The Bangladesh–India Treaty on sharing the waters of the Ganges River and the India–Nepal Treaty on sharing the waters of the Mahakali River [36 I.L.M. 531 (1997)] are intended to bring to an end long–running differences between India and her neighbors over the entitlement to water flows following the construction by India of barrages on the Ganges and Mahakali Rivers. The treaties establish long–term water discharge regimes of 30 and 75 years respectively, focusing on the utilization of waters rather than their conservation.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Port State Control in the Caribbean Region is the fourth in a series commencing in 1982 with the Paris Memorandum (Europe). The other two cover the Latin American (1992) and Asia Pacific (1993) regions, and further regional developments are in the offing. These documents represent an innovative exercise by port states at the regional level to guard against accidents and pollution caused by vessels that do not conform with generally accepted international rules and standards. Following the practice of the Paris MOU, most also ensure conformity with international standards for seafarers to ensure acceptable living and working conditions on board ships. Each MOU identifies the relevant rules by reference to specific conventions adopted under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the International Labor Organization (ILO).

On December 29, 1996, the Guatemalan government and guerrillas of the Unidad Revoludonaria Nadonal Guatemalteca (Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity) (URNG) signed an “Accord for a Firm and Lasting Peace,” formally ending Central America's longest and bloodiest internal armed conflict. According to estimates by Guatemalan human rights groups, brutal counterinsurgency campaigns by the army and civil defense groups took over 100,000 lives, resulted in the “disappearance” of some 40,000 others, and produced hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced persons.

[The U.S. will suspend enforcement of Title III in lieu of efforts by the EU and other allies to promote democracy in Cuba; the U.S. President will seek authority to grant waivers of enforcement of Title IV to countries that have developed disciplines and principles for the strengthening of investment protection, particularly through the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI)]

The Hungarian-Romanian Treaty of Understanding, Cooperation and Good Neighborliness is the latest in a series of 13 framework treaties concluded by Hungary after 1989, regulating fundamental elements of interstate contact and settling certain specific disputes. That is why both parties refer to it as the Hungarian-Romanian “Basic Treaty”, as is the case with the two most frequently discussed forerunners to it, the Hungarian-Ukrainian Basic Treaty (done at Kiev on December 6, 1991 and entered into force on June 16, 1993), and the Hungarian-Slovak Basic Treaty (done at Paris on March 19, 1995 and entered into force on May 15, 1996).

• His Majesty's Government of Nepal and the Government of India (hereinafter referred to as the “Parties”)

• Reaffirming the determination to promote and strengthen their relations of friendship and close neighbourliness for the co–operation in the development of water resources; Recognizing that the Mahakali River is a boundary river on major stretches between the two countries;

• Realizing the desirability to enter into a treaty on the basis of equal partnership to define their obligations and corresponding rights and duties thereto in regard to the waters of the Mahakali River and its utilization;

Pursuant to Article VII of Annex I of the Israeli–Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, dated September 28, 1995 (“the Interim Agreement”), which deals with the redeployment of Israeli military forces in the City of Hebron and provides that there will be a Temporary International Presence in Hebron, Israel and the PLO agree as follows: