Treaties and International Law

National Interest Analyses

National Interest Analyses (NIAs) for the following treaties not found on the New Zealand House of Representatives website are listed below:

• Albatross and Petrel Agreement under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
   
• Beijing Amendment to the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, adopted at the Eleventh Meeting of the Parties in December 1999
   
• Statute of the Hague Conference on Private International Law
   
• Statute of the International Criminal Court - Done at Rome on 17 July 1998
   
• ILO Convention 160 Concerning Labour Statistics, 1985 (cited as the Labour Statistics Convention, 1985) done at Geneva on 25 June 1985
   
• ILO Convention 63 Concerning Statistics of Wages and Hours of Work, 1938 cited as the Convention concerning Statistics of Wages and Hours of Work, 1938) one at Geneva on 20 June 1938
   
• Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - 13 February 2002 - Part I
   
• Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - 13 February 2002 - Part II
   
• Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - 13 February 2002 - Part III
   
• Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - 13 February 2002 - Part IV
   
• Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (Montreal Convention 1999)
  
• New Zealand-Australia Social Security Agreement
   
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women - Done at New York on 12 March 1999
   
• Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations
   
• 1907 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes
   
• Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking of Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime: Done at New York, 15 November 200
   
• Amendments to the Acts of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) comprising the UPU Constitution and the UPU Convention (Adopted by the UPU Assembly on 15 September 1999 at its Beijing Congress)
   
• Protocol of Amendment to the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures - ("the Protocol of Amendment")
   
• Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime Done at New York, 15 November 2000
   
• International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism
   
• International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings
   
• United National Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (CCD)
   
• Convention to Ban the Importation into Forum Island Countries (FICs) of Hazardous and Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within the South Pacific Region, 1995 (the "Waigani Convention")
   
• Agreement Concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment, and Parts which can be Fitted and/or be used on Wheeled Vehicles and Conditions for Reciprocal Recognition of Approvals Granted on the Basis of these Prescriptions, done at Geneva on 20 March 1958 and most recently revised on 16 October 1995 ('1958 Agreement') and Agreement Concerning the Establishment of Global Technical Regulations for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment, and Parts which can be Fitted and/or be used on Wheeled Vehicles, done at Geneva on 25 June 1998 ('1998 Agreement')

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