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May 15, 2024 · treaty, a binding formal agreement, contract, or other written instrument that establishes obligations between two or more subjects of international law (primarily states and international organizations ). The rules concerning treaties between states are contained in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), and those between states ...
1 day ago · In the end, Cuba becomes an informal colony, Puerto Rico becomes an actual colony, the Philippines become an actual colony, and the Treaty of Paris barely passes the Senate but does commit the United States to an empire like the others, even if much smaller. America's New Sphere of Influence
2 days ago · A peace treaty was signed on 30 April 1851 in which the sultan could only regain the capital if Sulu and its dependencies became a part of the Philippine Islands under the sovereignty of Spain. There were different understandings of this treaty; although the Spanish interpreted it as the sultan accepting Spanish sovereignty over Sulu and Tawi ...
1 day ago · MANILA, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The number of drug users in the Philippines has declined by more than 50 percent from 4 million in 2016 to 1.67 million in 2019, three years after President Rodrigo Duterte launched a crackdown on drug use, a survey has shown.
3 days ago · John Jay. John Jay (December 23 [ O.S. December 12], 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, diplomat, abolitionist, signatory of the Treaty of Paris, and a Founding Father of the United States. He served from 1789 to 1795 as the first chief justice of the United States and from 1795 to 1801 as the second governor of New York.
5 days ago · Treaty of Potsdam (1805) Prussia agrees with Russia to join the Third Coalition against France if Napoleon rejects peace terms. Treaty of Schönbrunn (1805) Prussian treaty of friendship with France. Peace of Pressburg (1805) Between France and Austria, ending Austria's participation in the War of the Fourth Coalition .
