We need to move forward in the negotiations with or without a programme of work.

They are not tied by the mandate of the Conference on Disarmament.

Consequently, the United States supports a negotiating mandate that does not refer to verification measures.

This brings us to the issue of an APL negotiating mandate in the Conference here.

A broad mandate will not prejudice anyone apos s position in the negotiations and will permit those negotiations to begin at once.

We are convinced that this mandate remains the best basis for initiating negotiations.

We should then be able, on an urgent basis, to decide on an acceptable mandate as a framework for negotiations.

Here again, in order to promote consensus, concessions have been made, and the original negotiating mandate has been limited to a discussion mandate.

The outcome should fully encompass the remit of the Berlin Mandate, in particular

In those countries, concessions might be awarded after direct negotiations between the delegating authority and a concessionaire of its choice, subject to certain requirements, such as the previous publication of a notice to interested parties who wished to be invited to those negotiations.

On several occasions, Switzerland has recalled that, in accordance with the mandate of 23 March 1995, the Conference on Disarmament should start negotiations as soon as possible on a treaty halting the production of fissile material for military purposes.

Such negotiations should encompass commitments with regard to existing fissile materials and provisions for international verification in accordance with the mandate of the Conference on Disarmament.

The mandate of the European Commission would not prevent individual member States from negotiating in their own right.

We advocate the adoption of a clean negotiating mandate on such a treaty, unencumbered by linkages to unrelated proposals.

Already for many years now the Conference has not been able to agree on a programme of work, largely due to differences relating to negotiating mandates.

With respect to the Human Rights Council, the outcome document proposes holding further negotiations to establish, among other things, its mandate and working methods.

Women's rights are not negotiable!!

But because our priority is exactly the initiation of negotiations, rather than arguing over the merits of any particular mandate, we are prepared to engage in FMCT negotiations without any preconditions.

But you are aware that we also want the resolution not to remain purely declamatory but to contain practical instructions an explicit mandate given to the Conference on Disarmament to negotiate such an agreement.

Although it had been hoped that the Conference on Disarmament would have been able to find solutions to these problems, regrettably that body could not agree on negotiating mandates regarding these issues.

The Conference on Disarmament is a negotiating body.

The Conference on Disarmament had been given a specific negotiating mandate by the 2000 Review Conference, which it has unfortunately failed to realize, due to continued gridlock over a programme of work.

We have to admit with regret and concern that the Conference on Disarmament failed to adopt its programme of work and thus to fulfil its mandate.

(a) Authorize the secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests to act as the secretariat of the negotiation process or establish a separate ad hoc secretariat

The right to negotiate is a recognition of actual native title rights, and its preservation is essential if native title is to be accorded true equality of protection.

If we succeed in reaching agreement to hold consultations on a negotiating mandate in the Conference on Disarmament for the total and immediate prohibition of mines, we must simultaneously intensify our efforts to establish a programme of work and negotiating mechanisms on the subjects that really do belong on the agenda of the Conference.

Does that mean that we delayed agreement on the negotiating mandates which we have tried to secure for eight years?

We support the mandate for negotiations on a non discriminatory, multilateral and internationally verifiable treaty banning the production of fissile materials.

Since this landmark decision, the mandate for negotiations on a fissile material cut off treaty has been renewed on numerous occasions.

February 1993 (Maseru, Lesotho)

Minister Pettigrew noted that Canada remained convinced that the Shannon mandate remained the best basis for initiating negotiations.

86. Proposals to reduce the scope of the right to negotiate were also criticized on human rights grounds. The Government has proposed removing the right to negotiate from exploration and prospecting titles, allowing ministerial intervention prior to determination of claims, making the right to negotiate a apos once only apos process and reducing the time for negotiation and arbitration , Mick Dodson explained.

The need to resume negotiations on sovereignty

He reiterated his proposals to render the talks more effective by delinking the security talks from political ones and by strengthening the powers of the ceasefire institutions.

160. We request the President of the General Assembly to conduct open, transparent and inclusive negotiations, to be completed as soon as possible during the sixtieth session, with the aim of establishing the mandate, modalities, functions, size, composition, membership, working methods and procedures of the Council.

In paragraph 160, the Assembly requested the President of the General Assembly to conduct open, transparent and inclusive negotiations, to be completed as soon as possible during the sixtieth session, with the aim of establishing the mandate, modalities, functions, size, composition, membership, working methods and procedures of the Council.

To that end, the international community must encourage both sides to come to the negotiating table with serious proposals and the authority to make and implement decisions.

As for the mandate, Japan is flexible as long as negotiations are conducted without preconditions, including on the issue of verification.

As I said earlier, section I contains only the mandate from the General Assembly.

What constitutes the appropriate mandate for the FMCT negotiation?

Meeting on Human Rights in Negotiating Process

We remain committed to the Berlin Mandate, the negotiating process it has launched and to a successful outcome at the Conference in Kyoto next year.

Local courts are divided into grades A and B and their jurisdiction is limited according to the grade which the court warrant assigns to them.

In most cases where a sovereign State does not authorize its political subdivision to make treaties, that sub State actor will not negotiate and conclude treaties independently.

The Netherlands based UN body has no power to award Chilean territory, and has stipulated that it will not determine the outcome of possible talks.