List of Treaties 1900-2010

1900–1999

Year	Name	Summary
1900	Treaty of Paris	Ends all conflicting claims over Río Muni (Equatorial Guinea).
1901	Hay-Pauncefote Treaty	Replaces the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty.
	Boxer Protocol[139]	Peace agreement between the Great Powers and China.
1902	Anglo-Japanese Alliance	Treaty of alliance between England and Japan; signed by Lord Lansdowne andHayashi Tadasu.
	Treaty of Vereeniging	Ends the Second Anglo-Boer War.
1903	Cuban-American Treaty	The Republic of Cuba leases to the United States the Guantanamo Bay area.
	Hay-Herran Treaty	The United States attempts to acquire a lease on Panama.
	Hay-Herbert Treaty	Between the United Kingdom and the United States on the location of the border between Alaska and Canada.
	Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty[140]	Establishes the Panama Canal Zone.
	Treaty of Petrópolis	Ends tensions between Bolivia and Brazil over the territory of Acre.
1905	Treaty of Portsmouth	Ends the Russo-Japanese War.
	Treaty of Björkö	A secret mutual defense accord between the German Empire and Russia.
	October Manifesto	Response to Russian Revolution of 1905. Created the Duma but Tzar Nicholas II of Russia disregarded it after the country was stable again and continued his absolute rule.
	Taft-Katsura Agreement[141]	Japan and the United States agree on spheres of influence in Asia.
	Eulsa Treaty	Between the Korean Empire and the Japanese Empire; influenced by the result of theRusso-Japanese War; void in 1965.
	Treaty 9 (James Bay Treaty)	Conducted at Osnaburgh House trade post, on Lake St. Joseph (Albany River), ON,CA negotiating an agreement between the Canadian monarch, King Edward VII, andFirst Nations. There were later adhesions to the treaty.[142]
1906	Second Geneva Convention	Specifies the treatment of wounded, sick and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea.
	Treaty 10	Conducted at Île-à-la-Crosse, and Lac du Brochet, SK, CA negotiating an agreement between the Canadian monarch, King Edward VII, and First Nations. There were later adhesions to the treaty in 1907.[143]
	Treaty of Limits (Brazil–Netherlands)	Defined international boundary between Brazil and Dutch colony of Suriname
1909	Anglo-Siamese Treaty[144]	Formally divides northern Malay states between Siam and the British Empire.
1910	Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty	Begins the de facto period of Japanese occupation of Korea; declared null and void in 1965.
1911	North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911	First international treaty seeking the management and conservation of wildlife.
1912	International Opium Convention	The first international drug control treaty.
1913	Treaty of London	Ends the First Balkan War.
	Treaty of Bucharest	Ends the Second Balkan War.
	Tibet-Mongolia Treaty	Alliance between Mongolia and Tibet.
	Treaty of Athens	Peace treaty between Ottoman Empire and Greece. Ottoman Empire acknowledges union of Crete with Greece.
	Treaty of Constantinople	Peace treaty between Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. Bulgaria acknowledgesOttoman control on Eastern Thrace.
1914	Bryan-Chamorro Treaty	The United States acquires the rights to any canal built in Nicaragua, to build a naval base in the Gulf of Fonseca, and to lease the Great and Little Corn Islands in the Caribbean; ratified in 1916.
1915	London Pact	Italy enters World War I.
1916	Sykes-Picot Agreement	France and the United Kingdom define spheres of influence in the Middle East.
	Treaty of Bucharest	Alliance between Romania and the Entente.
1917	Lansing-Ishii Agreement	Trade treaty between the United States and Japan.
	Corfu Declaration	Statement of intention to form a Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
1918	Armistice of Mudros	Ends the Middle-Eastern part of World War I and forces the Ottomans to renounce most of their imperial holdings.
	Treaty of Batum	Between the Democratic Republic of Armenia and the Ottoman Empire.
	Treaty of Brest-Litovsk	Russia pulls out of World War I.
	Treaty of Bucharest	Between Romania and the Central Powers; never ratified.
1919	Treaty of Saint-Germain	Dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
	Treaty of Versailles	Formally ends World War I.
	Faisal Weizmann Agreement	Agreement for Arab-Jewish cooperation in the Middle East.
	Treaty of Rawalpindi	Between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan during the Third Anglo-Afghan War; United Kingdom recognizes Afghanistan's independence; amended in 1921.
1920	Seventh Treaty of Paris	Union of Bessarabia and Romania.
	Treaty of Brno	Naturalizes all populaces within the respective language groups of Austria andCzechoslovakia.
	Treaty of Rapallo	Between Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (subsequently theKingdom of Yugoslavia).
	Treaty of Moscow	Mutual recognition of the Russian SFSR and the Democratic Republic of Georgia
	Treaty of Tartu	Establishes border between Russia and Finland.
	Treaty of Tartu	Establishes border between Russia and Estonia.
	Treaty of Trianon	Regulates the newly-independent Hungary.
	Treaty of Sèvres	Peace between the Allies of World War I and the Ottoman Empire.
	Latvian-Soviet Riga Peace Treaty	Brings peace between the Republic of Latvia and Russian SFSR.
	Treaty of Alexandropol	Ends the war between Turkish nationalists and the Armenian Republic.
	Spitsbergen Treaty[145]	The Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen (now called Svalbard) becomes part of the Kingdom of Norway.
1921	Franco-Polish Military Alliance	Military alliance between Poland and France that was active between 1921 and 1940.
	Anglo-Irish Treaty[146]	Ends the Anglo-Irish War and created the Irish Free State.
	Peace of Riga[147]	Ends the Polish-Bolshevik War.
	Thomson-Urrutia Treaty	Colombia recognizes Panama's independence in return for 25 million dollars.
	Treaty of Berlin	Separate post-World War I peace agreement between the United States and Germany.
	Treaty of Kars	Friendship treaty between Turkey and the Soviet governments of the Transcaucasian Republics.
	Treaty of Ankara[148]	France agrees to evacuate Cilicia in return for economic concessions from Turkey; Turkey acknowledges French imperial sovereignty over Syria.
	Russo-Persian Treaty of Friendship	Grants both Iran and the Soviet Union full and equal shipping rights in the Caspian Sea.
	Treaty of Moscow	A friendship treaty between the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) and theBolshevik government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
	Anglo–Afghan Treaty of 1921	Amendments to and expansion of the Treaty of Rawalpindi of 1919 between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan
	Treaty 11	Conducted at NWT, CA negotiating an agreement between the Canadian monarch, King George V, and First Nations. There were further signings in 1921.[149]
1922	Washington Naval Treaty[150]	Attempts to limit naval expansion.
	Treaty of Rapallo	Between the Weimar Republic and Bolshevist Russia.
1923	Treaty of Lausanne	Sets the boundaries of modern Turkey.
	Halibut Treaty	Canadian-American agreement concerning fishing rights in the northern Pacific Ocean.
1924	Treaty of Rome	Revokes parts of the 1920 Treaty of Rapallo that created the independent Free State of Fiume; Fiume would be annexed to Italy while the town of Sušak would be assigned to Yugoslavia.
1925	Locarno Treaties	Seven treaties between the World War I Western European Allied powers and the new states of central and Eastern Europe.
1926	Treaty of Berlin	Germany and the Soviet Union pledge neutrality.
1927	Treaty of Jedda	Establishes the independence of present-day Saudi Arabia from the United Kingdom.
1928	Kellogg-Briand Pact[151]	Calls "for the renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy".
	Italo–Ethiopian Treaty of 1928	20 year treaty of peace between he Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Ethiopia.
1929	Lateran Treaty	The Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican City formally recognize each other.
	Third Geneva Convention[152]	Establishes rules for the treatment of prisoners of war.
1930	London Naval Treaty[153]	Regulates submarine warfare and shipbuilding.
1931	Treaty of Westminster[154]	Creates the British Commonwealth.
1932	Soviet-Polish Non-Aggression Pact	International treaty of non-aggression signed by representatives of Poland and the USSR.
1934	German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact	International treaty between Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic; both countries pledged to settle disputes through bilateral negotiations.
	Balkan Pact	Between Greece, Turkey, Romania, and Yugoslavia; signatories agree to suspend all disputed territorial claims against each other.
1935	Soviet-French Non-Aggression Pact	Bilateral pact between France and the USSR with the aim of containing German aggression.
	Treaty of Establishment, Commerce and Navigation[155]	Reinforces the Russo-Persian Treaty of Friendship.
1936	Anglo-Egyptian Treaty	The United Kingdom withdraws its troops from Egypt except those necessary to protect the Suez Canal and its surroundings.
	Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence	France provides independence to Syria.
	Montreux Convention	Approve Turkish control on Bosphorous and Dardanelles Straits
1937	International Agreement for the Regulation of Whaling	Establishes limitations on whaling practices; protocols signed in 1938 and again in 1945.
	Treaty of Saadabad[156]	A non-aggression pact signed by Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan.
1938	Munich Agreement	Surrenders the Sudetenland to Germany.
1939	Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact[157]	Soviet-German non-aggression pact.
1940	Moscow Peace Treaty	Ends the Winter War.
	Treaty of Commerce and Navigation	Reinforces the Treaty of Establishment, Commerce and Navigation between Iran and the Soviet Union.
	Treaty of Craiova	Romania cedes territories to Bulgaria.
1942	Anglo-Soviet Treaty	Twenty-year mutual assistance agreement between the United Kingdom and the USSR that establishes both a military and political alliance.
1944	Bretton Woods Agreement	Establishes rules for commercial and financial relations among the major industrial states.
	Tito-Šubašić Agreement[158]	Attempts to merge Yugoslavian governments.
	Convention on International Civil Aviation[159]	Establishes the International Civil Aviation Organization; ratified in 1947.
	London Protocol	Prepares for the division of Germany into three occupation zones.
1945	Treaty of Varkiza[160]	Attempts to officially end the Greek Civil War.
	UN Charter	Establishes the United Nations.
	Wanfried Agreement	Transfers three Hessian villages to the Soviet Union and two Eichsfeld villages to the United States.
1946	Bermuda Agreement	Bilateral agreement on civil aviation between the United States and United Kingdom.
	Gruber-De Gasperi Agreement	Allows Bolzano-Bozen and Trento to remain part of Italy, but ensures their autonomy.
	International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling	Replaces the International Agreement for the Regulation of Whaling; governs the commercial, scientific, and aboriginal subsistence whaling practices of fifty-nine member nations.
	Lake Success Protocol[161]	Shifts drug control functions previously assigned to the League of Nations to theUnited Nations.
	Treaty of Manila (1946)[162]	The United States recognizes the independence of the Republic of the Philippines.
	Treaty of London	Great Britain recognizes the independence of Transjordan.
1947	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade[163]	Establishes international trade rules.
	Paris Peace Treaties	Formally ends World War II.
	Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance[164]	A "hemispheric defense" doctrine signed by many nations in the Americas.
1949	North Atlantic Treaty[165]	Establishes NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
	Fourth Geneva Convention[166]	Establishes rules for the protection of civilians during wartime.
	Treaty of Den Haag	The Netherlands grants independence to Indonesia except for the South Molucca Islands and West Irian.
	Treaty of London	Creates the Council of Europe.
1950	Liaquat-Nehru Pact	Between Pakistani Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan and Indian Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru.
	Treaty of Zgorzelec[167]	Establishes borders between the Republic of Poland and the German Democratic Republic.
1951	Mutual Defense Treaty between the Republic of the Philippines and the United States of America	A mutual defense accord between the Philippines and the United States.
	Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide	Defines and outlaws genocide.
	Treaty of San Francisco[168]	Formally ends the war between the Allies of World War II and Japan.
	Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan	A mutual defense agreement between the United States and Japan; goes into effect on April 28, 1952.
	U.S. and Japan Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement	Permits U.S. armed forces to station troops in Japan while encouraging Japan to rearm for defensive purposes only; goes into effect on May 1, 1954.
1952	ANZUS Treaty[169]	Alliance between Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
	Treaty of Taipei[170]	Peace treaty between Japan and the Republic of China.
	Deutschlandvertrag[171]	Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Western Allies (France, UK, USA) restoring (limited) German sovereignty.
1954	Central Treaty Organization[172]	Alliance of Middle Eastern countries and the United Kingdom.
	Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty[173]	Established the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, (SEATO), a defensive alliance between Australia, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, South Vietnam, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States.
1955	Asian-African Conference[174]	Conference stated to promote Afro-Asian economic and cultural cooperation and to oppose colonialism or neocolonialism by the United States, the Soviet Union, or any other "imperialistic" nation.
	Austrian State Treaty[175]	Re-establishes a free, sovereign and democratic Austria.
	Simonstown Agreement	The Royal Navy surrenders its naval base at Simonstown, South Africa and transfers command of the South African Navy to the government of South Africa.
	Warsaw Pact[176]	Alliance of Central and Eastern European communist states.
1956	Soviet-Japanese Joint Declaration	Reestablishes diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Japan following World War II.
1957	Anglo-Malayan Defence Agreement[177]	Provides a security umbrella for the independent Malaya.
	Treaty of Rome[178]	Establishes the European Economic Community.
	International Atomic Energy Treaty	Establishes the International Atomic Energy Agency.
1958	1958 US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement	Bilateral treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom on nuclear weapons cooperation.
	Convention on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone	Provides new universal legal controls for the management of marine natural resources and the control of pollution.
1959	Antarctic Treaty System[179]	Sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, establishes freedom of scientific investigation and bans military activity on the continent; comes into force in 1961.
1960	Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan	Strengthens Japan's ties to the "West" during the Cold War era.
	Indus Waters Treaty	Water-sharing treaty between India and Pakistan.
	Treaty of Montevideo	Establishes the ALA-LC organization or the Latin American Free Trade Association.
	Zürich and London Agreement	Between United Kingdom, Turkey and Greece about the independence and Guarantee of Cyprus.
1961	Arms Control and Disarmament Agency	Strengthens U.S. national security by implementing effective policies of arms control and disarmament.
	Columbia River Treaty	International agreement between Canada and the United States on the development and operation of the upper Columbia River basin.
	Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations	International treaty on diplomatic intercourse and the privileges and immunities of diplomatic missions; came into force in 1964.
	Alliance for Progress	U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower attempts to establish economic cooperation between North America and South America.
	Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs	International treaty against the illicit manufacture and trafficking of narcotic drugs.
	Convention on Reduction of Statelessness	International treaty against statelessness; goes into effect on December 13, 1975.
1962	Nassau Agreement	The United States provides the United Kingdom with nuclear-armed Polaris missilesin return for a nuclear submarine base in the Holy Loch, near Glasgow.
1963	Vienna Convention on Consular Relations	Multilateral treaty that codifies consular practices.
	Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage	Sets rules of liability for any and all forms of nuclear damage.
	Partial Test Ban Treaty[180]	Prohibiting all test detonations of nuclear weapons except underground.
	Elysée Treaty[181]	Franco-German agreement for joint cooperation in foreign policy, economic and military integration, and exchange of student education.
	Strasbourg Convention[182]	Harmonizes patent laws across European countries.
1965	Merger Treaty	Organizes the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Economic Community and Euratom; creates European Commission and the Council of the European Communities; comes into force on July 1, 1967.
	Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea	Established basic relationship between Japan and the Republic of Korea (South Korea).
1967	Treaty of Tlatelolco[183]	Keeps Latin American and the Caribbean regions free of nuclear weapons.
	Bangkok Declaration[184]	Founding document of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
	WIPO Convention[185]	Established the World Intellectual Property Organization.
	Outer Space Treaty[186]	Forbids the placing of nuclear weapons or any other weapons of mass destruction on celestial bodies and into outer space in general.
1968	Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty[187]	Limits the spread of nuclear weapons through non-proliferation, disarmament, and the right to utilize nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
1969	Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties[188]	Codifies the pre-existing international customary law on treaties with some necessary gap-filling and clarifications.
	Arusha Agreement	Establishes better economic relations between the European Community and the nations of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania; comes into force in 1971.
1970	Patent Cooperation Treaty[189]	Provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions internationally; comes into force in 1978; amended in 1979; modified in 1984 and 2001.
	Boundary Treaty	Settles boundary disputes between the United States and Mexico.
	Treaty of Warsaw	West Germany and the People's Republic of Poland pledge themselves to nonviolence and accept the Oder-Neisse line; ratified in 1972.
1971	Convention on Psychotropic Substances	Attempts to control psychoactive drugs such as amphetamines, barbiturates, andLSD.
	Five Power Defence Arrangements[190]	Security agreement between Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and the United Kingdom.
	Ramsar Convention	Focuses on the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands; goes into effect in 1975.
	IPC Agreement[191]	Establishes a common classification for patents for invention, inventors’ certificates,utility models and utility certificates; goes into effect in 1975; amended in 1979.
	Seabed Arms Control Treaty[192]	Bans the placement of nuclear weapons on the ocean floor beyond a 12-mile (22.2 km) coastal zone; comes into force in 1972.
	Indo-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation	Specifies strategic cooperation between India and the Soviet Union.
1972	Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty[193]	Limits the use of anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems in defending areas against missile-delivered nuclear weapons (US PL 92-448).
	Basic Treaty[194]	Establishes relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic; comes into effect in 1973.
	Biological Weapons Convention[195]	First multilateral disarmament treaty banning the production of an entire category of biological weapons (with exceptions for medical and defensive purposes in small quantities).
	Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals	Provides protection for Antarctic seals; comes into effect in 1978.
	London Convention[196]	Attempts to control pollution of the sea via deliberate dumping by vessels, aircraft, and platforms.
	Sino-Japanese Joint Communiqué[197]	Established diplomatic relations between Japan and the People's Republic of China.
	Simla Treaty[198]	Normalised relations between India and Pakistan following the Bangladesh Liberation War.
1973	European Patent Convention[199]	Multilateral treaty instituting the European Patent Organisation.
	Paris Peace Accords	Formalized American withdrawal from Vietnam.
	Vientiane Treaty	A cease-fire agreement between the monarchial government of Laos and the communist Pathet Lao.
1974	Japan Australia Migratory Bird Agreement[200]	Treaty between Australia and Japan to minimise harm to the major areas used by birds that migrate between the two countries; comes into force in 1981.
	Threshold Test Ban Treaty[201]	Establishes a nuclear "threshold" by prohibiting nuclear tests of devices having a yield exceeding 150 kilotons.
1975	Treaty of Osimo	Divides the Free Territory of Trieste between Italy and Yugoslavia.
	Treaty of Lagos	Establishes the Economic Community of West African States.
1976	ENMOD Convention[202]	Prohibits the military or other hostile use of environmental modification techniques; comes into force in 1978.
	Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia	Treaty signed among the founding members of ASEAN and acceded to by all ASEAN members and 15 non-members.
1977	Torrijos-Carter Treaties	Abrogates the Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty and guarantees Panama its eventual control of the Panama Canal after 1999.
1978	Camp David Accords	Agreement between Egypt and Israel.
	Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China	Peace agreement between Japan and the People's Republic of China.
1979	Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty	Israel and Egypt agree to mutually recognize each other; Israel agrees to withdraw its troops from the Sinai Peninsula in return for Israeli ships to gain free passage through the Suez Canal.
	Moon Treaty[203]	Turns jurisdiction of all heavenly bodies to the international community; goes into effect in 1984.
	Treaty of Montevideo	Both Argentina and Chile pledge to a peaceful solution to their border disputes at theBeagle Channel.
1983	Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement[204]	A free trade agreement between the governments of New Zealand and Australia.
1984	Sino-British Joint Declaration[205]	The United Kingdom relinquishes Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.
	Nkomati Accord	Nonagression treaty between Mozambique and the Republic of South Africa.
	Arabic-African Union Treaty	Morocco and Libya establish the Arabic-African Union.
	Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 between Chile and Argentina	Resolves disputes between Argentina and Chile over the possession of the Picton, Lennox and Nueva islands.
1985	Plaza Accord	The Group of Five agree to devalue the US dollar in relation to the Japanese yen and German Deutsche Mark by intervening in currency markets.
	Schengen Agreement	Establishes for the European Community a border system and a common policy on the temporary entry of persons.
	Sulphur Emissions Reduction Protocol[206]	Provides for a 30% reduction in sulphur emissions and their transboundary fluxes by 1993; comes into effect in 1987.
	Treaty of Rarotonga[207]	Formalizes a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the South Pacific.
1986	China Australia Migratory Bird Agreement	Treaty between Australia and China to minimise harm to major areas used by birds that migrate between the two countries; comes into force in 1988.
1987	Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty	Eliminates nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of 500 to 5,500 kilometers (300 to 3,400 miles); ratified and comes into force in 1988.
1988	Nitrogen Oxide Protocol[208]	Provides for the control or reduction of nitrogen oxides and their transboundary fluxes; comes into effect in 1991.
	United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances	Enforcing the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances.
1989	Montreal Protocol[209]	Attempts to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of a number of substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion.
	Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe[210]	Establishes limits on key categories of conventional military equipment in Europe and mandates the destruction of excess weaponry.
	Timor Gap Treaty	Between the governments of Australia and Indonesia; rewritten in 2001.
1990	Malaysia-Singapore Points of Agreement	Treaty regarding the future of railway land owned by the Malaysian government through Malayan Railways in Singapore.
	Agreement on Destruction and Non-production of Chemical Weapons and on Measures to Facilitate the Multilateral Convention on Banning Chemical Weapons	On June 1, 1990 Presidents George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign the bilateral U.S.-Soviet Chemical Weapons Accord.
	Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany	The Four Powers renounce all rights they formerly held in Germany and Germany renounces all claims to territories east of the Oder-Neisse Line.
1991	Brioni Agreement	Ends ten-day war in Slovenia.
	Abuja Treaty	International agreement that creates the African Economic Community.
	Asunción Treaty	International treaty signed between Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay, served as the basis for the establishment of the Mercosur trading block.
	Extradition treaty	Treaty on Extradition between Australia and the Republic of the Philippines. Signed in Manila on 7 March 1988, entered into force on 18 January 1991.[211]
1992	Maastricht Treaty[212]	Establishes the European Union.
	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change[213]	Attempts to reduce emissions of greenhouse gas in order to combat global warming.
	Treaty on Open Skies	Establishes an international program of unarmed aerial surveillance flights over all participants' territories.
	CIS Collective Security Treaty	Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan establish framework for the Commonwealth of Independent States.
	Sochi agreement	Georgian and South Ossetian forces signed a ceasefire to halt the contemperaneously recognized "civil war."
1993	Oslo Accords[214]	Between the Israeli government and the Palestine Liberation Organization.
	Chemical Weapons Convention[215]	Outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons.
1994	Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty[216]	Normalizes relations between Israel and Jordan and resolves territorial disputes between them.
	North American Free Trade Agreement	Free trade agreement between Canada, the United States of America, and Mexico.
	Kremlin accords	Stops the preprogrammed aiming of nuclear missiles at targets in any nation and provides for the dismantling of Russian nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
	United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea[217]	Provides universal legal controls for the management of marine natural resources and the control of pollution.
	United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification[218]	Agreement to combat desertification and to mitigate the effects of drought; comes into force in 1996.
	Extradition treaty	Extradition treaty between the government of the republic of the Philippines and the government of the United States of America. Signed at Manila on 13 November 1994.[219]
1995	Dayton Agreement[220]	Ends Bosnian War.
	General Agreement on Trade in Services[221]	Extends the multilateral trading system to provide services (i.e. tertiary sector of industry).
1996	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty[222]	Forbids all nuclear explosions in all environments for military or civilian purposes.
	Khasav-Yurt Accord	Ceasefire agreement that ends the First Chechen War.
	WIPO Copyright Treaty[223]	Provides additional protections for copyright deemed necessary due to advances ininformation technology.
	WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty[224]	Establishes rights and privileges for performers and producers of audio-visual works.
1997	Amsterdam Treaty[225]	Substantially revises the Maastricht Treaty; comes into effect on May 1, 1999.
	Ottawa Convention on Landmines[226]	Bans all anti-personnel landmines (AP-mines).
	Chemical Weapons Convention[227]	Outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons.
	Kyoto Protocol[228]	Mandates the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; negotiated in 1997, ratified in 2004, and went into effect in 2005.
1998	Belfast Agreement[229]	Major political development in the Northern Ireland peace process.
	POP Air Pollution Protocol[230]	Agreement to provide for the control and reduction of emissions of persistent organic pollutants; has not yet come into effect.
	Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court[231]	Establishes the International Criminal Court.
1999	Adapted Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty	Replaces ceilings given to NATO and the Warsaw Pact with territorial ones.
	East African Community Treaty	Establishes the East African Community between Uganda, Kenya and the Republic of Tanzania; goes into effect on July 7, 2000.

[edit]2000–current

Year	Name	Summary
2000	Cotonou Agreement	Attempts to reduce poverty and integrate the ACP countries into the world economy; came into force in 2002.
	Patent Law Treaty[232]	Harmonizes formal procedures such as the requirements to obtain a filing date for a patent application, the form and content of a patent application, and representation.
	Treaty of Jedda	Resolves a border dispute between Saudi Arabia and Yemen that dates backs to Saudi boundary claims made in 1934.
2001	Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels	Attempts to prevent the decline of seabird populations in the southern hemisphere, particularlyalbatrosses and procellariidae.
	Cybercrime Convention	Prohibits the use of computers or networks as tools for criminal activity.
	Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation Between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation	Twenty-year strategic treaty between Russia and the People's Republic of China.
	Treaty of Nice	Amends two founding treaties of the European Union.
2002	ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution	Between ASEAN nations to bring haze pollution under control in Southeast Asia.
	Gbadolite Agreement	Attempts to cease hostilities between the warring factions in the Second Congo War; treaty has limited effect.
	Pretoria Accord	Rwandan troops withdraw from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in exchange for international commitment towards the disarmament of the interahamwe and the ex-FAR fighters.
	SORT[233]	Limits the nuclear arsenals of Russia and the United States.
2003	ASEAN Free Trade Area[234]	Agreement by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, of local manufacturing in all ASEANcountries.
	Treaty of Accession 2003	Integrates ten nations into the European Union; came into force on May 1, 2004.
	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control[235]	First public health treaty of the world; came into force on February 27, 2005. Its purpose is to "protect present and future generations from the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke."
2004	International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture[236]	Assures farmers' facilitated access to seeds of the world's food security crops; came into force on June 29, 2004.
2005	Comprehensive Peace Agreement (Sudan)[237]	Ended the Second Sudanese Civil War between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Army; creates the Government of National Unity. Signed on January 9, 2005 and scheduled for full implementation by July 9, 2011.
	Energy Community Treaty	Establishes the Energy Community.
	Treaty of Accession 2005	Integrates two nations (Bulgaria and Romania) into the European Union; came into force on January 1, 2007.
2006	Tripoli Agreement[238]	Ends Chadian-Sudanese conflict.
	Waziristan Accord[239]	Ends Waziristan war.
	St Andrews Agreement	Resolves outstanding grievances in the Northern Ireland peace process, enabling devolved power-sharing government to resume.
2007	Treaty of Lisbon	Reforming the European Union.
2008	Constitutive Treaty[240]	Treaty establishing the Union of South American Nations.
2009	Extradition treaty	Extradition Treaty between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines. Bilateral treaty signed in London on 18 September 2009.[241]

[edit]Pending

• Central American Free Trade Agreement
• Free Trade Area of the Americas
• Substantive Patent Law Treaty (SPLT)
• WIPO Protection of Broadcasting Organizations