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Coordination, Reporting and Publication of International Agreements
Code of Federal Regulations: Title 22--Foreign Relations, Chapter 1 - Department of State, Part 181. Details legal provisions on the reporting to Congress, coordination with the Secretary of State and publication of international agreements.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_99/22cfr181_99.html

Foreign Affairs Manual - Treaties and Other International Agreements
U.S. Department of State. Provides general guidance on the procedures for the negotiation, signature, publication and registration of treaties and other international agreements.
http://foia.state.gov/REGS/fams.asp?level=2&id;=12&fam;=0#700

Treaties and Other International Agreements: the Role of the U.S. Senate
Congressional Research Service, January 2001. This report summarizes the history of the treatymaking provisions of the Constitution and international and domestic law on treaties and other nternational agreements. It traces the process of making treaties from their negotiation to their entry into force, implementation, and termination. It examines differences between treaties and executive agreements as well as procedures for congressional oversight.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=106_cong_senate_print&docid;=f:66922.wais

U.S. Code on International Treaties, 1 USC 112b
The Case-Zablocki Act of August 22, 1972 was codified in the U.S. Code and stipulates that international agreements be transmitted to Congress .
http://www.state.gov/g/oes/rls/rpts/175/1447.htm

Treaties in Force 2003
A List of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States in Force as of January 1, 2003. Updates to the printed edition may be found at: http://www.state.gov/s/l/c3428.htm
http://www.state.gov/s/l/24224.htm

Trade Agreements and Treaties

Weapons

Biological Weapons Treaties
Biological Weapons (BW) projects disperse or disseminate biological agents or toxins and have distinct characteristics that enhance their effectiveness as weapons.
http://www.nawcwpns.navy.mil/~treaty/BWC.html

Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
U.S. Department of State. The full-text of the treaty.
http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/treaties/ctb.html


Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
Congressional Research Service, updated September 5, 2003.
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/treaties/nucleart.pdf

Climate Change

Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change, December 1997
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/treaties/l07a01.pdf

The Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change
A Fact Sheet released by the U.S. Department of State January 15, 1998
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/treaties/fact0198.htm

Global Climate Change: The Kyoto Protocol
Congressional Research Service, Update: September 8, 2003
http://www.ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/03Sep/RL30692.pdf

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/treaties/conv.htm

Trade

North American Free Trade Agreement Between The Government of Canada, The Government of the United Mexican States and The Government of the United States of America (NAFTA)
http://www.sice.oas.org/trade/nafta/naftatce.asp

World Trade Agreement (GATT)
http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/wta.1994/toc.html

North Atlantic Treaty

Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic
Treaty Doc. 105-36, 105th Congress, 2nd Session
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/treaties/nato.htm

Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on Accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia
Treaty Doc. 108-4, 108th Congress, 1st Session
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/useftp.cgi?IPaddress=162.140.64.88&filename;=td004.pdf&directory;=/diskb/wais/data/108_cong_documents

Intellectual Property Rights Agreements

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/t_agm0_e.htm

An overview of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement)
Summary of the major features of TRIPS, with brief descriptions of the types of intellectual property covered by the agreement.
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/intel2_e.htm

Berne Copyright Convention, 1928 Amendments and Treaty
http://www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/overview.html

WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
An international treaty negotiated by the World Intellectual Property Organization in 1996 to protect the rights of singers, musicians, actors and other performers on the Internet entered into force May 20.
http://www.copyright.gov/wipo/treaty2.html

World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty
December 20, 1996 (WIPO)
http://www.wipo.int/documents/en/diplconf/distrib/94dc.htm

Universal Copyright Convention
as revised at Paris, 24 April 1971
http://www.unesco.org/culture/laws/copyright/html_eng/page1.shtml

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