The White House is disappointed that Mr. Kravchuk will not be delivering Ukraine's formal accession to the accord to eliminate nuclear arms.

But Mr. Rabbani's formal accession to the presidency has not even given him authority over all of Kabul.

The nation's flag was first raised at NATO headquarters in Brussels on April 2, followed by formal accession to the European Union this month.

Guatemala signed the protocol of accession on April 16, 1991, with formal accession to follow 30 days after ratification by that country's legislative assembly.

The Constitution of Vanuatu, which came into effect upon the country's formal accession to independence on July 30, 1980, establishes the bases of the country's law.

He then had a decade to cultivate allies before his formal accession in 2002.

Mahabat was educated at Mayo College, and ruled under a regency until his formal accession on 31 March 1920.

This need for more coherence justifies and warrants the Community's formal accession to the Hague Conference.

There is no need for formal accession to the convention for the Union and the Commission to be guided by the important principles it contains.

Forty-seven years later, after another Middle Eastern war, Europe has just signed a treaty in Athens celebrating the formal accession of 10 countries and 75 million new citizens.