11. The instrument of ratification , accession, or succession is deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations 12. The instrument of ratification , accession, or succession is deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. 13. They also exchanged instruments of ratification of an agreement to avoid double taxation to increase two-way trade and investments. 14. The required number of 50 instruments of ratification / accession / approval / acceptance by countries was reached in May 2003. 15. As of 30 September 2015, there are 28 signatories to the Convention and 20 instruments of ratification have been deposited. 16. Current and former White House foreign policy specialists and members of Congress applauded Clinton's signing of the instrument of ratification . 17. On Friday Britain completed the process by depositing the instrument of ratification with the United Nations secretary-general in New York. 18. These signed the ESA Convention in 1975 and deposited the instruments of ratification by 1980, when the convention came into force. 19. The last party to ratify the treaty was the Soviet Union, that deposited its instrument of ratification on 15 March 1991. 20. On 16 February 2010 Burkina Faso became the 30th state to deposit its instrument of ratification for the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
