comprehensive treaty

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comprehensive
adjective
uk
/ˌkɒm.prɪˈhen.sɪv/
us
/ˌkɑːm.prəˈhen.sɪv/
complete and including everything that ...
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treaty
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtriː.ti/
us
/ˈtriː.t̬i/
a written agreement between two or more countries, formally approved and signed by ...
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Acomprehensivetreatyon these lines would represent a new milestone in arms control agreements.
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They have refused to agree to any obligatory on-site inspection in acomprehensivetreaty.
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There have been no scientific advances that would justify us in proposing acomprehensivetreatywithout adequate provision for effective on-site verification.
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It is an example of acomprehensivetreatyon a matter of immense and growing importance to the world.
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Such an interim agreement could break the present log-jam and would provide the basis for a later, morecomprehensivetreaty—that is the treaty and the agreement that we all want.
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Each must have reasonable surety that, under acomprehensivetreaty, the other is not free, in effect, to conduct underground tests without a reasonable chance of being detected.
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They have refused thecomprehensivetreatybecause they are not prepared to submit to on-site inspection and have refused to give the information which they claimed to have.
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Adequate verification provisions should apply to all obligations incurred under acomprehensivetreaty, including those affecting the civil chemical industry.
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I hope that this may facilitate all that we hope for, which is a final andcomprehensivetreaty.
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Soviet objections to acomprehensivetreatyhave centred on the question of international verification of underground tests.
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We have thrown away whatever moral pressure we may have exerted on those talks towards a more effective andcomprehensivetreaty.
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In 1982, acomprehensivetreatywas signed and was fully ratified in 1985.
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