| Most other countries will be able to ratify on the basis of approval by national parliaments. |
| This became a done deal after Russia agreed to ratify the agreement. |
| The Senate's refusal last year to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty may have been a straw in the wind. |
| In Sydney, ice sculptures of kangaroos and koalas melted during a protest by green groups over Australia's refusal to ratify the pact. |
| These are the Commission as a dynamic technocracy, with the Council as the body required to ratify Commission action. |
| And it's doubtful that decisions to ratify international covenants on the subject involve much public consideration either. |
