Compact
Topics referred to by the same term
Compact as used in politics may refer broadly to a pact or treaty; in more specific cases it may refer to:Interstate compact, a type of agreement used by U.S. states
Blood compact, an ancient ritual of the Philippines
Compact government, a type of colonial rule utilized in British North America
Compact of Free Association whereby the sovereign states of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau have entered into as associated states with the United States.
Mayflower Compact, the first governing document of Plymouth Colony
United Nations Global Compact
Global Compact for Migration, a UN non-binding intergovernmental agreement
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