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Treaties in Force
A List of Treaties and Other International Agreements
of the United States in Force
as of January 1, 2000

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TREATIES IN FORCE
Table of Contents

PART 1: BILATERAL TREATIES AND OTHER AGREEMENTS
AFGHANISTAN 1
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 1
ALBANIA 2
ALGERIA 2
ANGOLA 3
ANTIGUA and BARBUDA 3
ARGENTINA 4
ARMENIA 8
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK . 8
ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
(ASEAN) 8
AUSTRALIA 8
AUSTRIA 12
AZERBAIJAN 14
THE BAHAMAS 14
BAHRAIN 16
BANGLADESH.16
BARBADOS 18
BELARUS 19
BELGIUM 20
BENELUX (BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS,
LUXEMBOURG) 23
BELIZE 23
BENIN 24
BHUTAN 25
BOLIVIA 25
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 28
BOTSWANA 28
BRAZIL 29
BRUNEI 32
BULGARIA 33
BURKINA FASO 34
BURMA 35
BURUNDI 36
CAMBODIA 36
CAMEROON 37
CANADA 38
CAPE VERDE49
CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT 49
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 49
CENTRAL AMERICAN BANK FOR ECONOMIC
INTEGRATION 50
CENTRO REGIONAL DE SISMOLOGIA PARA
AMERICA DEL SUR (CERESIS) 50
CHAD 50
CHILE 50
CHINA 53
HONG KONG 56
MACAO
COLOMBIA 57
COMMISSION OF THE CARTAGENA AGREEMENT
(ANDEAN GROUP) 60
COMOROS 60
CONGO 61
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 61
COOK ISLANDS 63
COSTA RICA 64
COTE D'IVOIRE 66
CROATIA 66
CUBA 67
CUSTOMS COOPERATION COUNCIL 69
CYPRUS 69
CZECH REPUBLIC 70
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 71
DENMARK 72
DJIBOUTI 75
DOMINICA 75
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 76
EAST AFRICAN COMMON SERVICES
ORGANIZATION 79
ECUADOR 79
EGYPT 82
EL SALVADOR 86
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 87
ERITREA 88
ESTONIA 88
ETHIOPIA 89
EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY
(EURATOM) 90
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY 91
EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR THE
EXPLOITATION OF METEOROLOGICAL
SATELLITES (EUMETSAT) 92
EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR
RESEARCH (CERN) 92
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY . 92
FIJI 92
FINLAND 93
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION 95
FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA 96
FRANCE96
FRENCH GUIANA 101
FRENCH POLYNESIA 101
GUADELOUPE 101
MARTINIQUE 101
SOCIETY ISLANDS 101
GABON101
THE GAMBIA102
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON
TARIFFS AND TRADE/
INTERIM COMMISSION FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ORGANIZATION 103
GEORGIA103
GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF 103
GHANA110
GREECE112
GRENADA115
GUATEMALA117
GUINEA119
GUINEA-BISSAU 120
GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL120
GUYANA120
HAGUE CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE
INTERNATIONAL LAW 122
HAITI122
HONDURAS124
HUNGARY 126
ICELAND129
INDIA130
INDONESIA133
INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 137
INTER-AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR COOPERATION
ON AGRICULTURE 137
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY 137
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF
THE PRESERVATION AND THE RESTORATION
OF CULTURAL PROPERTY (ICCROM) 137
PART 1: BILATERAL TREATIES AND OTHER
AGREEMENTS (Cont'd)
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION
ORGANIZATION 137
INTERNATIONAL COTTON ADVISORY COMMITTEE 137
INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC BUREAU 138
INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION 138
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION 138
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND ORGANIZATION

138

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR
MIGRATION138
INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION 138
INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE ORGANIZATION 138
INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE PROSECUTION OF PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR GENOCIDE AND OTHER SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW COMMITTED IN THE TERRITORY OF RWANDA



138
INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE
PROSECUTION OF PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR
SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL
HUMANITARIAN LAW IN THE TERRITORY OF
THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA 139
INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATION
139
INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION 139
IRAN139
IRAQ141
IRELAND141
ISRAEL142
ITALY147
JAMAICA151
JAPAN154
JORDAN161
KAZAKHSTAN 163
KENYA164
KIRIBATI165
KOREA166
KUWAIT170
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC 171
LAKE CHAD BASIN COMMISSION 172
LAOS172
LATVIA172
LEBANON173
LESOTHO175
LIBERIA175
LIBYA178
LIECHTENSTEIN 178
LITHUANIA 178
LUXEMBOURG 179
MADAGASCAR 181
MALAWI182
MALAYSIA182
MALDIVES184
MALI184
MALTA185
MARSHALL ISLANDS 186
MAURITANIA ..187
MAURITIUS188
MEXICO189
MICRONESIA 198
MOLDOVA199
MONACO199
MONGOLIA199
MOROCCO200
MOZAMBIQUE203
MULTINATIONAL FORCE AND OBSERVERS 203
MUTUAL AID AND LOAN GUARANTY FUND OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ENTENTE STATES


203
NAMIBIA204
NAURU204
NEPAL204
NETHERLANDS 205
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES210
NEW CALEDONIA 210
NEW ZEALAND 210
NICARAGUA212
NIGER214
NIGERIA214
NIUE216
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO)
216
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION
AEW&C PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZATION (NAPMO) 216
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION
MAINTENANCE AND SUPPLY ORGANIZATION
(NAMSO) 216
NORWAY217
OMAN220
ORGANIZATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
SENEGAL RIVER 221
ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION
AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) 221
ORGANIZATION FOR THE PROHIBITION OF
CHEMICAL WEAPONS 221
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES 221
PAKISTAN 221
PALAU225
PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION 225
PANAMA225
PAN AMERICAN UNION (See ORGANIZATION OF
AMERICAN STATES)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 228
PARAGUAY 229
PERU 231
PHILIPPINES 234
POLAND239
PORTUGAL 242
PREPARATORY COMMISSION FOR THE
COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATYORGANIZATION
245
QATAR245
ROMANIA 245
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 247
RWANDA 251
SAINT KITTS and NEVIS 251
SAINT LUCIA 252
SAINT VINCENT and THE GRENADINES 253
SAN MARINO 255
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 255
SAUDI ARABIA 255
SENEGAL.256
SEYCHELLES 258
SIERRA LEONE 258
SINGAPORE 260
SLOVAK REPUBLIC 261
SLOVENIA.262
SOLOMON ISLANDS 262
SOMALIA 263
SOUTH AFRICA 264
SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION 265
SOUTH PACIFIC FORUM FISHERIES AGENCY265
SPAIN266
SRI LANKA269
SUDAN271
SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER ATLANTIC (SACLANT)
272
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED POWERS EUROPE (SHAPE)
273
SURINAME273
SWAZILAND274
SWEDEN275
SWITZERLAND 277
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 279
TAJIKISTAN280
TANZANIA280
THAILAND281
TOGO283
TONGA284
TRINIDAD and TOBAGO 285
TUNISIA286
TURKEY288
TURKMENISTAN 292
TUVALU292
UGANDA293
UKRAINE 294
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 297
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 302
UNITED KINGDOM 302
ANGUILLA 312
BERMUDA 312
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 312
GIBRALTAR 312
LEEWARD ISLANDS 313
MONTSERRAT 313
TURKS and CAICOS ISLANDS 313
UNITED NATIONS 313
UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND 314
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME 314
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER
FOR REFUGEES314
UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION 315
URUGUAY315
UZBEKISTAN316
VANUATU317
VATICAN 317
VENEZUELA 317
VIETNAM320
WESTERN SAMOA 321
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM 322
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION . 322
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
ORGANIZATION 322
WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION 322
YEMEN322
YUGOSLAVIA 323
ZAMBIA326
ZIMBABWE 327
CHINA (TAIWAN) 329
PART 2: MULTILATERAL TREATIES AND OTHER AGREEMENTS
AFRICA333
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (See under
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS)
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (See under
FINANCE)
AGRICULTURE (See also FOOD AND
AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION; PATENTS) 333
AIRCRAFT (See AVIATION; TRADE AND
COMMERCE)
ALIENS335
PART 2: MULTILATERAL TREATIES AND
OTHER AGREEMENTS (Cont'd)
ANTARCTICA (See also CONSERVATION) 335
ANZUS PACT (See Security Treaty under DEFENSE)
ARBITRATION (See also CLAIMS; INVESTMENT
DISPUTES; PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF
DISPUTES) 336
ARMISTICE AGREEMENTS (See also KOREA) 337
ARMS CONTROL (See BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS;
ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATION; GAS
WARFARE; NUCLEAR FREE ZONE, TEST BAN,
WEAPONS. See under SEABEDS; SPACE)
ARMS LIMITATION 337
ARTISTIC EXHIBITIONS (See CULTURAL
RELATIONS)
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (See under
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS)
ASTRONAUTS 338
ATLANTIC CHARTER 338
ATOMIC ENERGY (See also NORTH ATLANTIC
TREATY ORGANIZATION; NUCLEAR
MATERIALS; NUCLEAR TEST BAN; NUCLEAR
WEAPONS-NON-PROLIFERATION) 338
AUSTRIA341
AUTOMOTIVE TRAFFIC 342
AVIATION (See also INTERNATIONAL CIVIL
AVIATION ORGANIZATION) 344
BILLS OF LADING (See under MARITIME MATTERS)
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS (See also GAS WARFARE)  350
BRIBERY350
CAMBODIA 351
CHEMICAL WEAPONS 351
CHINA351
CITIZENSHIP (See NATIONALITY)
CLAIMS (See also ARBITRATION; INVESTMENT
DISPUTES; PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF
DISPUTES)352
COLLISIONS AT SEA (See under MARITIME
MATTERS)
COMMERCE (See CUSTOMS; TRADE AND
COMMERCE)
COMMODITIES (See COPPER; FOOD AID; RUBBER;
WHEAT; WINE)
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (See SATELLITE
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS;
TELECOMMUNICATION)
CONCILIATION (See PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF
DISPUTES)
CONSERVATION (See also FISHERIES; POLAR
BEARS; WHALING; WORLD HERITAGE) 352
CONSULS354
CONTAINERS (See also CUSTOMS) 355
CONTINENTAL SHELF (See under MARITIME
MATTERS)
COPPER 356
COPYRIGHT (See also PHONOGRAMS; the Appendix) 356
CULTURAL PROPERTY 358
CULTURAL RELATIONS (See also WORLD
HERITAGE) ...359
CUSTOMS (See also AUTOMOTIVE TRAFFIC;
CULTURAL RELATIONS; TRADE AND
COMMERCE) 361
DEFENSE (See also GERMANY; NORTH ATLANTIC
TREATY ORGANIZATION) 366
DIPLOMATIC AGENTS (See under TERRORISM)
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS 368
DISPUTES (See INVESTMENT DISPUTES; PACIFIC
SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES)
DRUGS (See HEALTH; NARCOTIC DRUGS)
PART 2: MULTILATERAL TREATIES AND
OTHER AGREEMENTS (Cont'd)
ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION
AND DEVELOPMENT
369
EDUCATION (See under CULTURAL RELATIONS)
ENDANGERED SPECIES (See CONSERVATION)
ENERGY (See also ATOMIC ENERGY) 370
ENVIRONMENT 373
ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATION 374
EPIZOOTICS (See under AGRICULTURE)
EUROPEAN COLONIES AND POSSESSIONS (See
under DEFENSE)
EVIDENCE (See under JUDICIAL PROCEDURE)
EXHIBITIONS AND EXPOSITIONS (See under
CULTURAL RELATIONS)
EXTRADITION374
FINANCE (See also FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS;
INVESTMENT DISPUTES; REPARATIONS) . 374
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (See also FINANCE)
FISHERIES (See also CONSERVATION; WHALING) 383
FOOD AID 385
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (See
also AGRICULTURE; FISHERIES; POPLAR
COMMISSION) 385
FORESTRY 386
GAS WARFARE 386
GENEVA CONVENTIONS (See RED CROSS
CONVENTIONS; RULES OF WARFARE)
GENOCIDE387
GERMANY (See also FINANCE; PATENTS;
REPARATIONS) 388
GRAINS (See FOOD AID; WHEAT)
HAGUE CONVENTIONS (See under JUDICIAL
PROCEDURE; PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF
DISPUTES; RULES OF WARFARE)
HEALTH390
HIJACKING (See under AVIATION)
HOSTAGES (See under TERRORISM)
HUMAN RIGHTS 392
HYDROGRAPHY 393
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY (See also INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY; PATENTS) 393
INSULAR POSSESSIONS 397
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 397
INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (See
under FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS)
INTER-AMERICAN (RIO) TREATY OF RECIPROCAL
ASSISTANCE (See under DEFENSE)
INTERGOVERNMENTAL MARITIME
CONSULTATIVE ORGANIZATION (See
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION)
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (See
under ATOMIC ENERGY)
INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION
AND DEVELOPMENT (See under FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS)
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION
ORGANIZATION (See also AVIATION) 398
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE 400
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW INSTITUTE
(See under ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL
COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT)
INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY (See under
ENERGY)
INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION (See
under LABOR)
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION 400
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (See under
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS)
PART 2: MULTILATERAL TREATIES AND OTHER AGREEMENTS (Cont'd)
INTERNATIONAL TRACING SERVICE 401
INVESTMENT DISPUTES 401
JUDICIAL PROCEDURE 402
KOREA 404
LABOR 404
LAND-LOCKED STATES (See under TRADE AND
COMMERCE)
LAOS 409
LAW, PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL (See also
JUDICIAL PROCEDURE) 409
LAW OF SEA (See under FISHERIES; MARITIME
MATTERS; SEABEDS)
LOAD LINES (See under MARITIME MATTERS)
MARINE POLLUTION 410
MARINE SCIENCE 413
MARITIME MATTERS (See also INTERNATIONAL
MARITIME ORGANIZATION; LABOR; MARINE
POLLUTION; RED CROSS CONVENTIONS; RULES OF WARFARE; SEABEDS) 413
METEOROLOGY (See WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION)
METROLOGY (See under WEIGHTS AND MEASURES)
MIGRATION 422
MOROCCO 423
MOSCOW AGREEMENT (See under WORLD WAR II)
NARCOTIC DRUGS 423
NATIONALITY 426
NORTH ATLANTIC ICE PATROL (See under
MARITIME MATTERS)
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION
(NATO) (See also PATENTS 427
NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS 431
NUCLEAR ENERGY (See ATOMIC ENERGY)
NUCLEAR FREE ZONE-LATIN AMERICA 432
NUCLEAR MATERIALS 432
NUCLEAR SAFETY 433
NUCLEAR TEST BAN 433
NUCLEAR WEAPONS-NON-PROLIFERATION (See
also SEABEDS) 434
OCEAN DUMPING (See MARINE POLLUTION)
OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH 435
OIL POLLUTION (See MARINE POLLUTION)
OPIUM (See NARCOTIC DRUGS)
ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION
AND DEVELOPMENT (See under ECONOMIC AND
TECHNICAL COOPERATION AND
DEVELOPMENT)
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES 435
PACIFIC CHARTER (See under DEFENSE)
PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES (See also
ARBITRATION; INVESTMENT DISPUTES) 435
PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY 437
PAN AMERICAN UNION (See ORGANIZATION OF
AMERICAN STATES)
PANAMA CANAL (See in bilateral section PANAMA:
CANALS)
PATENTS (See also INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY;
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; PHONOGRAMS) 437
PEACE TREATIES (See also VIET-NAM) . 440
PEACEKEEPING 441
PHONOGRAMS 441
POLAR BEARS441
POLLUTION (See also MARINE POLLUTION) 441
POPLAR COMMISSION 444
POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS 444
POTSDAM AGREEMENT (See under WORLD WAR II)
PRISONER TRANSFER 447
PART 2: MULTILATERAL TREATIES AND
OTHER AGREEMENTS (Cont'd)
PRISONERS OF WAR (See RED CROSS
CONVENTIONS; RULES OF WARFARE)
PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW (See LAW,
PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL)
PUBLICATIONS 448
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION . 449
RADIO (See TELECOMMUNICATION)
RECIPROCAL ASSISTANCE, INTER-AMERICAN (See
under DEFENSE)
RED CROSS CONVENTIONS (See also
INTERNATIONAL TRACING SERVICE; RULES OF
WARFARE)450
REFUGEES 452
RENUNCIATION OF WAR 452
REPARATIONS (See also FINANCE: WORLD WAR II
RELATED AGREEMENTS) 453
RICE COMMISSION, INTERNATIONAL (See under
AGRICULTURE)
RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF STATES (See STATES,
RIGHTS AND DUTIES)
RIO TREATY (See under DEFENSE)
ROAD TRAFFIC (See under AUTOMOTIVE TRAFFIC)
RUBBER 454
RULES OF WARFARE (See also RED CROSS
CONVENTIONS; WAR CRIMINALS) 454
SABOTAGE (See under AVIATION)
SAFETY AT SEA (See under MARITIME MATTERS)
SALE OF GOODS (See under TRADE AND
COMMERCE)
SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS 457
SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION 459
SEA, LAW OF (See under FISHERIES; MARITIME
MATTERS)
SEABEDS 459
SHIPPING (See under MARITIME MATTERS; RULES
OF WARFARE)
SLAVERY (See also TRAFFIC IN WOMEN AND
CHILDREN)460
SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION 461
SOUTHEAST ASIA TREATY ORGANIZATION
(SEATO) (See under DEFENSE)
SPACE (See also ASTRONAUTS) 461
SPITZBERGEN463
STATES, RIGHTS AND DUTIES 463
SUBMARINE CABLES (See under
TELECOMMUNICATION)
TANGIER, STATUS OF (See MOROCCO)
PART 2: MULTILATERAL TREATIES AND
OTHER AGREEMENTS (Cont'd)
TAXATION 464
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 464
TELECOMMUNICATION (See also SATELLITE
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS) 464
TERRORISM 470
TEXTILES (See under TRADE AND COMMERCE)
TIMBER471
TONNAGE MEASUREMENT (See under MARITIME
MATTERS)
TORTURE472
TRADE AND COMMERCE (See also CUSTOMS) 472
TRADE-MARKS (See INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY)
TRAFFIC IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN 475
TRANSPORTATION-FOODSTUFFS 475
TRIESTE (See under PEACE TREATIES)
UNITED NATIONS 476
VIET-NAM
WAR (See RED CROSS CONVENTIONS;
RENUNCIATION OF WAR; RULES OF WARFARE;
WORLD WAR II)
WAR CRIMINALS (See also RULES OF WARFARE)  478
WARSAW CONVENTION (See under AVIATION)
WEAPONS 478
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 479
WETLANDS (See under CONSERVATION)
WHALING 479
WHEAT 480
WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC (See TRAFFIC IN WOMEN
AND CHILDREN)
WILDLIFE PRESERVATION (See CONSERVATION;
FISHERIES; POLAR BEARS; WHALING)
WINE 481
WOMEN-POLITICAL RIGHTS (See also
NATIONALITY) 481
WORLD BANK (See under FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS)
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (See HEALTH)
WORLD HERITAGE 482
WORLD INTELLECTUCAL PROPERTY
ORGANIZATION (See INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY)
WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION 483
WORLD WAR II (See also ARMISTICE
AGREEMENTS; PEACE TREATIES;
REPARATIONS; WAR CRIMINALS) 484
APPENDIX: INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT
RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES . 487


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