While Democrats have aggressively focused on social and economic issues at the convention in Charlotte, N.

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Ratification of the U.N. convention was a very important political step forward.

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In response, The U.N. rapidly established a Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) to organize conferences, along with the U.N.

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"What the United Kingdom must do is apply the diplomatic obligations of the (U.N.) Refugee Convention and let him leave with a safe conduct pass, " said Baltasar Garzon, a former Spanish judge who said he is working pro bono as coordinator of Assange's defense team, by e-mail from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.

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Most journalists were surprised by how well Mr Gore's snog 'n' speech at the convention went down with the American people.

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Burns also urged U.N. members to pass a counterterrorism convention, a proposal long delayed because countries cannot agree on a definition of terrorism.

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Accordingly, the United Nations established the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN-FCCC) to organize conferences, along with the U.N.

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An example is a global Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) which was signed by our U.N.

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The U.N. talks, for instance, are held in the LEED-certified Qatar National Convention Center, which is built with sustainably harvested wood, uses skylights and LEDs to curb energy use, and supplies 12.5 percent of its own energy with 11, 000 feet of solar panels.

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