The States Parties to the present Convention, Considering the fundamental role of treaties in the history of international relations, Recognizing the ever-increasing importance of treaties as a source of international law and as a means of developing peaceful...

Vienna Convention on Diplomatic RelationsDone at Vienna on 18 April 1961 The States Parties to the present Convention, Recalling that peoples of all nations from ancient times have recognized the status of diplomatic agents, Having in mind the purposes and principles...

The States Parties to the present Convention, Recalling that consular relations have been established between peoples since ancient times, Having in mind the Purposes and Principles of the Charter of the United Nations concerning the sovereign equality of States, the...

SECTION 2. COMPETENCE Article 20Access to the Tribunal 1. The Tribunal shall be open to States Parties. 2. The Tribunal shall be open to entities other than States Parties in any case expressly provided for in Part XI or in any case submitted pursuant to any other...

Article 13Financial terms of contracts 1. In adopting rules, regulations and procedures concerning the financial terms of a contract between the Authority and the entities referred to in article 153, paragraph 2(b), and in negotiating those financial terms in...

PART XVSETTLEMENT OF DISPUTESSECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 279Obligation to settle disputes by peaceful means States Parties shall settle any dispute between them concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention by peaceful means in accordance...

SECTION 3. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Article 202 Scientific and technical assistance to developing States States shall, directly or through competent international organizations: (a) promote programmes of scientific, educational, technical and other assistance to...

SECTION 4. THE AUTHORITY SUBSECTION A. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 156 Establishment of the Authority 1. There is hereby established the International Seabed Authority, which shall function in accordance with this Part. 2. All States Parties are ipso facto members of...

PART VI CONTINENTAL SHELF Article 76 Definition of the continental shelf 1. The continental shelf of a coastal State comprises the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land...

PREAMBLE The States Parties to this Convention, Prompted by the desire to settle, in a spirit of mutual understanding and cooperation, all issues relating to the law of the sea and aware of the historic significance of this Convention as an important contribution to...

PREAMBLE PART I. INTRODUCTION Article 1. Use of terms and scope PART II. TERRITORIAL SEA AND CONTIGUOUS ZONE SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 2. Legal status of the territorial sea, of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil SECTION 2....

Annex III Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime Preamble The States Parties to this Protocol, Declaring that effective action to prevent and combat the...

Article 19. Joint investigations States Parties shall consider concluding bilateral or multilateral agreements or arrangements whereby, in relation to matters that are the subject of investigations, prosecutions or judicial proceedings in one or more States, the...

Foreword With the signing of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime in Palermo, Italy, in December 2000, the international community demonstrated the political will to answer a global challenge with a global response. If crime crosses...

UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTIONON CLIMATE CHANGE The Parties to this Convention, Acknowledging that change in the Earth’s climate and its adverse effects are a common concern of humankind, Concerned that human activities have been substantially increasing the...

Article 6EXTRADITION 1. This article shall apply to the offences established by the Parties in accordance with article 3, paragraph 1. 2. Each of the offences to which this article applies shall be deemed to be included as an extraditable offence in any extradition...

FINAL ACT OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE FOR THE ADOPTION OF A CONVENTION AGAINST ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES 1. The General Assembly of the United Nations, by its resolution 39/141 of 14 December  1984, requested the Economic and...

Chapter IVInternational cooperation Article 43. International cooperation 1. States Parties shall cooperate in criminal matters in accordance with articles 44 to 50 of this Convention. Where appropriate and consistent with their domestic legal system, States Parties...

Foreword Corruption is an insidious plague that has a wide range of corrosive effects on societies. It undermines democracy and the rule of law, leads to violations of human rights, distorts markets, erodes the quality of life and allows organized crime, terrorism and...

Published November 2001bySecretariat forThe Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer &The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer United Nations Environment ProgrammePO Box 30552NairobiKenyaweb site:...

ARTICLE 25 Ratifi cation, acceptance, approval or accession 1. This Convention shall be subject to ratifi cation, acceptance or approval by States and by regional economic integration organizations. It shall be open for accession by States and by regional economic...

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) as amended in 2009 Text and Annexes INTRODUCTION The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants was adopted at a Conference of Plenipotentiaries on 22 May 2001 in Stockholm, Sweden. The Convention...

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Annex 1 - Updated Tables for total, new manufacturing, and servicing demand Below updated tables until 2050 (compared to 2030 in the XXVI/9 TF report) are given for the total demand, new manufacturing and servicing demand (data used for the scenario graphs in chapter...

4.5.2 MIT-3 scenario In MIT-3, as of 2020, the conversion is assumed to start in all sub-sectors to replace high- GWP refrigerants with a variety of refrigerants, with the refrigerant blends assumed to have an average GWP of 300. Conversion has been assumed to take...

Table 2-2: Blend refrigerants proposed under various test programs or in ASHRAE 34 Refrigerant Designation Refrigerant development name Proposed to replace(from AREP phase I) Safety Class programPhase 1 Participation in AREPPhase 2 alternativesPRAHA for HCFC-22 and...

Montreal Protocol On Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer Report of the UNEP Technology and Economic Assessment Panel March 2016 DECISION XXVII/4 TASK FORCE REPORT: FURTHER INFORMATION ON ALTERNATIVES TO OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES The text of this report is...

KYOTO PROTOCOL TO THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE The Parties to this Protocol, Being Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”, In pursuit of the ultimate objective of...

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 1966 entry into force 3 January 1976, in accordance with article 27 Preamble The...

International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism Preamble The States Parties to this Convention, Bearing in mind the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations concerning the maintenance of international peace and security...

INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER AGREEMENT, 2006 PREAMBLE The Parties to this Agreement, (a) Recalling the Declaration and the Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order; the Integrated Programme for Commodities; the New Partnership...

INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER AGREEMENT, 1994 NOTE The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legaJ status...

ILO Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Fourteenth Session on 10 June 1930, and Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to...

ILO Convention 87Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to OrganiseConvention, 1948 The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, Having been convened at San Francisco by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having...

CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONSWITH DISABILITIES Preamble The States Parties to the present Convention, (a) Recalling the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations which recognize the inherent dignity and worth and the equal and inalienable rights...

Contents   Introduction---------------1 Part one. United Nations Conference on International Commercial Arbitration, New York, 20 May–10 June 1958----- 5 Excerpts from the Final Act of the United Nations Conference on International Commercial Arbitration----- 5...

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally ProtectedPersons, including Diplomatic Agents,Annexed to General Assembly resolution 3166 (XVIII) of 14 December 1973 The States Parties to this Convention, Having in mind the purposes and...

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assemblyresolution 34/180 of 18 December 1979 entry into force 3 September 1981, in accordance with article 27(1) The...

Order of destruction 15. The order of destruction of chemical weapons is based on the obligations specified in Article I and the other Articles, including obligations regarding systematic on-site verification. It takes into account interests of States Parties for...

Version incorporating: 1. the correction of errors (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts), in accordance with Depositary Notification C.N.246.1994.TREATIES-5 issued on 31 August 1994; and 2. the change made under Article XV of the Convention...

Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nationson 13 February 1946 Official texts in English and in French. This Convention was registered ex officio by the Secretariat of the United Nations on 14 December 1946. CONVENTION SUR LES PRIVILÈGES ET IMMUNITÉSDES...

CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY Preamble The Contracting Parties, Conscious of the intrinsic value of biological diversity and of the ecological, genetic, social, economic, scientific, educational, cultural, recreational and aesthetic values of biological diversity...

E. INFRASOUND MONITORING 14. Each State Party undertakes to cooperate in an international exchange of infrasound data to assist in the verification of compliance with this Treaty. This cooperation shall include the establishment and operation of a global network of...

PREAMBLE The States Parties to this Treaty (hereinafter referred to as "the States Parties"), Welcoming the international agreements and other positive measures of recent years in the field of nucleardisarmament, including reductions in arsenals of nuclear weapons, as...

Montreal, 2000 Copyright © 2000, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity ISBN: 92-807-1924-6 This publication may be reproduced for educational or non-profit purposes without special permission from the copyright holders, provided acknowledgement of the...

A2 WASTES CONTAINING PRINCIPALLY INORGANIC CONSTITUENTS, WHICH MAY CONTAIN METALS AND ORGANIC MATERIALS A2010 Glass waste from cathode-ray tubes and other activated glasses A2020 Waste inorganic fluorine compounds in the form of liquids or sludges but excluding such...

PROTOCOL ON LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES AND THEIR DISPOSAL TEXTS AND ANNEXESTABLE OF CONTENTS Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal Text 5...