Introduction
The UN is one of the most significant international
organisations. Their purpose revolves around ensuring and
maintaining international peace and cooperation, and through them,
numerous international treaties arise.
International treaties require all related nations and states to
sign and ratify the agreements before they come into effect. The
reason for this is due to the sovereign nature of different states.
Countries are above the power of even international authorities and
entities. As such, for any global regulation to have an effect, the
nations must sign and ratify.
A recent UN treaty is the Singapore Convention on Mediation. It
is named after Singapore though it is an international agreement. A
total of 46 states attended the signing ceremony, including world
leaders such as the US and China.
