The committee came within a whisker of inserting a clause calling for the funding and governance of the World Service to revert to the government.
The Russian version includes a clause calling for Russian peacekeeping forces to "take additional security measures" pending "the establishment of international mechanisms".
The official said the American negotiators wanted to avoid an agreement that provided for a freeze of North Korea's nuclear program that was suggested in past proposals, instead supporting a clause calling for dismantling the program.
"The question is: Is that a good thing?" The international tribunals are authorized under a Nafta clause called Chapter 11, dealing with investments.
Last year, The European Commission triggered a punishment clause called Article 7 against Poland — citing the government's treatment of its judiciary and moves to suppress an independent press.
The language in the clause — called a "key man event" — is more specific than that in Mr. Corzine's employment contract, filed in March, which spelled out his conditions for receiving a retention bonus in 2014.
The merger agreement, which Friedman evidently had drawn up without the advice of a seasoned investment banker, didn't have a "collar" clause calling off the deal if Associated's shares fell below a certain level.
And on another front, Diana Johnson, the MP for Hull North, is planning to bring in a 10-minute rule bill in the new year with a simple clause calling for female bishops.
Another draft clause calls for a 100-fold increase in international financing on biodiversity, which would be raised principally in industrialised nations and primarily spent in the developing world.
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