The Parliament also drafts legislation, ratifies international treaties, and approves the national budget. The Verkhovna Rada initiates legislation, ratifies international agreements, and approves the budget. It drafts legislation, ratifies international treaties, and approves the national budget. The Senate ratifies treaties and approves presidential appointments while the House initiates revenue-raising bills. The president represents the Slovak Republic externally and concludes and ratifies international treaties. In foreign relations, the Seimas ratifies international treaties. Each country ratifies treaties its own way. When a state ratifies the Constitutive Act, it formally becomes a member of the AU. As part of this strategy, TWU also ratifies a concessionary deal. Each NATO state ratifies a STANAG and implements it within their own military. The BoT ratifies proposals generated from the membership and submitted through the Advisory Council. It also ratifies the final results of the general elections for the Council of Representatives. Philippines is the only Asian member State ratifies the Convention. The Committee also ratifies Irish record rod caught fish. The IAAF ratifies track and field world records if they meet their set criteria.