In December, the UN General Assembly unanimously approved a non-binding resolution calling for all member states to ban the practice.
Senator LINDSAY GRAHAM (Republican, South Carolina): These resolutions are probably the most consequential non-binding resolution votes in the history of the Senate.
In a non-binding resolution on Saturday, Ukraine's parliament declared the poll invalid, saying the result was "at odds with the will of the people".
Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) plans to introduce a non-binding resolution urging Attorney General Janet Reno to appoint an independent counsel to investigate the Democrats' fund-raising.
There's no question that most of the talk between Google and EU regulators over the firm's search ranking practices have taken place behind closed doors, but now the antitrust inquiry is one step closer to a binding resolution.
Instead, he said the controversial proposal voted upon Wednesday is found in a non-binding annexed resolution to the treaty.
The San Remo resolutions were incorporated into international law through the mandates issued by the League of Nations and their legal force has never been cancelled or superseded by any subsequent treaty or binding international resolution.
U.S. and European officials in New York are also hoping to work quickly to get a binding Security Council resolution.
Binding UN Security Council Resolution 1747 from 2007 bars Iran from shipping arms.
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The resolution is non-binding, meaning the Army Corp of Engineers is not required to end consideration of dam removal.
If the dispute cannot be resolved using these mechanisms, then the matter will be referred on the next business day to a disputes resolution task force for a binding decision.
If they are even passed the sanctions outlined in the draft resolution include little in the way of binding provisions.
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Although some contend that we already adhere to some of the navigational practices found in LOST, either because we recognize them as customary international law or consider ourselves bound to such practices by previous (non-LOST) treaty commitments, this Treaty alters the framework entirely by requiring state parties to submit to mandatory dispute resolution mechanisms, the rulings of which are binding and without appeal.
Reuters sources suggest that one concession may involve labels within search results that distinguish Google's services from those of its rivals, but whatever the final resolution entails, EU Commissioner Joaquin Almunia asserts that it'll be a legally binding agreement.
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