The 3-year terms are staggered so that 5 of the 15 seats are normally up for ratification/election each year.

3年的服务期限是交错进行的，这样15个席位中的5个每年都要为获得批准/投票权而努力。

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The climactic conference approved a draft of the treaty that is expected to go to the member states for ratification next year.

译文： 这次标志着大功告成的会议通过了条约草案， 这一草案可望于明年递交各会员国批准。

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He will accept and consider comments until March 3, after which he will submit it to OpenJDK Community members for ratification.

接受建议的截至日期为3月3日，之后他会将其提交给OpenJDK社区成员进行审批。

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Two Constitutional amendments won congressional approval and were sent to the states for ratification.

VOA: special.2010.09.02

They noted that the African Union has in the past approved an important convention, only to see it lie dormant for lack of ratification.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

The report gave no entry date for Croatia, but reports say the former Yugoslav state could become the EU's 28th member in 2012 after ratification of its accession treaty.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Without either endorsing or opposing it, Congress agreed to forward the Constitution to the states, for ratification.

NEWYORKER: The Commandments

Our American partners, as I understand, intend to proceed quickly to present this document to the Senate for ratification.

WHITEHOUSE: Signing of New START Nuclear Arms Treaty with Russia

Legislative prospects were so bleak, the administration didn't even bother to introduce the Kyoto global warming treaty for ratification.

CNN: Environmental Legislation Going Nowhere Fast