Examples of using Had made declarations in English and their translations into Russian
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In that context, the President noted that only 39 States parties had made declarations under article 287 of the Convention.
It had made declarations under articles 21 and 22 of that Convention, and torture was punishable under its Criminal Code.
However, on the same date, only 62 States,18 of which were from Africa, had made declarations recognizing the Court's jurisdiction as compulsory.
Furthermore, Costa Rica and Ireland had made declarations under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention; Uganda had made the declaration under article 21; and Azerbaijan and Mexico had made the declaration under article 22.
Mr. EL MASRY(Country Rapporteur)said that Tunisia had acceded to the Convention in 1998 and had made declarations under articles 21 and 22.
As at 6 December,45 States parties had made declarations under article 287, and 33 of them had chosen the Tribunal as an appropriate forum.
Annex 3 of the Committee against Torture's Annual Report listed States parties which had ratified the Convention and which had made declarations under articles 21 and/or 22 of the Convention.
In contrast, only 66 States out of 192 had made declarations recognizing the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court under Article 36, paragraph 2, of its Statute.
However, after much conflict within the Yugoslav Government, reflected in the confusion about its identity within the United Nations,the Government of the new Yugoslavia had made declarations to the effect that it considered itself the successor to the former Yugoslavia.
Some 22 out of 54 countries in the African Group had made declarations, while in the Asia-Pacific Group-- which represented a continent with somewhat different traditions,where litigation was not customary-- 8 countries out of 53 had made declarations.
Mr. BRUNI(Secretary of the Committee)proposed replacing the last sentence in paragraph 1 with a reference to the effect that the list of States which had made declarations under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention was contained in annex I to the report.
Some delegations emphasized that,in view of the relatively low number of States that had made declarations recognizing the jurisdiction of the International Court under Article 36, paragraph 2, of its Statute, the time was not right to extend the jurisdiction of the Court in the manner proposed.
Turning to the specific issues that arose under Article 36, paragraph 2, of the Statute(the optional clause), she explained that 66 States,in other words about one third of the States Members of the United Nations, had made declarations under that provision.
He remained unsure why only 53 of the 173 States parties to the Convention had made declarations under article 14, and why of those 53, the Committee had received communications from only 9.
The President recalled that only 41 States parties had made declarations under article 287 of the Convention, and encouraged States to take greater advantage of the broad competence of the Tribunal and consider selecting it as their preferred forum for the settlement of disputes concerning the interpretation or application of the Convention.
It was recalled, in particular,that at the Third Review Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention over 26 States had made declarations on unilateral measures they intended to undertake at the national level with regard to mines other than anti-personnel mines.
CD/1578 noted that as of 1999, the United States, the UK andthe Russian Federation had made declarations that they possessed fissile material that is in excess of that identified for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices.
Moreover, within the Commission itself, a number of members cited examples to show that,although in many cases representatives to international conferences had made declarations that appeared to be binding in some way on the States they were representing, ultimately that did not prove to be the case.
In that context,in 1988 Tunisia had unconditionally ratified the Convention against Torture and had made declarations under articles 21 and 22, thereby demonstrating its commitment to the fulfilment of international human rights instruments.
Pursuant to recommendation 333 of the Royal Commission,on 28 January 1993 Australia had made declarations under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention, enabling individuals subject to Australian jurisdiction to make communications directly to the Committee.
Since the major political changes of 1989, seven members of the Group of Eastern European States had made declarations, along with 21 out of 28 European Union member States; he hoped that the remaining seven European Union countries would consider making a declaration. .
Both Cameroon and Nigeria have made declarations accepting the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court.
He has made declarations to sever all contact with President Arafat.
Australia, 1 Canada, 2 Denmark3 andNew Zealand4 have made declarations pursuant to Article 93.
States parties have made declarations that will add to our knowledge of global chemical capabilities.
States marked with an asterisk(*) have made declarations recognizing the competence of the Committee under articles 31 and/or 32 of the Convention.
It is also heartening to note that 60 States have made declarations recognizing as compulsory the jurisdiction of the Court, as stipulated in article 36, paragraphs 2 and 5, of the Statute.
It is particularly noteworthy that Croatia has not expressed any reservations concerning article 20 and has made declarations under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention against Torture.
It is scandalous to observe that only 63 States have made declarations accepting its jurisdiction, in conformity with Article 36 of its Statute.
Both States parties concerned have made declarations under article 10, paragraph 1, of the Optional Protocol;