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May 22, 2024 · The state executives argue the treaty "would seek to elevate the WHO from an advisory body to a global authority in public health." They contend the proposed accord could also allow the WHO to ...
1 day ago · World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries, including all of the great powers, participated in the conflict, and many invested all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in pursuit of total war, blurring the distinction between ...
2 days ago · The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 states of the United States, formerly the Thirteen Colonies, that served as the nation's first frame of government. It was debated by the Second Continental Congress at Independence Hall in Philadelphia between July 1776 and November 1777, and finalized by the ...
May 21, 2024 · Peace of Westphalia, European settlements of 1648, which brought to an end the Eighty Years’ War between Spain and the Dutch and the German phase of the Thirty Years’ War. The peace was negotiated, from 1644, in the Westphalian towns of Münster and Osnabrück. The Spanish-Dutch treaty was signed on January 30, 1648.
May 20, 2024 · Louis XIV, becoming convinced that a Bourbon success would result in a general European coalition against him, and to avoid the Spanish possessions passing to a Habsburg, in October 1698 agreed with William III in a Partition Treaty (signed at The Hague) to recognize Joseph Ferdinand’s rights to Spain, the Spanish Netherlands, and the Indies.
May 17, 2024 · Shays ' Rebellion was an 1786 attempt by western Massachusetts farmers to seize an armoury and overthrow the government. The rebellion was prompted by massive economic problems and corruption in the region. The rebellion was defeated but spurred the movement to replace the Articles of Confederation and thus the 1787 Constitutional Convention.
May 15, 2024 · Treaties may be terminated or suspended through a provision in the treaty (if one exists) or by the consent of the parties. In the case of a material breach—i.e., an impermissible repudiation of the treaty or a violation of a provision essential to the treaty’s object or purpose—the innocent party of a bilateral treaty may invoke that breach as a ground for terminating the treaty or ...
