Tag: Treaty
Richard Benedick, Negotiator of Landmark Ozone Treaty, Dies at 88
He played a key role in securing the Montreal Protocol, an international environmental pact to protect the ozone layer by reducing the use of certain [...]
Rwanda asylum scheme: Peers vote against approving Rwanda treaty
Home Secretary James Cleverly signed the new legally binding treaty in Kigali, which he said would ensure people relocated to Rwanda are not at risk o [...]
New Rwanda asylum treaty deals with Supreme Court concerns, says James Cleverly
The home secretary says Rwanda is committed to the safety of anyone sent there as part of the government's migration deal.
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Chris Mason: Home Secretary James Cleverly heads to Rwanda to sign migration treaty
A senior Labour figure who's been doing a spot of maths texts me: "It's one year, five months and 20 days almost to the hour since the first flight of [...]
UK working on new Rwanda asylum flights treaty – Sunak
The prime minister has said he will revisit the “domestic legal framework” if needed, in order to fulfil his vow to stop the boats.Rishi Sunak was rea [...]
Biden Aides Discuss Asian Pacts as Model for Saudi Defense Treaty
Despite U.S. fatigue over Middle East wars, the White House sees a security agreement resembling those with Japan or South Korea as an incentive for S [...]
UN Cybercrime Treaty Could Lead to Sweeping Surveillance of Crypto Worldwide
Article 93 of the draft treaty would require all nations that sign the treaty to implement onerous financial surveillance laws for cryptocurrency. Tho [...]
What Putin’s Suspension of New START Treaty Means for Arms Control
Mutual inspections have been suspended for years because of the pandemic. But New START, the last nuclear agreement between Russia and the United Stat [...]
U.S. Says Russia Fails to Comply With START, a Nuclear Arms Treaty
The United States says Russia is not allowing American inspectors access to its arsenal to ensure compliance with the New START Treaty, which the two [...]
UK joins international treaty to prevent violence against women
Activist groups criticise Home Office decision to exempt migrant women from measures to combat domestic abuse.
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Joe Biden just signed the Kigali Amendment, a treaty that phases out HFCs
President Joe Biden signed a bona fide international climate treaty on Wednesday, one that was ratified in the Senate with bipartisan support in a [...]
Senate approves first climate treaty in decades
“The transition away from HFCs is expected to stimulate literally billions of dollars in economic investment in this country … create tens of thousan [...]
NI 100: Signing of Anglo-Irish Treaty marked 100 years on
The treaty created an independent Irish Free State but led to the Irish Civil War.
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NI 100: What was the Anglo-Irish Treaty?
One hundred years ago British and Irish delegates gathered in 10 Downing Street to sign it.
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The fight to dismantle the little-known Energy Charter Treaty
Electricity transmission pylons beside the gas-fired power plant, operated by Uniper SE, in Irsching, Germany, on Wednesday, July 7, 2021.Michaela [...]