Sentence examples for treaties when from inspiring English sources

Europe has a history of rejecting treaties when they are put to popular votes.

According to the proposals, the substance of the deal would be written into treaties when they were next revised for other purposes.

If they had shown the slightest inclination to uphold international treaties when they were in power — the United Nations Convention Against Torture, for instance, comes to mind — their plaintive cry would be considerably more persuasive today.

Obama tried to fix it this morning, in part with a joke ("First of all, are the mics on?") and partly by pointing out that it can be tough to negotiate treaties when you don't know who will be President.

In any event, Tusk said in Tuesday's letter that the principle of ever closer union is already not equivalent to an objective of political integration, and the substance of this will be incorporated into the treaties when they are next revised.

When the Bible commands that we "love" the foreigner, it was not speaking of emotional tenderness: in Leviticus, "love" was a legal term: it was used in international treaties, when two kings would promise to give each other practical support, help and loyalty, and look out for each other's best interests.

Only Ireland is likely to put the treaty, when it is drafted later this year, to a vote.

The Senate may revisit the treaty when it reconvenes in 2013.

The United States is under no obligation to extend the treaty when it lapses after 10 years.

Last December, he vetoed an EU-wide fiscal union treaty when he failed to secure safeguards to protect the City.

India, however, refused to sign the nonproliferation treaty when it took effect in 1970 and refused again when the treaty was extended in 1995.