Accord

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Accord is of the semantic paradigm: agreement, harmony, alignment or concurrence and may refer to:

Places:

• Accord, New York, a hamlet in Ulster County, seat of the Town of Rochester

Peace agreements:

• Arab-Israeli conflict
  • Camp David Accords (1978) in the Egypt-Israel conflict
  • Oslo Accords (1993), part of a peace process of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
  • Geneva Accord (2003), an extra-governmental peace proposal in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
• Sierra Leone Civil War
  • Abidjan Peace Accord (1996)
  • Lomé Peace Accord (1999)
• Nkomati Accord (1984) between Mozambique and South Africa
• Bicesse Accords (1991) in the Angolan civil war
• Dakar Accord (2006) between Chad and Sudan
• Waziristan accord (2006) between the government of Pakistan and tribals resident in the Waziristan area

International economics agreements:

• Plaza Accord (1985) to devalue the US dollar
• Louvre Accord (1987) to stabilise the international currency markets
• Basel Accords (1988/1996 and 2004) in banking

Political parties and groups of parties:

• Coalition of People's Accord, a former political bloc in Croatia
• Iraqi National Accord, an Iraqi political party
• Iraqi Accord Front, an Iraqi political coalition

Other agreements:

• 1951 Accord in American politics
• The Accord (1980s) in Australian industrial relations
• Meech Lake Accord (1987) in Canadian constitutional development
• Charlottetown Accord (1992) in Canadian constitutional development
• Nouméa Accord (1998) in New Caledonian politics

International accreditation agreements:

• Washington Accord (1989) for professional engineering degree programs
• Sydney Accord (2001) for engineering technologist qualifications.

Miscellaneous:

• Accord and satisfaction in contract law
• Honda Accord, a car
• Bon Accord FC