noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ global , international , regional , union
▪ bilateral , multilateral
▪ formal
▪ draft
▪ commercial , trade
▪ climate , environmental
▪
the 1997 Kyoto climate ~
▪ unequal
▪ cooperation , friendship
▪ non-aggression , peace
▪ arms , arms-control , disarmament , non-proliferation
▪
A multilateral nuclear non-proliferation ~ was to be signed.
▪ defence/defense
▪ human rights
▪ extradition
VERB + TREATY
▪ draft , draw up
▪ negotiate
▪ become a party to , conclude , enter into , make , sign
▪
In September 1871 Japan entered into a commercial ~ with China.
▪ be a party to
▪
Indonesia was not a party to this ~.
▪ vote on
▪ accept , approve , ratify , vote for
▪
All the members have voted to ratify the ~.
▪ reject , vote against
▪ oppose
▪ amend
▪ adhere to , support
▪ be in breach of ( esp. BrE ), breach ( esp. BrE ), break , violate
▪
The new law may be in breach of the Treaty of Rome.
▪
These methods violate international treaties.
▪ abrogate ( technical ), repudiate ( esp. BrE )
▪ enforce
▪ impose
▪
The people felt the ~ had been imposed on them by their government.
▪ be bound by
▪ be laid down by , be laid down in (both esp. BrE )
▪
the criteria laid down in the ~
TREATY + VERB
▪ come into force
▪
The ~ comes into force at midnight on December 31.
▪ provide for
▪
The ~ provides for UN inspection of all countries' weapons systems.
▪ guarantee sth
▪ govern sth , regulate sth
▪ create sth , establish sth
▪ recognize sth
▪ require sth
▪ ban sth , prohibit sth
▪ end sth
▪
In 1713 the Treaty of Utrecht ended the War of the Spanish Succession.
TREATY + NOUN
▪ party ( law )
▪ amendment , changes , revision ( esp. BrE )
▪ negotiations
▪ provision
▪ agreement ( esp. AmE )
▪ terms
▪ law
▪ commitment , obligation
▪ rights
▪ relationship
PREPOSITION
▪ by ~
▪
Certain areas had been ceded by ~.
▪ under a/the ~
▪
These arrangements under the ~ apply to the whole of Europe.
▪ ~ between
▪
a bilateral ~ between the US and Mexico
▪ ~ on
▪
an international ~ on climate change
▪ ~ with
▪
The government concluded a peace ~ with the rebels.
PHRASES
▪ an article of a ~ , a clause of a ~
▪ the provisions of a ~ , the terms of a ~
▪ the ratification of a ~