"The francophone movement respects the sovereignty of states as well as their language and culture, " said Nguyen Thi Binh, vice president of the summit gathering.
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In this precept, in the first and second articles, the Section of Internal Governance, the independence and sovereignty of states were abolished, although the name " states " was retained.
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Turkey, which has a dispute with Syria over use of the Euphrates River, also said the convention failed to address the sovereignty of states over the parts of international watercourses within their territories.
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But, he added, " Without returning to an integrated structure, our country must take part in all the organizations of the alliance based on the respect and sovereignty of states ."
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Unlike her counterparts and foreign policy establishments throughout the West still mired in Cold War old thinking, she has spent years thinking about the conflict between self-determination of peoples and the sovereignty of states.
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Representing the EU, British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook declared the fatwa was " null and void " because it violated the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the principle of the sovereignty of states.
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A key argument on the Kosovo side was that Article 1 of the Helsinki Final Act makes the continued territorial integrity of sovereignty of states conditional upon their willingness and ability to guarantee the fundamental human rights also defined in the Final Act.
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The league's council also urged " the United States as a permanent member of the Security Council and as a superpower to respect international legitimacy and refrain from these actions which constitute an aggression against the sovereignty of states ."
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Britain holds the rotating EU presidency and Foreign Secretary Robin Cook issued a declaration on its behalf, calling the fatwa " null and void " because it violated the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the principle of the sovereignty of states.
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He has continued to raise it, most recently in accepting the Nobel Peace Prize on Dec . 10 when he declared : " The sovereignty of states must no longer be used as a shield for gross violations of human rights ."
