INTRODUCTORY NOTE The Charter of the United Nations was signed on 26 June 1945, in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organisation, and came into force on 24 October 1945. The Statute of the International Court of Justice is an integral part of the …
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Preamble The undersigned Plenipotentiaries of the Governments represented at the Diplomatic Conference held at Geneva from April 21 to August 12, 1949, for the purpose of revising the Xth Hague Convention of October 18, 1907 for the Adaptation to Maritime Warfare of the Principles of the Geneva Convention of 1906, …
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Preamble The undersigned Plenipotentiaries of the Governments represented at the Diplomatic Conference held at Geneva from April 21 to August 12, 1949, for the purpose of revising the Geneva Convention for the Relief of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field of July 27, 1929, have agreed as …
Leer »Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency as amended
ARTICLE I: Establishment of the Agency The Parties hereto establish an International Atomic Energy Agency (hereinafter referred to as “the Agency”) upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. ARTICLE II: Objectives The Agency shall seek to accelerate and enlarge the contribution of atomic energy to peace, health and prosperity …
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PreambleWhereas universal and lasting peace can be established only if it is based upon social justice;And whereas conditions of labour exist involving such injustice hardship and privation to large numbers of people as to produce unrest so great that the peace and harmony of the world are imperilled; and an …
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Preamble:In the name of their peoples and faithfully interpreting their desires and aspirations, the Governments of the States which sign the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean;Desiring to contribute, so far as lies in their power, towards ending the armaments race, especially in …
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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 co-operation among nations, whatever their constitutional and social systems, NOTING that the …
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PREAMBLE The States Parties to this Agreement, Considering the principle set forth in Resolution 1721 (XVI) of the General Assembly of the United Nations that communication by means of satellites should be available to the nations of the world as soon as practicable on a global and nondiscriminatory basis, Considering …
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THE PARTIES TO THE PRESENT PROTOCOL, HAVING CONSIDERED the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971, and the 1984 Protocol thereto, HAVING NOTED that the 1984 Protocol to that Convention, which provides for improved scope and enhanced compensation, has not entered …
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THE STATES PARTIES TO THE PRESENT CONVENTION, BEING PARTIES to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, adopted at Brussels on 29 November 1969 CONSCIOUS of the dangers of pollution posed by the world-wide maritime carriage of oil in bulk, CONVINCED of the need to ensure that …
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Agreement Between the Governments of the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the Provisional Government of the French Republic on Certain Additional Requirements to be Imposed on Germany September 20, 1945The Governments of the United States of America, the Union of …
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CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT OF THE BALTIC SEA AREA THE STATES PARTIES TO THIS CONVENTION CONSCIOUS OF THE INDISPENSABLE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL VALUES OF THE marine environment of the Baltic Sea Area and its Living resources for the peoples OF THE CONTRACTINg PARTIES; BEARING IN …
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