AGREEMENT relating to the implementation of part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 THE STATES PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, RECOGNIZING the important contribution of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 (hereinafter referred …
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A/RES/37/10 68th plenary meeting 15 November 1982 37/10. Peaceful settlement of disputes between States The General Assembly, Having examined the item entitled “Peaceful settlement of disputes between States”, Recalling its resolutions 34/102 of 14 December 1979, 35/160 of 15 December 1980 and 36/110 of 10 December 1981, Reaffirming the need …
Leer »Statute of the Law of the Sea Tribunal
Article 1 General provisions 1. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is constituted and shall function in accordance with the provisions of this Convention and this Statute. 2. The seat of the Tribunal shall be in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in the Federal Republic …
Leer »Canada-Denmark, Agreement for Co-operation Relating to the Marine Environment
The Government of the Kingdom of Denmark and the Government of Canada, Conscious of the economic and social importance of the marine environment of the waters lying between Canada and Greenland and of its living resources, Conscious of their responsibility to protect and enhance this unique marine environment for the …
Leer »Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean (Cartagena) and Protocols of 1983 and 1990
Cartagena de Indias, 24 March 1983 The Contracting Parties, Fully aware of the economic and social value of the marine environment, including coastal areas, of the wider Caribbean region, Conscious of their responsibility to protect the marine environment of the wider Caribbean region for the benefit and enjoyment of present …
Leer »Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of State Property, Archives and Debts Done at Vienna on 8 April 1983
The States Parties to the present Convention, Considering the profound transformation of the international community brought about by the decolonization process, Considering also that other factors may lead to cases of succession of States in the future, Convinced, in these circumstances, of the need for the codification and progressive development …
Leer »Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong
The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People’s Republic of China have reviewed with satisfaction the friendly relations existing between the two Governments and peoples in recent years and agreed that a proper negotiated settlement of the question of Hong …
Leer »UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
The States Parties to this Convention, Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Recognizing that those rights …
Leer »Convention Establishing the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
PREAMBLE THE CONTRACTING STATES CONSIDERING the need to strengthen international cooperation for economic development and to foster the contribution to such development of foreign investment in general and private foreign investment in particular; RECOGNIZING that the flow of foreign investment to developing countries would be facilitated and further encouraged by …
Leer »European Charter of Local Self-Government
PreambleThe member States of the Council of Europe, signatory hereto,Considering that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve a greater unity between its members for the purpose of safeguarding and realising the ideals and principles which are their common heritage;Considering that one of the methods by which …
Leer »Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture
The American States signatory to the present Convention, Aware of the provision of the American Convention on Human Rights that no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman, or degrading punishment or treatment; Reaffirming that all acts of torture or any other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment …
Leer »General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
The Governments of the COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, the KINGDOM OF BELGIUM, the United States of Brazil, Burma, Canada, Ceylon, the Republic of Chile, the Republic of CHINA, the REPUBLIC OF CUBA, the CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLIC, the FRENCH REPUBLIC, INDIA, LEBANON, the GRAND-DUCHY OF LUXEMBURG, the KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, …
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