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  • Thumbnail for 2008 Democrats Abroad presidential primary
    2008, declaring Barack Obama the winner. Democrats Abroad held a global convention on April 12, 2008. Primary dates: February 5–12, 2008 National pledged...
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  • The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, is a multilateral treaty. The Convention has three main...
    70 KB (6,268 words) - 15:20, 13 May 2024
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    declaring lack of religious beliefs. Melbourne hosted the 2010 Global Atheist Convention (branded as the largest event of its kind in the world), sponsored...
    35 KB (3,342 words) - 03:13, 8 August 2023
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    The Geneva Conventions are international humanitarian laws consisting of four treaties and three additional protocols that establish international legal...
    59 KB (6,718 words) - 18:32, 12 May 2024
  • The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the UN process for negotiating an agreement to limit dangerous climate change. It...
    88 KB (9,775 words) - 11:24, 30 April 2024
  • entered into force. The first recognition treaty with a global scope, the Global Convention on the Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications, was...
    13 KB (1,368 words) - 16:01, 5 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of international environmental agreements
    Development and Climate Barcelona Convention for Protection against Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea, 1976 Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary...
    22 KB (1,387 words) - 18:49, 16 April 2024
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    In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system...
    313 KB (27,959 words) - 09:24, 15 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Minamata Convention on Mercury
    The Minamata Convention on Mercury is an international treaty designed to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases...
    49 KB (4,074 words) - 23:50, 7 May 2024
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    The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable...
    18 KB (1,015 words) - 08:26, 25 November 2023
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    now joined the convention, including Australia who became a member of the Basel Convention on 5 February 1992. The Rotterdam PIC Convention is a means for...
    70 KB (7,872 words) - 08:15, 11 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Southern Baptist Convention
    The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), alternatively the Great Commission Baptists (GCB), is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is...
    138 KB (13,912 words) - 15:26, 11 May 2024
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    journeyed to South Africa to attend the Fifth Global Convention of Solidarity with Palestine, a convention which received criticism because of the attendance...
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  • conflicted with a local judgment between the same parties. On a global level, the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards...
    113 KB (13,428 words) - 08:31, 15 May 2024
  • application of the Proposed Convention. The fourth phase included the promotion of the Proposed Convention as part of a broader global awareness campaign and...
    51 KB (5,760 words) - 03:54, 4 March 2024
  • conservation of wildlife and habitats on a global scale. Signed in 1979 in Bonn, West Germany, the convention entered into force in 1983. As of September...
    42 KB (2,840 words) - 12:29, 20 April 2024
  • in Interlaken, Switzerland and Wolfach, Germany, 1968. The convention aimed to foster global cooperation and world peace through the development of a World...
    41 KB (4,012 words) - 07:50, 25 April 2024
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    Climate Change Convention unanimously adopted the Paris Agreement, with the goal of accelerating the intentional transformation of the global economy toward...
    51 KB (4,491 words) - 17:45, 9 April 2024
  • The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) is an international maritime treaty which sets out minimum safety standards in the construction...
    28 KB (2,113 words) - 02:32, 11 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2012 Democrats Abroad presidential primary
    Democratic National Convention as well as established the weighting for subsequent votes at the Democrats Abroad Global Convention. Additional votes were...
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