| Various protocols under CLRTAP. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Long-Range_Tra... Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (the basis for modern high seas piracy law) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_for_the_Suppressi... Wellington Convention (prohibition on long drift net fishing in the Pacific) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_Convention 1990 Chemical Weapons Accord (bilateral between US and Russia) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_Chemical_Weapons_Accord UNFCCC (basis of UN climate negotiations) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Framework_Con... Convention on Biological Diversity https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Biological_Div... Chemical Weapons Convention https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Weapons_Convention Aarhus Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarhus_Protocol_on_Persisten... Kyoto Protocol https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (establishes the ICC) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome_Statute ... and then everything after 2000 too. I know it's en vogue on HN to bash the UN/international diplomacy as useless, but it's illogical to expect a lot of smart folks, working hard for enough time, not to produce useful things. And there's a lot of tragedy-of-the-commons problems which the UN is an excellent forum to solve. |