England and France are both contracting states of this treaty.

英国和法国都是这个条约的缔约国。

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Starting with only 18 Members, in 2009 there were 142 PCT Contracting States.

该条约起初仅有18个成员，到2009年，共有142个缔约国。

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This Agreement shall apply to the persons who are residents of one or both of the contracting states.

第一条人的范围本协定适用于缔约国一方或者同时为双方居民的人。

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"It's a matter of getting the contracting states around the table and acknowledging this is a serious issue: that the number of unruly passengers is on the rise and it needs to be decided how countries address this, " Steve Lott, former International Air Transport Association head of corporate communications in North America, told Orient Aviation magazine in 2010.

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The economies of a lot of countries, including the United States, were contracting at a severe pace.

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"Contractors we interviewed have filed for reimbursements from their contracting agencies to recover taxes paid to the Afghan government, " the report states.

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