existing treaty

collocation in English

meaningsofexistingandtreaty

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existing
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/us
/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/
used to refer to something 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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(Definition ofexistingandtreatyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is an obvious distinction—amendments to theexistingtreatyor no treaty at all?
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That is absolutely right—a significant part of it simply replicates theexistingtreatybasis.
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A number of new articles are required to be "inserted" into theexistingtreaty.
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Existingtreatyprovisions contain an obligation to work towards equality between women and men.
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There are more pages, articles and protocols than in theexistingtreaty.
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All of this could be achieved within the constraints of theexistingtreaty.
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There is huge scope within theexistingtreatyfor rapid and dramatic changes.
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I concede that this is part of theexistingtreaty.
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At each step, there is a new framework within which theexistingtreatylanguage is to be interpreted.
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But measures in all these areas had already been adopted under theexistingtreaty, so the articles concerned largely make explicit what is already possible under existing provisions.
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The question we considered was whether an entirely new treaty should be considered or should the line taken be for amendments to be made to theexistingtreaty.
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Anything wider than that on the wide topic that has been the subject of many documents is not an obligation under theexistingtreaty.
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I should not wish to anticipate the committee's conclusions; but the first priority is clearly to concentrate on securing full implementation of theexistingtreaty.
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First, we have retained unanimity in 27 of the 32 articles for which unanimity is provided under theexistingtreatyprovisions.
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He pointed out that the primary principles guiding the legality of the public funding of public service broadcasters remained theexistingtreatystate aid rules.
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If they fail to respond, they will be treated as deserters and will be brought under theexistingtreatyarrangements between the two countries.
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The cancelling of theexistingtreatyneed not in any way affect the present trading relationship between the two nations.
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There was general agreement that enlargement cannot take place on anything likeexistingtreatyterms without reform of the crazy and ruinous common agricultural policy.
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The extent, if any, to which such a resolution might have a bearing on the provisions of anexistingtreatywould depend on the circumstances of the case.
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The words of theexistingtreatyare in some cases identical to those of the proposed treaty.
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