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- verb transitive, intransitive To
remove one'ssignature from (something one hassigned ). - verb To
declare void one'ssigning of (a treaty).
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Examples
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When Bush decided to "unsign" the ICC treaty in May 2002 -- an event that John Bolton called the "happiest day" of his professional career -- U.S. officials already were torturing suspected terrorists.
Charles J. Brown: Ambassador for All War Crimes Except Our Own 2008
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The treaty became effective on July 1, 2002; however, one of President Bush's first acts was to "unsign" the treaty on behalf of the United States.
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I would like to see, as a symbolic and literal opposite of what Bush did on his first day, the new President 'unsign' the Global Gag Rule on her or his first day. "
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I did not say that the treaty must be enforced internally by the laws of the country that aims to “unsign” it.
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President Bush purported to “unsign” it before it was ratified by the U.S. Senate.
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I did not say that the treaty must be enforced internally by the laws of the country that aims to “unsign” it.
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President Bush purported to “unsign” it before it was ratified by the U.S.
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Besides, given the precedents set over the past eight years, all President Obama might choose to do is issue a "signing statement" or "unsign" the agreement.
Joseph A. Palermo: U.S. Troops To Stay in Iraq Until 2012? 2009
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Early in the administration it fell to Bolton to “unsign” the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court.
The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008
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Now given the Geneva Conventions is a treaty and not the Constitution, Congress can in effect unsign the treaty if it so desires.
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