He says he will work with world leaders to reach a legally binding treaty in the coming months.

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"There is nothing binding in the Rome Statute on non-signatories to apprehend someone against whom there is an arrest warrant.

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The goal was to reach a legally binding agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, blamed for heating up the atmosphere.

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It is the only developed country not to have ratified the Kyoto Protocol and is still resisting a legally binding international deal.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Initial expectations for Copenhagen have been scaled back to try to reach political agreement on a framework, with a detailed, binding treaty to follow.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

The Kyoto Protocol is a legally binding treaty agreed to by 37 countries in 1997.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

Before returning to the talks they said developed nations are trying to sideline the Kyoto Protocol a legally binding deal that set reduction targets for 2012.

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Kyoto expires in 2012. But many say a political framework is more likely at Copenhagen, with a binding accord to be worked out possibly next year.

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And a legally binding deal may take another year to put in place.

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The opinion is not legally binding. Borges says there could be opposition from those who say granting so much territory to indigenous peoples is inhibiting the country's development.

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The comments followed an overwhelming vote in the U.N.General Assembly on a non-binding resolution condemning the 47-year-old U.S.trade embargo against Cuba and urging Washington to lift the restrictions.

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General Assembly to plead his case. In a non-binding resolution, the General Assembly demanded that he be returned to office, saying he is the legitimate constitutional leader of Honduras.

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The first phase of the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012 and the current talks are aimed at setting in place new legally binding emissions targets for the decade to come.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Delegates have been in Barcelona all week to hash out a plan that would pave the way for 192 nations to sign a legally binding international climate deal next month.

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