Leaders of the East and West Coast branches of the WGA have approved the deal, which now much be ratified by the union's membership.
"It began six years ago, ordered by Comandante Hugo Chavez as chief and president, elected, re-elected and ratified, much as it pains the bourgeois hucksters and the right, who have done so much damage to our fatherland".
Though not a perfect solution, because it could be seen as institutionalizing a two-speed Europe, the intergovernmental pact could be ratified much more quickly by parliaments than a full treaty amendment.
The New York Times describes the agreement as "not a perfect solution," because it could be seen as institutionalizing a two-speed Europe - but it says the pact could be ratified much more quickly than a full treaty amendment.
One hundred and ninety-one countries acknowledged as much when they ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which is just two ratifications away from becoming history's first universally ratified human rights treaty.
One hundred and ninety-one countries acknowledged as much when they ratified the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which commits States Parties to take all appropriate measures, using all available resources, to ensure the survival, protection, and full development of every child.
To do so may be customary, but much bad behavior is ratified by custom; that doesn't make it right.
It occurred to me the other day that the Constitution itself was ratified in much the same way that health-care reform finally got passed.
By Hendrik Hertzberg March 26 , 2010It occurred to me the other day that the Constitution itself was ratified in much the same way that health-care reform finally got passed.
This provisional deal, which must now be ratified, goes much further than previous accords in opening up China's service industries to foreign investment.Taken together, say optimists, there could yet be another golden age for foreign direct investment (FDI) into China.
