Sentence examples for a formal ratification from inspiring English sources

"This Memphis verdict for a lot of people amounted to a formal ratification of informal opinions which were shaped the day the man was shot".

When Augustus Caesar established the empire in 31 bce, the assemblies did not at once cease to function, but their assent to any proposal became merely a formal ratification of the emperor's wishes.

The company's acknowledgment came almost a year before formal ratification by the United Nations General Assembly, allowing PepsiCo to set an example in ensuring that all watershed stakeholders have enough clean water to meet their basic human needs.

On Wednesday, European Union diplomats voted to extend their sanctions against Russia through January 2016, a decision pending formal ratification by member country foreign ministers on Monday.

The Anthropocene Working Group assembles in Berlin on Friday, an interdisciplinary body of scientists and humanists working under the umbrella of the International Commission on Stratigraphy and "tasked with developing a proposal for the formal ratification of the Anthropocene as an official unit amending the Geological Time Scale".

Beyond the need to provide "impetus", the Council has developed further roles; to "settle issues outstanding from discussions at a lower level", to lead in foreign policy — acting externally as a "collective Head of State", "formal ratification of important documents" and "involvement in the negotiation of the treaty changes".

The European Commission recommended the start of formal membership talks with Reykjavik, suggesting that the country could complete negotiations in little more than a year, with a further 12 to 18 months for formal ratification.

NEW YORK/GENEVA, 23 September 2003 - UNICEF has hailed Afghanistan's formal ratification of an international agreement to curb the recruitment of child soldiers.

UNICEF praises Afghan child-soldier innovation NEW YORK/GENEVA, 23 September 2003 - UNICEF has hailed Afghanistan's formal ratification of an international agreement to curb the recruitment of child soldiers.

Behavioral addiction is a field that has come of age recently, both in the sense of the formal ratification of the construct as a clinical entity in the DSM-5 and scientifically in terms of a credible evidence base that has begun to elucidate the underlying psychological and neurobiological mechanisms.

Among other things, Senator Grassley is proposing a five-yearly review of foundations' charitable status and a formal government ratification regime.