In 1988, at the bidding of the states, Congress restricted our rights by requiring Indian nations to enter agreements with the states before operating casino-type games.

Instead the treaty requires nations to institute programs to reduce emissions.

Fast-track legislation should commit the United States to negotiate trade accords requiring developing nations to spread the benefits of economic growth.

It has also set off debate over whether such accords can require other nations to raise wages and protect the environment.

The treaty, called the Kyoto Protocol, requires industrialized nations to reduce releases of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, which trap heat in the atmosphere.

To sustain such operations requires nations with worldwide interests, money and manpower, and there aren't many.

The I.M.F. requires nations seeking financial aid to meet certain conditions on government spending and economic growth.

International law requires nations to declare when they mine an area, in order to make it easier for civil shipping to avoid the mines.

Further, the Kyoto agreement on global warming would require developed nations to reduce greatly the emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide.

It requires nations that have signed the convention to do whatever is necessary to prevent genocide.