Mr. Brill's success ratifies an investing approach that seemed unorthodox and untried in 1993.
African countries remain central to the success of the court, with 34 having ratified the Rome Statute.
Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, hailed the Convention, ratified by 191 States, as one of the great success stories of multilateral diplomacy and of the human rights movement.
Success in ratifying the test ban treaty would be a first step toward bipartisan cooperation on other crucial matters of national security.
A success for the WHO and its member nations, this convention (adopted and ratified by more than 170 nations) has shown the potential benefits of strong government leadership and demonstrates the importance of intervention in markets, which profit from products harming public health.
The musicians of the Nashville Symphony — which had been riding a wave of successes before the recession and a destructive 2010 flood imperiled their financial future — ratified a new one-year contract this week that will cut their pay by 15 percent.
The Obama administration has tried for years without success to build Senate support for ratifying the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which has been ratified by 164 countries.
The success of the I.C.C. runs deeper than the numbers of those who have or have not ratified the Rome Statute creating it.
The Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920, but the Equal Rights Amendment, first introduced in Congress in 1923, was never ratified, and the League for a Woman President, founded in 1935, never saw success.
G.M. said the contract, ratified earlier Wednesday by the U.A.W., will have a minimal impact on profitability while allowing workers to share in the company's financial success.
