On Tuesday the Staff Council ratified a statement urging Secretary General Ban Ki-moon not to deploy additional staff members to Iraq and to remove those currently serving there until the security situation improved.
The Matsés issued a statement ratifying their decision and alluding to "serious social and environmental contamination" caused by oil operations in other parts of Peru, and the "continued use of contaminating practices" and "little will to remedy environmental damages".
The departing Israeli cabinet extended a hand to Mr. Sharon by ratifying Mr. Barak's statement that the new government should not be bound by President Clinton's peace blueprint or any negotiations that used it as a base.
Thanks to you, should a 5-to-4 decision by the Roberts Court invalidate the law, your statement will ratify the decision as a political one.
"We will present all appeals before the courts for the recognition of the rights of Lula provided by law and international treaties ratified by Brazil," the statement said, adding: "We will defend Lula in the streets, with the people". Lula's conviction for money laundering and corruption was upheld in January.
There are varying interpretations of the original intent of Congress and of the ratifying states, based on statements made during the congressional debate over the amendment, as well as the customs and understandings prevalent at that time.
One important feature of their PIA is stressed by ([ 54]: 1607): "Analyses therefore need to differentiate between individual opinions expressed in discussion, themes emerging from analyses of the entire discussion, and collective statements ratified by the group.
The draft statement, to be ratified later Saturday, will also call on countries to "refrain from competitive devaluation" of their currencies, officials said.
Aides to Mr. Obama said he was working closely with Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader, to get the treaty ratified, but Mr. Reid issued a statement that offered no commitment to bring it up for a vote.
In that last statement the Secretary ratified the infamous 2004 Bush letter of assurances to then Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
This path forward was then ratified in an official consensus statement issued by all four organizations (37).
