In the past, the road to membership was paved with Association Agreements.

(a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions under article 38

Just recently, Romanian president Traian Barescu signed the Treaty to join the European Union.

Talk of re establishing the Soviet Union or at least absorbing Abkhazia and South Ossetia has always been politically marginal.

Association Agreements, although desirable, may not be adequate, as the EU's Balkan experiences indicate.

4. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary General of the United Nations.

14. Invites the international community and other relevant partners to consider joining the Mountain Partnership

Forty years ago, Charles de Gaulle said Non to Britain's request to join the European Community.

(g) To consider as a matter of high priority becoming a party to all relevant human rights instruments

China, as a fellow member of the WTO, would be entitled to demand compensation As tweep m_asanaly tweeted during Kloop Live Debates a citizen debate show hosted by citizen media platform Kloop.kg

Prime Minister Tony Blair is apparently convinced of the strategic desirability of joining the euro, but because a Yes vote in a referendum now looks so implausible he is unlikely to try.

Denmark s government has done just this and seems to be bringing the Danish public around to the idea of joining the euro.

4. Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval and accession are to be deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations.

3. The instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations.

In an ironic twist, pro Ukrainian activists disseminate flyers in the Donetsk urging people to call for a referendum on joining the Dnepropetrovsk Region.

Then the European Commission took the idea and translated it into bilateral Stability and Association Agreements, so the original idea regional reconciliation got lost.

(c) Encourage States that have not yet done so to consider becoming parties to all treaties that relate to the protection of civilians

1. The present Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession.

2. Appeals to Member States to consider early accession to and ratification of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism Resolution 59 290, annex.

(a) signatures of the present Convention and the deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession or notifications of denunciation, in accordance with articles 29 and 31

Shimon Peres announced that Labor will offer Sharon a parliamentary safety net there is even talk about Labor joining a national unity government.

I see him in our parliament declaring the end of the Polish People s Republic, and on CNN announcing that Poland had joined NATO.

5. The Secretary General of the United Nations shall inform all States that have signed the present Protocol or acceded to it of the deposit of each instrument of ratification or accession.

7. Invites the international community and other relevant partners to consider joining the voluntary International Partnership for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions

4. Calls once again upon all Member States that have not yet ratified the Convention to consider urgently signing and ratifying or acceding to it

14. Calls upon States that have not done so to consider ratifying or acceding to the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the TribunalSPLOS 25. and to the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the Authority ISBA 4 A 8, annex.

2. Urges States to consider signing, ratifying or acceding to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Resolution 54 4, annex.

8. Calls upon all Member States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their FamiliesResolution 45 158, annex. as a matter of priority

3. Calls upon States to consider signing, ratifying or acceding to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesResolution 61 106, annex I. and the Optional Protocol thereto Resolution 61 106, annex II.

A comprehensive settlement of the Kurdish issue within Turkey will be key to the country s stability and the future of its bid for accession to the European Union.

1. This Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of deposit with the Secretary General of the United Nations of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession.

16. Calls upon States that have not done so to consider ratifying or acceding to the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the TribunalSPLOS 25. and to the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the Authority ISBA 4 A 8, annex.

18. Calls upon States that have not done so to consider ratifying or acceding to the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the TribunalSPLOS 25. and to the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the Authority ISBA 4 A 8, annex.

16. Calls upon States that have not done so to consider ratifying or acceding to the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the TribunalSPLOS 25. and to the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the Authority ISBA 4 A 8, annex.

26. Calls upon States that have not done so to consider ratifying or acceding to the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the TribunalSPLOS 25. and to the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the Authority ISBA 4 A 8, annex.

31. Calls upon States that have not done so to consider ratifying or acceding to the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the TribunalSPLOS 25. and to the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the Authority ISBA 4 A 8, annex.

33. Calls upon States that have not done so to consider ratifying or acceding to the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the TribunalSPLOS 25. and to the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the Authority ISBA 4 A 8, annex.

1. Subject to the entry into force of the Convention, the present Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification or accession.

3. This Convention is open to accession by all Member States of the United Nations. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary General.

1. The present Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of deposit with the Secretary General of the United Nations of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession.

1. This Protocol shall enter into force thirty days after twenty two instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession have been deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations.

3. Welcomes the adoption of the Second Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, adopted at The Hague on 26 March 1999, and invites all States Parties to the Convention to consider becoming parties to the Second Protocol

(c) To consider as a matter of high priority becoming a party to all instruments of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, and to ensure that existing legal obligations are implemented

Add to that its long standing grudge at the snail's pace of talks to join the EU and step in Mr Putin who is keen to capitalise on the chill and chip away at Turkey's ties with the West.

5. Also reaffirms the importance of the Second Protocol to the Convention, adopted at The Hague on 26 March 1999, and invites all States Parties to the Convention to consider becoming parties to the Second Protocol