On March 14, 2002, an agreement was signed to transform the FRY into a loose state union called Serbia and Montenegro ; it took effect on February 4, 2003.

In 2002 Chile signed an association agreement with the European Union ( comprising FTA, political and cultural agreements ), in 2003, an extensive free trade agreement with the United States, and in 2004 with South Korea, expecting a boom in import and export of local produce and becoming a regional trade-hub.

Pitcher Darryl Kile ( who died in 2002 ) signed as a free agent in the offseason, struggled in Colorado, going 13 – 17 with a 5. 20 ERA — a far cry from his numbers the prior year as a member of the Houston Astros, when he went 19 – 7 with a 2. 57 ERA.

In 2002, Compaq signed a merger agreement with Hewlett-Packard for $ 24. 2 billion, including $ 14. 45 billion for goodwill, where each Compaq share would be exchanged for 0. 6325 of a Hewlett-Packard share.

In October 2002, the new president was successful in getting occupying Rwandan forces to withdraw from eastern Congo ; two months later, an agreement was signed by all remaining warring parties to end the fighting and set up a Transition Government, the make-up of which would allow representation for all negotiating parties.

Under the Global and All-Inclusive Agreement, signed on 17 December 2002, in Pretoria, there was to be one President and four Vice-Presidents, one from the government, one from the Rally for Congolese Democracy, one from the MLC, and one from civil society.

* An agreement concerning the use of the Port of Djibouti and the transit of cargo, was signed in Djibouti between the two countries on 13 April 2002, and ratified by the Ethiopian Federal Parliamentary Assembly on 4 June of the same year.

Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling, Air Pollution – Persistent Organic Pollutants ( signed 2001, ratified 2002 ), Climate Change – Kyoto Protocol ( signed May 1998, ratified together with 14 other EU countries May 31, 2002 ).

In addition, it works with several major standards development organizations, including the IEEE with which it signed a cooperation agreement in 2002, which was amended in 2008 to include joint development work.

To reduce phosphorus inputs to this part of the Lake, Vermont and Quebec agreed to reduce their inputs by 60 % and 40 %, respectively, by an agreement signed in 2002.

An international agreement was signed in 2002 in Ghent, Belgium about the management of the river amongst France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Belgium.

During 2002 Nauru severed diplomatic recognition with Taiwan ( Republic of China ) and signed an agreement to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.

* Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty ( SORT or Moscow Treaty )— signed 2002, into force 2003: A very loose treaty that is often criticized by arms control advocates for its ambiguity and lack of depth, Russia and the United States agreed to reduce their " strategic nuclear warheads " ( a term that remain undefined in the treaty ) to between 1, 700 and 2, 200 by 2012.

In 2002, the Sri Lankan government and LTTE signed a Norwegian-mediated ceasefire agreement.

In October 2002, Alcoa and BHP Billiton signed a letter of intent as the basis for new joint ventures between the two companies, in which Alcoa will take part for 55 % in all bauxite mining activities in West Suriname.

Switzerland played a key role in brokering a truce agreement between the Sudanese Government and Sudan People's Liberation Army for the Nuba Mountains region, signed after a week's negotiations taking place near Lucerne in January 2002.

Congress passed and President Bush signed the Homeland Security Act of 2002, creating the Department of Homeland Security, representing the largest restructuring of the U. S. government in contemporary history.

This boundary dispute was settled in agreements signed in 2002 that would cede 1, 000 km² of Pamir mountain range to China in return for China relinquishing claims to 28, 000 km² of Tajik lands.

On 6 May 2002, the Israeli government released a report, based in part on documents captured during the Israeli raid of Arafat's Ramallah headquarters, which included copies of papers signed by Arafat authorizing funding for al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades ' activities.

In June 2002, over 100 evangelical leaders signed a ' Statement of Concern ' opposing the TNIV.

In 2002, Williams signed a record-breaking £ 80 million contract with EMI.

It became an independent nation in 2002 ; and Macau was handed over to the Chinese as per a treaty in 1999.

In 2002, a new treaty between France and Monaco clarifies that if there are no heirs to carry on the dynasty, the Principality will remain an independent nation, rather than be annexed by France.

The treaty entered into force on January 2, 2002, after Russia and Belarus completed ratification procedures.

Until entry into force in January 2002, DTRA support for the treaty involved participating in training and joint trial flights ( JTFs ).

With entry into force of the treaty, formal observation flights began in August 2002.

The treaty entered into force on 1 July 2002 ; the ICC can only prosecute crimes committed on or after that date.

In 2002, a new treaty between France and Monaco clarifies that if there are no heirs to carry on the dynasty, the principality will remain an independent nation rather than revert to France ( which were the terms of the previous arrangement ).

In 2002, Monaco renegotiated its 1918 treaty with France.

The appointment of a papal diplomatic representative to the Principality was subsequent to the revision of Monaco's treaty with France which was revised in 2002 and ratified in 2005.

The treaty came into force on 23 July 1952 and expired on 23 July 2002, exactly fifty years after it came into effect.

Two important historical events have dramatically reshaped Berchtesgadener Land in recent years, namely Austria's signing of the Schengen treaty in 1990 and the introduction of the Euro in 2002 in both Germany and Austria.

The ECSC's treaty had a 50 year limit and thus expired in 2002, all its activities are now absorbed into the European Community.

In 2002, the Treaty of Paris which established the European Coal and Steel Community ( one of the three communities which comprised the European Communities ) expired, having reached its 50 year limit ( as the first treaty, it was the only one with a limit ).

In early 2002, the Government of Sierra Leone and the United Nations signed a bilateral treaty establishing the Special Court for Sierra Leone, mandated to try those who " bear the greatest responsibility " for crimes against humanity, war crimes and other serious violations of international humanitarian law.

* Timor-Leste ( gained independence from UN in 2002 ), no Community treaty applied there

On 14 June 2002, Russia withdrew from the treaty in response to U. S. withdrawal from the ABM Treaty.

Thus the START II treaty was officially bypassed by the SORT treaty, agreed to by Presidents George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin at their summit meeting in November 2001, and signed at Moscow Summit on 24 May 2002.

The treaty was submitted for ratification on December 2002.

Until 2002, a treaty between Monaco and France stated that if the reigning Prince ever failed to leave dynastic offspring then sovereignty over the Grimaldi realm would revert to France.

In 2002, President George W. Bush withdrew the US from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, allowing further development and testing of ABMs under the Missile Defense Agency, and allowing for deployment of interceptor vehicles beyond the single site allowed under the treaty.

Attorney General John Ashcroft made a similar argument on behalf of the Justice Department by letter to the President dated February 1, 2002, when he wrote that a presidential determination “ against treaty application would provide the highest assurance that no court would subsequently entertain charges that American military officers, intelligence officials or law enforcement officials violated Geneva Convention rules relating to field conduct, detention conduct or interrogation of detainees.