1.   One analysis is that a party to the Protocol has agreed to accept some treaty obligations.

2.   They grant priority to general rules of international law in domestic and international politics and affirm their determination conscientiously to fulfil their treaty obligations...

3.   Firstly, because of its treaty obligations, the British Government was obliged to change the law on contempt of court.

4.   It is not binding on the courts, although it remains a treaty obligation for the Government to ensure that the law conforms with it.

5.   And the President said that he was not basing the national security interest or a treaty obligation on that issue.

6.   Any such sale would violate treaty obligations on non-proliferation, including the first Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, START I, that both Moscow and Kiev have ratified.

7.   Any new system must comply with international treaty obligations, including the ban on chemical weapons.

8.   Assessments are set by a committee of nations, and paying dues is a treaty obligation.

9.   A NAFTA arbitration panel in February ruled that the United States was in violation of its treaty obligations.

10.   But Frank sees the cuts as the United States reneging on its treaty obligations.