adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a multilateral agreement formal (= involving several countries or groups )
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a multilateral nuclear arms agreement
multilateral disarmament (= involving several different countries )
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It might be possible to negotiate some form of multilateral disarmament in the region.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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agency
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Money from multilateral agencies is also in short supply.
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The workers and peasants toil and sweat to service debts owed to the international bankers and multilateral agencies .
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Projects financed by multilateral agencies , such as the World Bank, were and are far from immune from this process.
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Furthermore they may be different ones from other bilateral or multilateral agencies , making a coordinated national conservation programme rather difficult.
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A few government and multilateral agencies have given most aid.
agreement
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Further bilateral and multilateral agreements were also envisaged to ensure that each country's armed forces participated in joint anti-drug initiatives.
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The multilateral agreement on investment: public health threat for the twenty-first century?
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International Agreements on the Laws of War Formal multilateral agreements are by no means the only source of the laws of war.
institution
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Thus, neither Moscow nor its charges has a clear interest in multilateral institutions which truly flourish.
treaty
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These topics are typically the subject matter of multilateral treaties which define mutually accepted uniform standards.
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States form an interlocking network of bilateral and multilateral treaty relationships, which reinforces the interdependence that characterises contemporary international relations.
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Similar claims may arise out of multilateral treaties , especially those that create regional or other organisations.
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Where a multilateral treaty creates a right potentially for all non-parties, can that right be revoked without their consent?
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However multilateral treaties have been instrumental in the shaping and sharing of community values.
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A general right of accession would have created a major inroad into the continuing bilateralism of even multilateral treaties .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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multilateral trade negotiations
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EU ministers proposed a multilateral agreement on arms control.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Furthermore they may be different ones from other bilateral or multilateral agencies, making a coordinated national conservation programme rather difficult.
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In any case, future agree-ments on multilateral action will still be subject to top-level consensus.
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It will bring together project leaders from the partner institutes to plan and co-ordinate the research and to develop the multilateral team.
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These topics are typically the subject matter of multilateral treaties which define mutually accepted uniform standards.
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This is particularly likely to apply to multilateral contracts; ie, where one party exercises powers over a number of others.
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Where a multilateral treaty creates a right potentially for all non-parties, can that right be revoked without their consent?
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Worse, in the short term, would be the economic dislocation caused by the retreat from today's multilateral trading system.