Treaties are not necessarily permanently binding upon the signatory parties. Citizens of any treaty signatory country may visit the island without a visa. As of 2016, the US is the only signatory that has not ratified the Protocol. France was the first signatory to ratify the Protocol on 10 May 1926. The United States was not a signatory to that declaration. The writer of a signature is a signatory or signer. The university is a signatory of the Talloires Declaration. Myrdal had been a signatory of the UNESCO declaration. These can ease import obligations among and between the signatory states. He is accurately described as the last living signatory of the Declaration of Independence. By becoming a signatory company, it agrees to abide by the guild regulations. He was the elder brother of Edward Rutledge, a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. The Founding Conference established the Preparatory Commission for IRENA, which consists of all signatory states. Domestic violence is also an issue of concern amongst signatory countries. Citizens of any of the signatory countries may settle in the archipelago.