Unlike marriage which has an international recognised legal status, there are no international treaties on recognition of unmarried couple's legal status.

Around 1218 his father arranged his marriage with Princess Anna, daughter of King Ottokar I of Bohemia ; this union with the royal Přemyslid dynasty allowed Henry II to participate actively in international politics.

During this time, Louis XI did all he could to prevent the marriage, demanding that the Pope refuse to give a dispensation for the marriage ( the pair were cousins in the fourth degree ), promising trade favours to the English, undermining Edward's credit with the international bankers to prevent him being able to pay for Margaret's dowry, encouraging a Lancastrian invasion of Wales, and slandering Margaret, claiming that she was not a virgin and had borne a bastard son.

The police, district attorneys, and medical examiners of fictional Monticello, USA, dealt with a steady onslaught of gangsters, drug dealers, blackmailers, cultists, international spies, corrupt politicians, psychopaths, and murderous debutantes, while at the same time coping with more usual soap opera problems like courtship, marriage, divorce, child custody battles, and amnesia.

The conference dealt with the question of the inter-relations of Anglican international bodies and issues such as marriage and family, human rights, poverty and debt, environment, militarism, justice and peace.

The term " mail-order bride " is both criticized by owners ( and customers ) of international marriage agencies and used by them as an easily-recognizable term.

Mail-order brides work with " international marriage agencies.

This network of smaller international marriage agencies is often affiliated with web-based international dating sites that are able to market their services on a larger scale, in compliance with regulations such as the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act.

Her marriage to the Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough became an international emblem of the socially advantageous, but loveless marriages common during the Gilded Age.

Amenhotep III's refusal to allow one of his daughters to be married to the Babylonian monarch may indeed be connected with Egyptian traditional royal practices that could provide a claim upon the throne through marriage to a royal princess, or, it be viewed as a shrewd attempt on his part to enhance Egypt's prestige over those of her neighbours in the international world.

True Love Waits ( TLW ) is an international Christian group that promotes sexual abstinence outside of marriage for teenagers and college students.

He served as Foreign Minister until 1980, acquiring a reputation as an international playboy, particularly through his well-publicised relationship with Shirley MacLaine ( his marriage had by this time ended in divorce ).

In a New York Times article in 2010, Valerie Plame said that the disclosure " destroyed ( her husband's ) international consulting business, wrecked her espionage career and nearly took down their marriage.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO ) ( Italian: Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l ' Alimentazione e l ' Agricoltura ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

Greenpeace received international attention during the 1980s when the French intelligence agency bombed the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, one of the most well-known vessels operated by Greenpeace, killing one individual.

In September 1954, the United States proposed to the General Assembly the creation of an international agency to take control of fissile material, which could be used either for nuclear power or for nuclear weapons.

The International Labour Organization ( ILO ) is a United Nations agency dealing with labour issues, particularly international labour standards and decent work for all.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ( OHCHR ) is a United Nations agency that works to promote and protect the human rights that are guaranteed under international law and stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948.

In August 1940 he was appointed and served as President of Interpol ( the international law enforcement agency ).

In the early 2000s, the state telecommunications agency, Tajiktelekom, received international aid to upgrade the telephone system.

It follows the exploits of two secret agents, played by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, who work for a fictitious secret international espionage and law-enforcement agency called U. N. C. L. E.

The Washington Times was founded in 1982 by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate associated with the Unification Church which also owns newspapers in South Korea, Japan, and South America, as well as the news agency United Press International.

The IRO was the first international agency to deal comprehensively with all aspects pertaining to refugees ' lives.

The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide.

The United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) is an international institution ( a programme, rather than an agency of the UN ) that coordinates United Nations environmental activities, assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices.

The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration ( UNRRA ) was an international relief agency, largely dominated by the United States but representing 44 nations.

The World Health Organization ( WHO ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations ( UN ) that is concerned with international public health.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development ( IFAD ), ( Italian: Fondo Internazionale per lo Sviluppo Agricolo ), a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference.

A major international television network is the British Broadcasting Corporation, or BBC which is perhaps most well known for its news agency BBC News.

* United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, a United Nations agency promulgating automotive technical regulations based on international consensus

United Press International ( UPI ) is a once-major international news agency, whose newswires, photo, news film and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines and radio and television stations for most of the twentieth century.

Facing news industry skepticism about their background and qualifications to run an international news agency, Ruhe and Geissler watched an increase in contract cancellations.

* Method Incorporated, an international brand experience agency

The lead international agency coordinating refugee protection is the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ), which counted 8, 400, 000 refugees worldwide at the beginning of 2006.

The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide.

In the case of international sales, a license from the public agency of aviation or transport of the country where the aircraft is to be used is also necessary.

In 1853, in Turin, Guglielmo Stefani founded the Agenzia Stefani, that became the most important agency in the Kingdom of Italy, and took international relevance with Manlio Morgagni.

The Assembly has the power to decide the direction of domestic and foreign policy ; approve or amend the constitution ; declare war on another state ; ratify or annul international treaties ; elect the President of the Republic, the Supreme Court, and the Attorney General and his or her deputies ; and control the activity of state radio and television, state news agency, and other official information media.

He also demanded that Kennedy take additional measures to increase international tension: specifically to crush the Cuban revolution, resume nuclear testing, resist more vigorously admission of China to its lawful seat in the United Nations, and postpone non-military programs at home ''.

The Office of Foreign and Domestic Commerce is also active in the field of international trade, assisting Rhode Island firms in developing and enlarging markets abroad.

We should hope that peace corps projects will be truly international and that our citizens will find themselves working alongside citizens of the host country and also volunteers from other lands.

It is not surprising that the international obligations of states were also viewed in terms of contract.

He said Britain also proposed that the international truce commission should be reconvened, sent to New Delhi and from there to Laos to verify the cease-fire.

But it also briefly suggested the possibility of a meeting with Mr. Khrushchev before the end of the year if the international climate were favorable and schedules permitted.

It also makes a fine introduction to the international art form with good examples of Italian and English madrigals plus several French `` chansons ''.

The Communion is held together by a shared history, expressed in its ecclesiology, polity and ethos and also by participation in international consultative bodies.

His motto, " All is well since all grows better ", served not only as a good rationalization of his successful business career but also in his view of international relations.

Due to mutual agreements with foreign clubs, the youth academy has also signed foreign players as teenagers before making first team debuts, such as Belgian defensive trio Jan Vertonghen, Toby Alderweireld and Thomas Vermaelen ( now with Arsenal ) and winger Tom de Mul ( now with Sevilla ), all of whom are full internationals as well as Dutch youth international Javier Martina and Vurnon Anita of the Netherlands Antilles.

These activists also point out that heavy subsidization of developed nations ' agriculture and the aggressive use of export subsidies by some developed nations to make their agricultural products more attractive on the international market are major causes of declines in the agricultural sectors of many developing nations.

Susan George of the Transnational Institute has also been a long-term influence on the movement, as the writer of books since 1986 on hunger, debt, international financial institutions and capitalism.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also known as Itamaraty, is the government department responsible for advising the President and conducting Brazil's foreign relations with other countries and international bodies.

Because of a wine glut ( wine lake ) in the generic production, the price squeeze induced by an increasingly strong international competition, and vine pull schemes, the number of growers has recently dropped from 14, 000 and the area under vine has also decreased significantly.

Amateur boxing is an Olympic and Commonwealth sport and is a common fixture in most of the major international games-it also has its own World Championships.

Lara stated this would be his last appearance in international cricket, he has also indicated his interest in retaining some involvement in the sport.

The city is known for hosting the 1992 Summer Olympics as well as world-class conferences and expositions and also many international sport tournaments.

Barcelona is the transport hub with one of Europe's principal ports, Barcelona international airport, which handles above 34 million passengers per year, extensive motorway network and also is a hub of high-speed rail, particularly that which is intended to link Spain with France and the rest of Europe as the second longest in the world.

Basic English, also known as Simple English, is an English-based controlled language created ( in essence as a simplified subset of English ) by linguist and philosopher Charles Kay Ogden as an international auxiliary language, and as an aid for teaching English as a Second Language.

He was also hesitant to change the formula that had brought him such success, and feared that giving the Tramp a voice would limit his international appeal.

A treaty which establishes an international organization is also its constitution, in that it would define how that organization is constituted.

Certain international trade laws, such as those on intellectual property, are also enforced in India.

It also participates in most international conferences on economic and political issues.

The boom in the Cayman Islands ' international finance industry can also be at least partly attributed to the British overseas territory having no direct taxation.

There are also international services to most other countries in South America.