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Treaties of Slovenia
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural RightsOn the 16th of December 1966, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a treaty that promised something startling. It said that everyone, everywhere, has…
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeThe United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change emerged from a specific moment in time. On the 9th of May 1992, negotiators in New York finalized…
- Montreal ProtocolThe Montreal Protocol carries a distinction no other treaty in United Nations history holds: it is the only international agreement ever ratified by all 198…
- Paris AgreementThe Paris Agreement was adopted on the 12th of December 2015, inside a conference hall outside Paris, by 195 nations and the European Union.
- International Covenant on Civil and Political RightsThe International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on the 16th of December 1966, yet it would not…
- Convention on Certain Conventional WeaponsThe United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons concluded its negotiations in Geneva on the 10th of October 1980.
- Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear WeaponsThe Non-Proliferation Treaty, known almost universally as the NPT, opened for signature in 1968 with a single overriding fear driving its creation: that…
- Kyoto ProtocolOn the 11th of December 1997, in the ancient Japanese city of Kyoto, delegates from countries spanning nearly every corner of the world signed their names to…
- North Atlantic TreatyThe North Atlantic Treaty, also called the Washington Treaty, was signed on the 4th of April 1949 in Washington, D.C., and it created the legal foundation…
- Convention on Biological DiversityIn November 1988, a United Nations Environment Programme group of experts gathered to discuss the concept of an international convention on biodiversity.
- Partial Nuclear Test Ban TreatyThe Castle Bravo test at Bikini Atoll in 1954 released a yield of 15 megatons, more than double the expected power. Radioactive particles spread over…