1.   As nations sign and ratify conventions and treaties they must adapt their domestic laws to their new commitments.

2.   Clinton also called on both nations to sign a test ban treaty and to bring a halt to a dangerous arms race on the Asian subcontinent.

3.   Neither nation has signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty or the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

4.   Muller remained in the background, delighted that the Nobel committee, in making the award, openly expressed the hope that all nations would sign the treaty.

5.   Not every nation signed the treaty, and it is widely known that three non-signers have nuclear weapons -- Israel, India and Pakistan.

6.   Rabin also urged Clinton to assign a U.S. military unit to the Golan Heights to protect the Israel-Syria border if the two nations sign a peace treaty.

7.   Six South American nations signed an accord easing access to sought-after airline routes, in a move that may stimulate air travel throughout the region.

8.   The idea is that industrialized nations, well-off developing nations and the lesser developed nations could all sign onto a Kyoto pact vowing to cut differing levels of emissions.

9.   The next month, the two nations signed a Chinese-Soviet Treaty, which opened what the United States saw as a new front in the Cold War.

10.   The two nations signed a sweeping agreement that commits Vietnam to observing open trade and investment rules that most of its Asian neighbors follow.