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The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire by the United States for a sum of $7.2 million in 1867 (equivalent to $129 million in 2023) [1].On May 15 of that year, the United States Senate ratified a bilateral treaty that had been signed on March 30, and American sovereignty became legally effective across the territory on October 18.
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Employment Service Convention: 1948 C088: 91 4. Unemployment: Night Work (Women) Convention (Revised) 1948 C089: 67 1. Working time: Accommodation of Crews Convention (Revised) 1949 C092: 47 Seafarers: Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised) 1949 C096: 42 4. Agencies: Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (Agriculture) Convention: 1951 ...
Seward's Day is a legal holiday in the U.S. state of Alaska. This holiday falls on the last Monday in March and commemorates the signing of the Alaska Purchase treaty on March 30, 1867. [ 1 ] It is named for then- Secretary of State William H. Seward , who negotiated the purchase from Russia .
Stoeckl signed the Alaska Treaty in March 1867. [5] For successfully carrying out the negotiation, Tsar Alexander II rewarded him with US$25,000 and an annual pension of $6,000. [6] Due to declining health, Stoeckl resigned in 1869 and was made a Knight of the Order of the White Eagle on 20 April 1869.
The Alaska boundary dispute was a territorial dispute between the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which then controlled Canada's foreign relations. It was resolved by arbitration in 1903.
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Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 is an International Labour Organization Convention.. It was established in 1997, with the preamble stating: Recalling the provisions of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948, the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949, the Discrimination ...