upon the nuclear weapon States to respect fully their existing commitments with regard to security assurances pending the conclusion of multilaterally negotiated legally binding security assurances for all non nuclear weapon States parties

They reiterate the agreement at the 2000 Review Conference that legally binding security assurances by the five nuclear weapon States to the non nuclear weapon States strengthen the nuclear non proliferation regime.

The Russian Federation consistently supports the desire of non nuclear weapon States parties to the NPT to obtain legally binding guarantees which would exclude the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons against them.

Of course, developing confidence building measures in space is no replacement for work on a legally binding document to prevent weapons deployment in space.

As to naturalization principles this resolution is not legally binding on the current Latvian Saeima.

Its opinions could in no way be binding on the Greek Government.

I was reminded of a cardinal rule not a research rule, but a moral imperative from my upbringing