What is Treaty?
[[Image:Treaty of Tordesillas.jpg|thumb|The Treaty of Tordesillas]] A '''treaty''' is a written [[agreement]] between two or more parties, which may be [[country|countries]] or other important groups, about any subject. Treaties usually settle or avoid [[dispute]]s. Countries may agree to end a [[war]] or to declare war on a common [[enemy]] by promising to come to the aid of another country if it is attacked. They may allow allow each other's [[citizen]]s or merchandise to cross [[border]]s freely, such as the [[European Union]], which is the result of treaties between most countries in [[Europe]]. In general, treaties are usually used to settle [[dispute]]s, or to avoid disputes. == Famous treaties == * 1494 - [[Treaty of Tordesillas]] * 1783 - [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] * 1814 - [[Congress of Vienna]] * 1840 - [[Treaty of Waitangi]] * 1919 - [[Treaty of Versailles]] * 1928 - [[Kellogg-Briand Pact]] * 1935 - [[Roerich Pact]] * 1938 - [[Munich Agreement]] * 1944 - [[Bretton Woods Agreement]] * 1945 - [[United Nations Charter]] (not strictly a treaty) * 1947 - [[General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade]] * 1949 - [[North Atlantic Treaty]] * 1955 - [[Warsaw Pact]] * 1957 - [[Treaty of Rome]] * 1968 - [[Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty]] * 1992 - [[Treaty of Maastricht]] * 1993 - [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]] * 1998 - [[Good Friday Agreement]] ==Related pages== * [[Peace treaty]] * [[Ratification]] * [[Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties]] {{Law}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Treaties| ]] {{stub}}