Preamble The States Parties to this Convention, hereinafter referred to as the Parties, Recalling the provisions of the Antarctic Treaty; Convinced that the Antarctic Treaty system has proved effective in promoting international harmony in furtherance of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, in ensuring the …
Leer »Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (1975)
The Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, which opened at Helsinki on 3 July 1973 and continued at Geneva from 18 September 1973 to 21 July 1975, was concluded at Helsinki on 1 August 1975 by the High Representatives of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, …
Leer »Treaty of Amity and Co-operation in South East Asia
The High Contracting Parties :CONSCIOUS of the existing ties of history, geography and culture, which have bound their peoples together;ANXIOUS to promote regional peace and stability through abiding respect for justice and the rule or law and enhancing regional resilience in their relations;DESIRING to enhance peace, friendship and mutual cooperation …
Leer »Statute of the Council of Europe
The Governments of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the French Republic, the Irish Republic, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Convinced that …
Leer »International Convention on Salvage
THE STATES PARTIES TO THE PRESENT CONVENTION, RECOGNIZING the desirability of determining by agreement uniform international rules regarding salvage operations, NOTING that substantial developments, in particular the increased concern for the protection of the environment, have demonstrated the need to review the international rules presently contained in the Convention for …
Leer »Agreement Establishing the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
The Contracting Parties, Committed to the fundamental principles of multiparty democracy, the rule of law, respect for human rights and market economics; Recalling the Final Act of the Helsinki Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, and in particular its Declaration on Principles; Welcoming the intent of Central and Eastern …
Leer »FRG-GDR, Treaty Establishing a Monetary, Economic and Social Union
In order to regulate the conversion from a planned to a market economy, the governments of the GDR and the FRG negotiated a treaty on the creation of a monetary, economic, and social union. The treaty detailed the process of introducing the DM [Deutschmark], spelled out the provisions for monetary …
Leer »FRG-GDR, Treaty on the Establishment of German Unity (Unification Treaty)
The Unification Treaty was the result of intense negotiations between the GDR and the FRG. It provided for the reorganization of the GDR’s administrative districts [Bezirke] into five federal states [Bundeslander] that would accede to the Federal Republic of Germany under the terms of Article 23 of the Basic Law. …
Leer »Treaty Establishing a Common Market between the Argentine Republic, the Federal Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay
The Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, hereinafter referred to as the “States Parties”, CONSIDERING that the expansion of their domestic markets, through integration, is a vital prerequisite for accelerating their processes of economic development with social justice, BELIEVING …
Leer »Protocol of Brasilia (1991)
The Argentine Republic, the Federal Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay, and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, hereinafter referred to as the “State Parties”: In compliance with the dispositions found in Article 3 and in Annex III of the Treaty of Asuncion signed on the 26th day of March …
Leer »Declaration on Yugoslavia (Extraordinary EPC Ministerial Meeting, Brussels, 16 December 1991)
The European Community and its Member States discussed the situation in Yugoslavia in the light of their Guidelines on the recognition of new states in Eastern Europe and in the Soviet Union. They adopted a common position with regard to the recognition of Yugoslav Republics. In this connection they concluded …
Leer »Agenda 21 (Rio)
Preamble 1.1. Humanity stands at a defining moment in history. We are confronted with a perpetuation of disparities between and within nations, a worsening of poverty, hunger, ill health and illiteracy, and the continuing deterioration of the ecosystems on which we depend for our well-being. However, integration of environment and …
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