21.   After the representatives sign the treaty, the countries must then ratify it.

22.   After Sunday, countries must ratify the treaty before they can become party to it, a process that can take years or be stalled in parliaments.

23.   Efforts intensify to get more countries to ratify chemical weapons treaty.

24.   He added that efforts are underway to ensure the two countries ratify the convention before it enters into force, but he did not elaborate.

25.   He noted that so far, only five countries have ratified the trade protocol.

26.   He added that efforts are underway to ensure that the two countries ratify the convention before it enters into force in April.

27.   If too few countries ratify the treaty at the end of three years, an international conference will try to accelerate the process, possibly by amending the requirements.

28.   Many Caribbean countries have not ratified it.

29.   Many countries have ratified at least some aspects of that agreement.

30.   Most countries have ratified at least some aspects of that agreement.