Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. Act Party leader David Seymour has said the goal of his Treaty Principles Bill is to stimulate an overdue conversation on te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of ...

His assignment was to help determine the boundary between Canada and the United States in order to clarify a treaty signed by ...

In August, a little-known United Nations committee of 15 countries, formed at Russia’s urging, gathered in New York City to finish drafting the text of the first U.N. treaty on cybercrime.

The first meeting of state parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which Japan has not signed or ratified, will be held in Vienna from June 21 to June 23. Akira Kawasaki ...

The landmark debate, which took place at UN headquarters on October 9-10, points to growing momentum towards a new treaty to prevent and punish crimes against humanity. While these international ...

After the Treaty of Paris was signed in December 1899, the treaty required ratification by at least a two thirds majority of the U.S. Senate. The debate regarding the ratification of the treaty ...

Final negotiations for the first-ever United Nations treaty on plastic pollution are due to take place at the end of November. The latest treaty draft states two major objectives: to end plastic ...

After more than a decade of negotiations, United Nations member countries have agreed the first ever treaty to protect the world's oceans that lie outside national boundaries. Environmental groups ...

The High Seas Treaty aims to help place 30% of the seas into protected areas by 2030, to safeguard and recuperate marine nature. The agreement was reached on Saturday evening, after 38 hours of ...

The German Government agreed to sign the Treaty of Versailles in June 1919, to make peace. This action was very unpopular in Germany. Leaders of the German military did not admit that they would ...