Quotes about hague (16 Quotes)



    The interparliamentary conference should, in my opinion, direct its particular attention to the preparation of the next Hague Conference, the diplomatic conference, the conference of governments.

    As far as co-operation with The Hague is concerned... it's impossible (to arrest Milosevic) by March 31 without an agreement on the federal level despite the consequences such a move could have.

    I knew that the Hague Convention prohibited the use of poison in war. I didn't know the details of the terms of the Convention, but I did know of that prohibition.

    The following year, after I had prepared my draft, the Conference of the Interparliamentary Union at The Hague decided to set up a special commission to study the problem seriously.



    The last Hague Conference has in the meantime expressed its opinion that a body should be established which could prepare for the work involved more effectively than has hitherto proved possible.

    I am convinced that when the history of international law comes to be written centuries hence, it will be divided into two periods: the first being from the earliest times to the end of the nineteenth century, and the second beginning with the Hague Conference.

    Today's date, the eighteenth of May, should sometime become an occasion of great international celebration, for on this day ten years ago the first Peace Conference opened at The Hague.

    At first the English were very surprised by our disregarding the Hague Convention. But from 1916 onward they used at least as much poison as we did.

    Pregnancy didnt occur as easily as theyd hoped, and the couple turned to adoption. Having decided to adopt a Guatemalan child, their paperwork was ready to go. Problems developed when that countrys government had to change some procedures to be in compliance with the Hague Treaty, and those changes led to an almost total shutdown of the adoptions, ... And so, thinking that we had no time to lose, we went country shopping. One of the few options open to us, since we are over 40, was Nepal.

    This is an end to an era, but what has not ended is the court case, and that will have its consequences. We'll never get the answer from The Hague of his guilt or innocence.

    Mladic is in Serbia and, as you know, Mladic is protected by power of the army. What I need is an... obligation from Belgrade to arrest him and deliver him to The Hague.

    This project in Australia is just one example of what could go terribly wrong for the world's forests if the governments of Japan, Australia and the United States get their way next week at the climate summit in the Hague. Instead of reducing the pollution that causes global warming, these countries are looking for quick fixes that have high risks for forests.

    We submit to you our request for your involvement and your good office in the present circumstances to call upon the US authority and the present government of Iraq to review the legal status of the present court and to reallocate the present court outside Iraq, i. e. The Hague, Netherlands,

    The secondary attack was made against The Hague. Its aim was to get a hold upon the Dutch capital, and in particular to capture the Government offices and the Service headquarters.



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