On May 18, at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Lincoln's friends promised and manipulated and won the nomination on the third ballot, beating candidates such as William H. Seward and Salmon P. Chase.

* The Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities ( 1988 ) ( signed in 1988, not in force )

* Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

In 1860, the Tennessee delegation nominated Johnson for president at the Democratic National Convention, and Johnson tentatively offered himself as a Vice-President on the Douglas ticket as a back up plan.

At the Democratic Convention, when he came in second on the first ballot and faded from there, it became clear that he was too unpopular to run.

* 1961 – The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a cornerstone of modern international relations, is adopted.

The following year, The Guardian challenged the succession law in court, claiming that it violated the European Convention on Human Rights, which provides " The enjoyment of the rights and freedoms set forth in this Convention shall be secured without discrimination on any ground such as sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status.

The Convention on Offenses and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft (" Tokyo Convention ") is a multilateral convention, done at Tokyo between 20 August and 14 September 1963, coming into force on 4 December 1963, and is applicable to offenses against penal law and to any acts jeopardizing the safety of persons or property on board civilian aircraft while in-flight and engaged in international air navigation.

Signed at The Hague on 16 December 1970, the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft contains 14 articles relating to what constitutes hijacking as well as guidelines for what is expected of governments when dealing with hijackings.

See the United Nations website for full text on " Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation ".

DiFranco went on to perform at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Internationally, DMT is a Schedule I drug under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances.

The Commentary on the Convention on Psychotropic Substances notes, however, that the plants containing it are not subject to international control :< ref >

A fax from the Secretary of the International Narcotics Control Board to the Netherlands Ministry of Public Health sent in 2001 goes on to state that " Consequently, preparations ( e. g. decoctions ) made of these plants, including ayahuasca, are not under international control and, therefore, not subject to any of the articles of the 1971 Convention.

A number of international treaties on the long range transport of atmospheric pollutants have been agreed for example, Sulphur Emissions Reduction Protocol under the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution.

Map showing Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution signatories ( green ) and ratifications ( dark green ) as of July 2007

* Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes, opened for signature on 31 October 1988 and entered into force on 14 February 1991, was to provide for the control or reduction of nitrogen oxides and their transboundary fluxes.

* Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

The Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants is an agreement to provide for the control and reduction of emissions of persistent organic pollutants ( POPs ) in order to reduce their transboundary fluxes so as to protect human health and the environment from adverse effects.

* Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

The Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or Their Transboundary Fluxes by at Least 30 % is an agreement to provide for a 30 % reduction in sulphur emissions or transboundary fluxes by 1993.

The Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions is an agreement to provide for a further reduction in sulphur emissions or transboundary fluxes.

* Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

The Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes is an agreement to provide for the control and reduction of emissions of volatile organic compounds in order to reduce their transboundary fluxes so as to protect human health and the environment from adverse effects.

* Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, usually known simply as the Basel Convention, is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and specifically to prevent transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries ( LDCs ).

Since 1979 the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution has addressed some of the major environmental problems of the UNECE region through scientific collaboration and policy negotiation.

** Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

* Silva-Send, Nilmini ( 2007 ) Preventing regional air pollution in Asia: the potential role of the European Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution in Asian regions University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany, OCLC 262737812

The Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context is a United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ( UNECE ) convention signed in Espoo, Finland, in 1991 that entered into force in 1997.

* Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context

In Europe the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context the so called Espoo Convention laid the foundations for the introduction of SEA in 1991.

Conventions which used the Franc Poincaré included the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air, the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage and the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage.

There were approximately 30 international conventions which the Court had similar jurisdiction under, including the Treaty of Versailles, the Air Navigation Convention, the Treaty of St. Germain and all mandates signed by the League of Nations.

In the opinion of Major Gary D. Brown, United States Air Force ( USAF ), this means that " he Hague Convention specified that parole breakers would forfeit their right to be treated as prisoners of war if recaptured.

Recognize the rights, privileges and obligations provided for by multilateral aviation agreements, particularly the 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation ( The Chicago Convention ) and the 1944 International Air Services Transit Agreement.

Air Supply at the Subic Convention Center, Philippines on 12 June 2008.

After the war, Britain committed Canada to the International Convention for Air Navigation, part of the Peace Convention signed by Britain in Paris in 1919.

Carbon storage in or under oceans may not be compatible with the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter.

# REDIRECT Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter

party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes ( Basel Convention ), Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection ( Montreal Protocol ), Ship Pollution ( MARPOL 73 / 78 ), Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands ( Ramsar Convention ), Whaling

# REDIRECT Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter

China is a party to the Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, the Antarctic Treaty, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Climate Change treaty, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, the Endangered Species treaty, the Hazardous Wastes treaty, the Law of the Sea, the International Tropical Timber Agreements of 1983 and 1994, the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, and agreements on Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, and Wetlands protection.

* 1978 Convention on Ship Pollution