Treaty

The Treaty of Tordesillas

A treaty is a written agreement between two or more parties that consists international law. The parties may be countries or other important groups. A treaty may be about any subject. Two countries might agree to stop a war, allow each others citizens to cross borders freely, or declare war on a common enemy. Treaties are usually used to settle disputes. The European Union is set up by treaties between most of the European nations.

Famous treaties

• 1494 - Treaty of Tordesillas
• 1783 - Treaty of Versailles
• 1814 - Congress of Vienna
• 1840 - Treaty of Waitangi
• 1919 - Treaty of Versailles
• 1928 - Kellogg-Briand Pact
• 1935 - Roerich Pact
• 1938 - Munich Agreement
• 1944 - Bretton Woods Agreement
• 1945 - UN Charter
• 1947 - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• 1949 - North Atlantic Treaty
• 1955 - Warsaw Pact
• 1957 - Treaty of Rome
• 1968 - Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
• 1992 - Treaty of Maastricht
• 1998 - Good Friday Agreement

Other pages

• peace treaty