Curated playlist
Treaties of France
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural RightsThe United States signed a human rights treaty in 1979 and never ratified it. It covers work, health and education.
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeIn June 1992, 154 countries signed a treaty to limit human interference with the climate.
- Montreal ProtocolThe Montreal Protocol is the only UN treaty ratified by all 198 parties. It phased out spray-can chemicals.
- Paris AgreementThe Paris Agreement nearly unraveled over the word "shall". The French called it a typo and used "should".
- International Covenant on Civil and Political RightsA UN human rights treaty adopted in 1966 took nearly ten years to take effect.
- Convention on Certain Conventional WeaponsThe 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons has no way to check whether states obey it.
- Outer Space TreatyNo country can claim the Moon, Mars or any asteroid under the Outer Space Treaty. Rivals signed it in 1967.
- Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to GermanyThe Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany was signed in Moscow on the 12th of September 1990. Most people know it by a shorter name, the Two Plus Four Agreement. The two were West Germany and East Germany. The four were…
- Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear WeaponsNorth Korea became the first state ever to leave the Non-Proliferation Treaty, in April 2003. It had joined in 1985.
- Kyoto ProtocolThe Kyoto Protocol was signed in 1997, yet global emissions still rose 32% from 1990 to 2010.
- Convention on Biological DiversityThe United States never ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity. Ratifying needs two-thirds of the Senate.
- Antarctic Treaty SystemTwelve rival nations signed the Antarctic Treaty in 1959, the first arms control deal of the Cold War.