The 158 nations and territories who signed the convention promised to conserve and protect over 1,782 wetlands, covering an area of over 160 million hectares.

签署公约的158个国家和地区承诺保护超过1782个湿地，总占地面积超过了160万公顷。

Only a decade ago, when it still enjoyed good relations with Europe, Mr Erdogan's government signed a convention banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

就在10年前，埃尔多安政府与欧洲还拥有良好关系的时候，签署了一项公约，禁止基于性取向或性别认同的歧视。

Many of them signed the international convention, sponsored by the newly formed International Labour Organisation, that declared the eight-hour day or 48-hour week to be a standard.

他们中的许多人签署了由新成立的国际劳工组织发起的国际公约，该公约宣布每天八小时或每周工作 48 小时为标准。

How long is it going to take, first of all, for Syria to sign this convention, then to allow -- to show where its chemical weapons stockpiles are, and then to start getting rid of them?

首先，叙利亚需要多长时间才能签署这项公约，然后允许——显示其化学武器库存在哪里，然后开始销毁它们？