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Treaties of Belarus

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international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Paris Agreement

international agreement from 12 December 2015 within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020

Antarctic Treaty System

international treaties concerning Antarctica

Ramsar Convention

international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

international treaty

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

international maritime law

CITES (shorter acronym for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals from the threats of international trade. It was drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The convention was opened for signature in 1973 and CITES entered into force on 1 July 1975.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

international treaty

Chemical Weapons Convention

international treaty banning chemical weapons

Convention on Biological Diversity

international treaty

Budapest Memorandum

international treaty of Ukraine, the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

international treaty of the United Nations intended to protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities

1951 United Nations treaty

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

arms control agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union

Belovezh Accords

agreement that declared dissolution of the USSR by its founder states (denunciation of 1922 Treaty on the Creation of the USSR) and established the CIS

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Aarhus Convention

UNECE Convention on Access to Information

treaty aimed at eliminating anti-personnel landmines around the world

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

international treaty to ban nuclear explosions

Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats

1979 wildlife and nature protection treaty of the Council of Europe

International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea

1974 international treaty for maritime safety

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships

1973 international marine environmental convention

Convention on International Civil Aviation

international treaty that established the ICAO

1991 treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the reduction of strategic offensive arms

United Nations Convention Against Corruption

Anti-corruption treaty

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

arms control treaty between the US and the USSR

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

International treaty on environmental protection

Nagoya Protocol

global treaty on biological diversity

Treaty on Open Skies

international treaty promoting openness and transparency of military forces and activities

1975 multilateral treaty

Bonn Convention

Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe

Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

Patent Cooperation Treaty

Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road

United Nations treaty that governs transnational road transport of hazardous materials

International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea

navigation rules to be followed by ships and other vessels at sea to prevent collisions between two or more vessels

Rotterdam Convention

United Nations treaty

Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

organized crime

Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

international treaty on recreational drugs

World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

treaty adopted by the 56th World Health Assembly

Apostille Convention

1961 international treaty drafted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law

First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

1966 United Nations treaty

World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty

Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road

International Plant Protection Convention

treaty on pests & diseases of plants

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

international treaty

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention

International Labour Organization Convention

United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

international treaty

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

1999 United Nations treaty

Lisbon Protocol

an agreement by Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan that nuclear weapons of the former Soviet Union on the soil of those states would be destroyed or transferred to the control of Russia

Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context

Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention

International Labour Organization Convention

Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict

2000 United Nations treaty

protocol in the United Nations

Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations

1961 multilateral copyright treaty

Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions

UNESCO-related treaty

Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty

1991 international treaty on environmental regulation in Antartica

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

GMO-focused international agreement on biosafety

Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees

1967 United Nations treaty

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Between States and International Organizations or Between International Organizations

1986 United Nations treaty