National Anthems: Home | Africa | Americas | Asia | Australia&Oceania | Europe | Olympic Anthem |
 
Passports: Home [ Africa ] [ Americas, Australia & Oceania] [ Asia] [ Europe] [ Other documents ] 
Travel:[Europe] [ Asia ] [ USA-Canada ] [ Latin-America ] [ Africa ] [ Australia ] [ Carabben ] [ Air ] [Cruises ]
Forum
Live chat

Subject: Re: How are gasoline prices in Canada quoted? Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:37:55 -0400

James Silverton wrote:

>
> DS> Ottawa Treaty (the land-mine ban)
>
>
> It's simplistic because you don't seem to understand the
> difference between acceptance and even signature by a US
> representative, however highly placed, and ratification of a
> treaty by Congress. Even the President is not the US; both he
> and I are citizens and refusal to ratify is not backing out.

In other words, an American signature on an international agreement is
meaningless because of an unwieldy political process which leads to an
agreement not being binding.