To: Ilaine who wrote (61591 ) 12/13/2002 6:22:23 PM From: Bilow Read Replies (2) | Respond to Hi CobaltBlue; Re: "Perceived obligations the U.S. may have as a signatory " means that the US is not a signatory, despite the perception that it is a signatory, because the US did not ratify the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.23. Signature Subject to Ratification, Acceptance or Approval untreaty.un.org Signatory States which had not yet ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention opcw.org Signatory States that have not ratified the Convention cites.org Last month, the administration took the unprecedented step of formally renouncing its obligations as a signatory to the 1998 Rome Statute to establish the ICC. Its action was taken three weeks after the 60th signatory ratified the Statute, bringing it into legal effect as of July 1. Sixty-nine countries have now ratified the treaty out of almost 140 that have signed. muslim-lawyers.net This posting contains the press release from the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Burkina Faso became the 40th country to ratify to 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, ensuring that the treaty will enter into force on March 1, 1999. 42 African countries have signed the treaty, and nine, including Burkina Faso, have completed the ratification process. africaaction.org cnsdl.miis.edu google.com You didn't take a look at Black's, did you? "You've provided zero references to signatory being a term of art in legal language. Unless you come up with something fairly soon, I am going to write you off as a source of legal information. Carl was right, my details were a faulty, but the substance was correct. #reply-18333331 But then again, my experience is that it is always easier to get men to admit that they are wrong.
