This document is intended as a starting point of discussion, which will hopefully eventually result in a formally ratified document that will be useful for communication between health professionals, the design of clinical trials and for guiding treatment decisions and prognostication for veterinary patients with seizures.
The Turkish parliament recently ratified the document, which provides a legal framework for the construction and operation of the pipeline.
The Czech Parliament has ratified the document but Mr. Klaus has so far refused to sign it.
Beijing signed the treaty in 1998 but the Chinese parliament has never ratified the document.
But, because Syria never actually ratified the document, the International Criminal Court has no independent authority to investigate or prosecute crimes that take place within Syrian territory.
Regardless that 156 countries have signed the Convention and 133 have ratified the document, our disability leaders know that ratification is not enough.
The need for a legal acknowledgement of childrens rights is so well agreed by States that, despite its relatively young age, the Convention is the most widely ratified international document in existence.
In witness whereof, by the authority duly entrusted to us, we the President and Dean, on this (Day) day of (Month) in the year (Year) A.D. and of Harvard College the year (Harvard Year), having ratified this document with the University seal, have hereunder written our names.
MOSCOW — Russia's president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, on Friday called the New Start treaty "a cornerstone of security for the coming decades," and spoke warmly of President Obama, saying that "under very difficult circumstances, he managed to make the Senate ratify this document".
Vaclav Klaus of the Czech Republic signs the Lisbon Treaty; the Czech Republic is the last of the European Union's member states to ratify the document, which creates a new governing structure for the organization.
The 26 others say they will ratify the document within the individual parliaments.
