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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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