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The Kelowna Accord is a series of agreements between the Government of Canada, First Ministers of the Provinces, Territorial Leaders, and the leaders of five national Aboriginal organizations in Canada. The accord sought to improve the education, employment, and living conditions for Aboriginal peoples through governmental funding and other ...
The National Assembly selects the Ogichidaa/kwe. [40] There is no fixed term; the National Assembly may reconsider its selection at any time. The Ogichidaa/kwe appoints members of an executive council and answers to the National Assembly for their performance. The executive council exercises the executive authority of the Nation.
UNDRIP was passed by the UN General Assembly in 2007, with Canada voting against it under a Conservative government. [9] In November 2010, the Conservative government publicly reversed its position, asserting its support for the declaration as an "aspirational document" [10] In May 2016, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett officially removed Canada's objector status to UNDRIP ...
The United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS) [3] 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 published by it.
Property of the League of the Nations was transferred to the United Nations when the league dissolved in 1946. The policy of the United Nations is to keep most of its documents in the public domain in order to disseminate "as widely as possible the ideas (contained) in the United Nations Publications".
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 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) is a multilateral treaty that commits nations to respect the civil and political rights of individuals, including the right to life, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, electoral rights and rights to due process and a fair trial. [3]