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  2. List of parties to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

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    Contents. List of parties to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) is a treaty concerning the international law on treaties between states. It was adopted on 22 May 1969 [ 1 ] and opened for signature on 23 May 1969. [ 2 ] The Convention entered into force on 27 January 1980.

  3. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties - Wikipedia

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    The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties was adopted and opened to signature on 23 May 1969, [5][1] became effective on 27 January 1980, [1] and has been ratified by 116 sovereign states as of January 2018. [2] Non-ratifying parties, such as the U.S, have recognized parts of the VCLT as a restatement of customary international law. [6]

  4. International drug control conventions - Wikipedia

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    The internationaldrug control conventions, also known as the United Nations drug control conventions, are three related, non self-executing treaties that establish an international legal framework for drug control. They serve to maintain a classification system of controlled substances including psychoactive drugs and precursors, to ensure the ...

  5. Reservation (law) - Wikipedia

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    A reservation in international law is a caveat to a state's acceptance of a treaty. A reservation is defined by the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) as: . a unilateral statement, however phrased or named, made by a State, when signing, ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to a treaty, whereby it purports to exclude or to modify the legal effect of certain provisions ...

  6. Education in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Canada spends an average of about 5.3 percent of its GDP on education. [29] The country invests heavily in tertiary education (more than US$20,000 per student). [30] As of 2022, 89 percent of adults aged 25 to 64 have earned the equivalent of a high-school degree, compared to an OECD average of 75 percent.

  7. United States Department of Education - Wikipedia

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    The United States Department of Education is a cabinet-level department of the United States government.It began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services by the Department of Education Organization Act, which President Jimmy Carter signed into ...

  8. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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    The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities' General Comment Number 4, adopted in August 2016, [31] stressed the importance of inclusive education and condemned segregated education. The Comment was opposed by organizations including the World Blind Union and the World Federation of the Deaf which unsuccessfully argued for a ...

  9. Official bilingualism in Canada - Wikipedia

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    The official languages of Canada are English and French, [ 1 ] which "have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions of the Parliament and Government of Canada," according to Canada's constitution. [ 2 ] ". Official bilingualism " (French: bilinguisme officiel) is the term used in Canada to ...