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    18 Countries Take 29 Treaty Actions at Annual UN Event

    Eighteen countries have taken 29 actions signing and ratifying
    international pacts during the first three days of a special event
    taking place at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

    Yesterday Austria became the sixth country to ratify the 2005
    International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear
    Terrorism. Austria also partially withdrew one of its reservations to
    the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
    against Women, relating to women in the workforce.

    Also yesterday, Armenia and Peru deposited instruments of accession to
    become parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against
    Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
    which establishes a system of visits by independent experts to places
    of detention.

    Several countries signed the Optional Protocol to the Convention on
    the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, which extends
    protection by the Convention to UN humanitarian personnel serving in
    the field.

    The first part of this year's event coincided with the High-Level
    Dialogue on International Migration and Development, and it
    spotlighted 30 treaties regulating a broad range of cross-border
    issues.

    In addition to treaties relating to migration, refugees and Stateless
    persons, the event will showcase pacts on human trafficking, organized
    crime, corruption, climate change, sustainable development,
    indiscriminate or excessively injurious weapons, torture and food
    security.

    The annual event, held since 2000, seeks to promote increased
    participation of countries in the more than 500 multilateral treaties
    deposited with the Secretary-General, and by so doing, to strengthen
    the rule of law.

    The Treaty Event will continue on 19 September and conclude on 20
    September.

    Source: United Nations

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    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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