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Canada ratified the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, and seven principal UN human rights conventions and covenants since then. [5] As of 2023, Canada is a signatory to 15 free trade agreements with 51 different countries, [ 6 ] and has diplomatic and consular offices in over 270 locations in approximately 180 countries.
Canada is a member of Uniting for Consensus, a group that opposes the G4 nations' bids for permanent seats on the Security Council. During the Suez Crisis, Canadian delegation to the United Nations was instrumental in the creation of the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) to end the situation.
A state can be formally recognised as such by becoming a member of the United Nations; there are currently 193 member states of the United Nations. The only non-UN states that undoubtedly meet the standard of statehood are the Cook Islands and Niue, who have had their "full treaty-making capacity" recognised by the United Nations Secretariat.
The United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS) [9] is the result of article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, which states as follows: 1. Every treaty and every international agreement entered into by any Member of the United Nations after the present Charter comes into force shall as soon as possible be registered with the Secretariat and ...
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty; Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean; Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean; Convention on the Continental Shelf; United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
Charter of the United Nations; United Nations General Assembly Resolution 31/72; Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization; United States–Venezuela Maritime Boundary Treaty; International Agreement for the Establishment of the University for Peace
Shifts drug control functions previously assigned to the League of Nations to the United Nations. Treaty of Manila (1946) [note 145] The United States recognizes the independence of the Republic of the Philippines. Treaty of London (1946) Great Britain recognizes the independence of Transjordan. 1947 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade [note ...
The list of parties to weapons of mass destruction treaties encompasses the states which have signed and ratified, succeeded, or acceded to any of the major multilateral treaties prohibiting or restricting weapons of mass destruction (WMD), in particular nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons.