But observers say India and China remain wary of accepting legally binding emission cuts at a time when they are making their presence felt on the global economic scene.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

It was the very first time that a binding instrument in the United Nations system contained a detailed definition of the term DISCRIMINATION .

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

Only a few months ago ASEAN leaders were talking about setting up a regional human-rights body and adopting a strong new charter that would, for the first time, impose binding decisions on member countries and sanctions against wayward ones.

ECONOMIST: Why ASEAN should be worried about Myanmar

Recognition imaging can also provide a detailed picture of the way in which the dynamics of binding change over time.

ECONOMIST: Microscopy