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Treaties of the United Kingdom
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural RightsThe International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights traces its origins to the 1945 San Francisco Conference where delegates drafted a…
- Anglo-Polish allianceIn early 1939, British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax received a proposal from Polish Ambassador to the United Kingdom Raczyński.
- 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 ProtocolIn 1974, chemists Frank Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina published a paper in the journal Nature that changed how humanity viewed its own air.
- Munich AgreementThe First Czechoslovak Republic emerged in 1918 following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of World War I.
- Paris AgreementThe 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris brought together 196 parties to draft a new international treaty.
- International Covenant on Civil and Political RightsThe United Nations General Assembly adopted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the 16th of December 1966.
- Convention on Certain Conventional WeaponsThe United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons concluded its negotiations in Geneva on the 10th of October 1980.
- Outer Space TreatyThe Soviet Union launched Sputnik in October 1957. This first artificial satellite changed the geopolitical landscape overnight.
- Potsdam AgreementOn the 17th of July 1945, three leaders gathered at Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam to decide the fate of Europe. Joseph Stalin represented the Soviet Union…
- Locarno TreatiesGermany lost 13% of its European territory and 12% of its population under the Treaty of Versailles. These losses went primarily to France, which regained…
- Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear WeaponsThe Cold War created a fragile world where the United States and Soviet Union held nuclear weapons that could end civilization.
- Kyoto ProtocolThe year 1992 marked a turning point when the United Nations held its Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Delegates from around the world gathered to sign the…
- North Atlantic TreatyTheodore Achilles kept a draft of the North Atlantic Treaty in the bottom drawer of his safe during secret talks at the Pentagon.
- 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.
- Antarctic Treaty SystemOn the 26th of August 1946, the United States launched Operation Highjump. This massive military expedition sent 13 ships and 4,700 men to Antarctica.
- 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…