"Lance Armstrong has no place in cycling," UCI President Pat McQuaid said as he confirmed the ratification.
Upon ratification of the Treaty of Paris, the British Crown confirmed the French awards of arms.
But getting the two-thirds majority in the Senate needed for ratification will be a struggle, even though the American Bar Association has confirmed the treaty does not infringe any constitutional right to bear arms (as the NRA claims).
UN spokesman Nick Nuttall, quoted by AFP news agency, confirmed the move, saying that Syria would first have to submit ratification documents at the UN headquarters in New York.
But Royal Mail added in a statement to the stock market: "The CWU has confirmed that there will be no disruption through industrial action during the ratification process of the proposed agreement, including the whole of the Christmas trading period.
Representatives of unions and the authority last night confirmed the agreement, which is expected to be formalized today so that it can be sent to the rank and file for ratification.
2004: MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin signs a bill confirming Russia's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol.
UNICEF urges those countries who have already signed to now confirm their commitment through ratification and for all remaining countries to guarantee the standards in the Optional Protocol to their children.
This finding confirms the complementary relationship between treaty ratification and domestic constitutional norms, and suggests that one important channel of treaty efficacy may be through domestic constitutions.
Its ratification of Protocol Six of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights had the effect of confirming that Poland, which halted executions in 1988, would never reinstate the penalty.
Donald Tusk, the council president, responded swiftly, confirming that a short extension was on offer, but only if Commons ratification comes first – next week.
