International agreement-Instrument by which nation-states and international organizations regulate matters of concern.

They are governed by international law, and their purposes include the development and codification of international law, the creation of international bodies, and the resolution of actual and potential international conflict. The most comprehensive agreement is a treaty; others, including conventions (e.g., the Geneva Conventions), charters (e.g., the UN charter), and pacts (e.g., the Kellogg-Briand Pact), are less formal and rely primarily on goodwill. Agreements may be negotiated between states, between an organization and a state, between organizations, or between any of those and a nongovernmental organization. Multilateral treaty is a written agreement between three or more sovereign states establishing the rights and obligations between the parties. They often result in international conference or gathering of nations done under the auspices of international organizations. Bilateral treaties are negotiated between a limited number of states, most commonly only two, establishing legal rights and obligations between those two states only. Resolution 1. The state or quality of being resolute; firm determination. 2. A resolving to do something. 3. A course of action determined or decided on. 4. A formal statement of a decision or expression of opinion put before or adopted by an assembly such as the U.S. Congress. 5. Physics & Chemistry The act or process of separating or reducing something into its constituent parts: the prismatic resolution of sunlight into its spectral colors. 6. The fineness of detail that can be distinguished in an image, as on a video display terminal. 7. Medicine The subsiding or termination of an abnormal condition, such as a fever or an inflammation. 8. Law A court decision. 9. a. An explanation, as of a problem or puzzle; a solution. b. The part of a literary work in which the complications of the plot are resolved or simplified. 10. Music a. The progression of a dissonant tone or chord to a consonant tone or chord. b. The tone or chord to which such a progression is made. 11. The substitution of one metrical unit for another, especially the substitution of two short syllables for one long syllable in quantitative verse.

Declaration 1. An explicit, formal announcement, either oral or written. 2. The act or process of declaring. 3. A statement of taxable goods or of properties subject to duty. 4. Law a. A formal statement by a plaintiff specifying the facts and circumstances constituting his or her cause of action. b. An unsworn statement of facts that is admissible as evidence. 5. Games A bid, especially the final bid of a hand in certain card games. Charter 1. A document issued by a sovereign, legislature, or other authority, creating a public or private corporation, such as a city, college, or bank, and defining its privileges and purposes. 2. A written grant from the sovereign power of a country conferring certain rights and privileges on a person, a corporation, or the people: A royal charter exempted the Massachusetts colony from direct interference by the Crown. 3. A document outlining the principles, functions, and organization of a corporate body; a constitution: the city charter. 4. An authorization from a central organization to establish a local branch or chapter. 5. Special privilege or immunity. 6. a. A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel or space on a vessel. b. The hiring or leasing of an aircraft, vessel, or other vehicle, especially for the exclusive, temporary use of a group of travelers. 7. A written instrument given as evidence of agreement, transfer, or contract; a deed. Pact 1. A formal agreement, such as one between nations; a treaty. 2. A compact; a bargain. Directive n. An order or instruction, especially one issued by a central authority. adj. Serving to direct, indicate, or guide.

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Moldovan parliament sets presidential election date

Chisinau, 20 October /MOLDPRES/ - The parliament today initiated the presidential election procedure and set the presidential election date on 18 November. Also today, the parliament set up a special commission in charge of organizing the election of the head of state. The lawmakers of the opposition Party of Communists put forward a draft law, proposing that the parliament should elect the head of state on 8 November. The senior coalition partner Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM) has demanded that the presidential election take place on 18 November, so that the parliamentary parties have at least one month for talks on a parliamentary platform. The PLDM's initiative was backed by the Democrat and Communist MPs. The Liberals opposed, fearing that the presidential election may lead to snap parliamentary elections. At the same time, the parliament created a special commission, made up of nine members, who will deal with the presidential election. The commission will include four Communist MPs, three Liberal Democrat MPs, a Liberal MP and a Democrat MP. Moldovan energy regulator increases heating rates Chisinau, 19 October /MOLDPRES/ - The Management Board of the National Agency for Regulation of Energy (ANRE) has approved new rates for the thermal energy generated by the thermal electric power station North (CET Nord) and the district thermal electric power stations. Residenti of the northern Balti city, who are provided with heating by CET Nord, will pay 1,056 lei per one gigacalorie, that is, by 68 lei (6.9 per cent) more against the previous tariff. The Balti consumers who are provided with thermal energy by the municipal enterprise Termogaz will pay 1,090 lei, up by 43 lei against the previous heating season. Consumers from the western town Ungheni, who are supplied with heating by Comgaz Plus, will pay 1,326 lei (+17.8 per cent); the Calarasi thermal networks will deliver heating at 1,766 lei (+17.3 per cent), the thermal networks from Stefan Voda at 1,386 lei (+55. per cent), the Criuleni thermal networks at 1,686 lei (+73.4 per cent), Apa-Canal from Chisinau at 1,093 lei (+17.1 per cent), the thermal electric power stations and thermal networks from Orhei at 1,378 lei (+18.7 per cent); the thermal networks from Cimislia at 1,432 lei (0 per cent); the thermal networks of the Comrat town at 1,273 lei (+13.4 per cent); the joint venture Antermo from Anenii Noi at 1,472 lei (+39.8 per cent); the Cahul-based thermal networks at 1,355 lei (+56.1 per cent); the thermal networks from Glodeni at 1,350 lei (+60.9 per cent). The ANRE approved the highest increases in rates for Criuleni, Glodeni, and respectively, Cahul, on reasons that the tariffs for heating supply have not been adjusted in these settlements over the last three years.