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- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species - CITES is an international treaty drawn up in 1973 to protect wildlife against over-exploitation, and to prevent international trade from threatening species with extinction. Web site includes text of the convention, publications, research programs, databases of CITES-listed flora and fauna.
- XVI Soroptimist International Convention - Took place 4 - 8 July 1999 in Helsinki, Finland. Contains convention reports and personal accounts of activities and tours prior and post convention written by subscribers to the SI Chat Line.
- Convention on Migratory Species - The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (also known as CMS or the Bonn Convention) aims to conserve terrestrial, marine and avian migratory species throughout their range.
- Ramsar Convention on Wetlands - An intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources.
- International Bible Students Convention - The official information site for the international convention of Bible Students.
- Global Biodiversity Forum - GBF - An independent and open mechanism to analyze and discuss priority ecological, economic, institutional and social issues related to the options for action to conserve biodiversity, and use biological resources sustainably and equitably. Designed to provide a forum to support and enhance the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and other biodiversity-related instruments at the national and international levels.
- Convention Listings by Jenga - International convention listings categorize by location, name, and month. Also, a forum and chatroom.
- Clearing-House Mechanism for Convention on Biological Diversity - Information resources, on-line forums, etc., related to the world-wide implementation of the Convention.
- Wilf's International Convention List - The list includes future and past SF related conventions and SF club lists. Danish, Dutch, French, German, Norwegian and Swedish info is translated into English. Travel advice is sometimes included.
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification - The Convention promotes new approaches to managing dryland ecosystems. Official documents, reports, action programmes, regional and general information about desertification.
Wikipedia Articles
- International conventions on terrorism - International conventions on terrorism set out obligations of states in respect to defining international counter terrorist offences, prosecuting individuals suspected of such offences, extraditing such persons upon request, and providing mutual legal assistance upon request.
- International humanitarian law - International humanitarian law (IHL), also known as the law of war, the laws and customs of war or the law of armed conflict, is the legal corpus "comprised of the Geneva Conventions and the Hague Conventions, as well as subsequent treaties, case law, and customary international law."ICRC What is international humanitarian law?
- List of Hague Conventions on Private International Law - This is a list of Conventions signed at The Hague by member states of the Hague Conference on Private International Law.
- Hague Conventions (1899 and 1907) - The Hague Conventions were international treaties negotiated at the First and Second Peace Conferences at The Hague, Netherlands in 1899 and 1907, respectively, and were, along with the Geneva Conventions, among the first formal statements of the laws of war and war crimes in the nascent body of secular international law.
- International Committee of the Red Cross - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a private humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland. The community of states has given the ICRC a unique role, based on international humanitarian law of the Geneva Conventions as well as customary international law, to protect the victims of international and internal armed conflicts.