Sentence examples for ratification if from inspiring English sources

Japanese officials have said they will be most likely to pursue ratification if they see signs that the United States may eventually act to limit warming.

Even if they prove to be, the new treaty will be complex and take years to draft even before being put to the electorate for ratification, if there is ratification.

In the Netherlands the opposition Labour Party which is supposed to support the minority government on European issues threatens to block ratification if the government imposes austerity to meet next year's deficit target of 3% of GDP.

But quite what that change means, both in France and in Europe, is rather less clear.A red letter dayMr Hollande has promised to "renegotiate" Europe's fiscal compact, which Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, regards as the centrepiece of euro-zone stability plans, and to block the treaty's ratification if he does not get his way.

The vote, largely along party lines, was 12 short of the number needed to keep the amendment alive and 19 shy of the 67 votes needed to send the amendment to states for ratification, if it is approved by the House.

The National Rifle Association, a powerful U.S. pro-gun lobbying group, opposes the treaty and has vowed to fight to prevent its ratification if it reaches Washington.

If treaty changes become necessary, ratification in all member states will expose a result to public debate.

This may further delay ratification even if Irish voters say yes.Both sides claimed vindication from a report by a group of European experts into the causes of last year's war between Russia and Georgia.

Mr. Gore has called the Senate's rejection of the treaty last year an act of "massive irresponsibility," and has said he will immediately revive the ratification process if he becomes president.

Until Dec. 31, a nation can indicate its support for the court by signing the treaty, even if ratification is not immediately likely.

The French-German plan for tighter integration is thought likely to involve changing the European Union's governing treaty — something that, because it involves ratification by most if not all 27 countries, is unlikely to be accomplished quickly, Mr. Rostowski said.