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Common collocations with treaty in American Collocation

treaty noun countable

US /ˈtriti/

international

global
international

There are international treaties concerning good stewardship of the Earth’s resources.

involving two/several countries

bilateral
multilateral

There have been calls for a multilateral treaty on nuclear disarmament.

that a country must legally obey

binding

48 countries have now ratified the first legally binding treaty on biodiversity for food and agriculture.

formal and official

formal

Under a formal peace treaty signed in 1947, the Finns agreed to cede territory to the then USSR.

types of treaty

arms
climate
constitutional
environmental
extradition
human rights
nuclear non-proliferation
peace

Several of those countries do not have extradition treaties with the United States.

sign a treaty

conclude
enter into
join
make
sign

In 1783 the Americans and the British signed a peace treaty in Paris, France.

accept a treaty

accept
agree
approve
ratify

Denmark had to be granted opt-outs from these provisions before the treaty was approved in 1993.

not agree a treaty

oppose
reject
withdraw from

The treaty was opposed by the Christian majority.

start to use a treaty

adopt
implement

Failure to implement the treaty would result in the United Kingdom being in breach of its international obligations.

not obey a treaty

breach
break
violate

Severe penalties will be imposed on anybody involved in activities the violate the treaty.

change the details of a treaty

alter
amend
renegotiate

The Commission should ask the member-states to amend the treaties.

discuss things before making a treaty

negotiate

He later became Earl of Strafford and negotiated the treaty of Utrecht in 1713.

get rid of a treaty

abrogate

Britain agreed to abrogate a treaty which stated that the US and Britain would share control of the canal

start to write the details of a treaty which may be changed

draft

These problems could hardly have been imagined when the original UN drug control treaties were drafted.