contract

The power to decide on the permissibility of reservations to treaties should reside in the States or international organizations which were contracting parties to those treaties.
Le pouvoir de décider de la licéité des réserves à un traité doit appartenir aux États aux organisations internationales qui sont parties contractantes à celui-ci.
Women were contracting the virus at a faster rate than men, and young people were in the age group that seemed to be at highest risk.
Les femmes contractaient le virus à un rythme plus rapide que les hommes et les jeunes constituaient le groupe d'âge qui semblait courir les plus hauts risques.
His Government concurred with the Special Rapporteur's view that not only States or international organizations that were contracting parties could make objections; a State or international organization was considered a party once the treaty had entered into force.
Le Gouvernement mexicain pense comme le Rapporteur spécial que seuls les États et organisations internationales qui sont des parties contractantes peuvent formuler des objections ; un État ou une organisation internationale est considéré comme partie une fois que le traité est entré en vigueur.
It found that the parties had their places of business in two different States and these States were Contracting States.
Il a constaté que les parties avaient leurs établissements dans deux États différents, et que ces derniers étaient des États contractants.
Again it is as if all the muscles of my body were contracting.
Une fois de plus, c’est comme si tous mes muscles se contractaient.
In fact, the development-related portions of the budget were contracting.
De fait, le pourcentage des crédits budgétaires alloués au développement sont en diminution.
Unfortunately, external resource transfers, which were already highly concentrated, were contracting and did not give developing countries much hope for the future.
Malheureusement, les transferts de ressources extérieures, outre qu'ils sont fortement concentrés, sont en diminution et ne permettent guère aux pays en développement d'espérer une amélioration future.
A recent survey indicated that 75 per cent of regulators interviewed were contracting out and 61 per cent had a positive experience.
Une étude récente montre que 75 % des responsables d'organismes de réglementation interrogés externalisent une partie de leurs activités, et que dans 61 % des cas cette externalisation s'était révélée positive.
Her muscles were contracting spasmodically.
Ses muscles se contractaient de façon spasmodique.
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