But even if new laws are ratified by the mainly male constitutional Loya Jirga (grand assembly) that will consider the document, there is some doubt the measures will be enforced, correspondents say.

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Of these, the most immediate is the fact that the sorts of problems inherent in this Treaty are of a piece with those it is currently confronting in the draft Outcome Document for the UN General Assembly meeting next month.

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In a document seen by Politics Show Wales, assembly commission chief legal advisor Keith Bush says there was not enough time for the constitutional process to be completed.

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The document approved on July 25th by a Constituent Assembly dominated by supporters of Rafael Correa, the leftist president, is a 444-article behemoth.

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Jean Ping, the Gabonese president of the General Assembly who is responsible for supervising the preparation of the outcome document, rushed to mount a rescue operation.

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In order to extend his time in power, Morales inaugurated the Bolivian Constituent Assembly on August 6, 2006, to begin writing a new document.

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The 65-page document, signed in Belfast in 1998, led to the Northern Ireland assembly and executive being set up, new cross-border institutions involving the Irish Republic and a body linking devolved assemblies across the UK with Westminster and Dublin.

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Schneiderman's office said it was not asked to serve as counsel to the Assembly or to approve the settlement, providing only a limited response to an informal inquiry and a model settlement document that contained no confidentiality clause.

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