Status- Table of contents


CHAPTER X. International Trade and Development
(An asterisk indicates that an agreement has expired or has terminated, or has been superseded by a subsequent agreement)


1.a. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade*

Geneva, 30 October 1947.


1.b. Havana Charter for an International Trade Organization*

Havana, 24 March 1948.


1.c. Agreement on most-favoured-nation treatment for areas of Western Germany under military occupation*

Geneva, 14 September 1948.


1.d. Memorandum of understanding relative to application to the Western Sectors of Berlin of the Agreement on most-favoured-nation treatment for areas of Western Germany under military occupation*

Annecy, 13 August 1949.



2. Agreement establishing the African Development Bank

Khartoum, 4 August 1963.


2.a. Amendments to the Agreement establishing the African Development Bank

Abidjan, 17 May 1979.


2.b. Agreement establishing the African Development Bank done at Khartoum on 4 August 1963, as amended by resolution 05-79 adopted by the Board of Governors on 17 May 1979

Lusaka, 7 May 1982.



3. Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States

New York, 8 July 1965.


4. Agreement establishing the Asian Development Bank

Manila, 4 December 1965.


5. Articles of Association for the establishment of an Economic Community of West Africa

Accra, 4 May 1967.


6. Agreement establishing the Caribbean Development Bank

Kingston, 18 October 1969.


7. Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods

New York, 14 June 1974.


7.a. Protocol amending the Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods

Vienna, 11 April 1980.


7.b. Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods, as amended by the Protocol of 11 April 1980

New York, 14 June 1974.



8. Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development

Rome, 13 June 1976.


9. Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Vienna, 8 April 1979.


10. United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

Vienna, 11 April 1980.


11. Charter of the Asian and Pacific Development Centre

Bangkok, 1 April 1982.


11.a. Amendments to the Charter of the Asian and Pacific Development Centre

Kuala Lumpur, 16 July 1998.



12. United Nations Convention on International Bills of Exchange and International Promissory Notes

New York, 9 December 1988.


13. United Nations Convention on the Liability of Operators of Transport Terminals in International Trade

Vienna, 17 April 1991.


14. Agreement to establish the South Centre

Geneva, 1 September 1994.


15. United Nations Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand-by Letters of Credit

New York, 11 December 1995.


16. Agreement Establishing the Bank for Economic Cooperation and Development in the Middle East and North Africa

Cairo, 28 August 1996.


17. United Nations Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade

New York, 12 December 2001.


18. United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts

New York, 23 November 2005.