INTRODUCTION

The depositary is required to provide certain information to all interested parties on the treaties deposited with him. The Secretary-General, as depositary of multilateral treaties, provides this information by issuing depositary notifications. Depositary notifications, which are made available to interested parties in hard copy and by e-mail, deal with, inter alia, the following:

• Opening of treaties for signature;
  
  
• Signatures affixed to treaties;
  
  
• Deposit of binding instruments, such as, instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession;
  
  
• Deposit of notifications of succession;
  
  
• Reservations, declarations and territorial applications;
  
  
• Communications, objections to reservations, withdrawal of reservations and withdrawal of objections;
  
  
• Denunciations and terminations;
  
  
• Any other information that, in the opinion of the Secretary-General, should be made known to the interested parties. 

For more information on this matter, see the on-line version of the publication  "Summary of Practice of the Secretary-General as Depositary of Multilateral Treaties", page 92) at the following address:http://untreaty.un.org/English/Summary.asp

DISCLAIMER:

The information provided below has been made available for reference purposes only.

The States parties to the multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General are advised to also consult the e-mail transmissions/hard copies of the relevant communications issued by the Treaty Section, Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations.

Note: Annexes are transmitted in hard copy format and are posted electronically on the website under the relevant CN (starting with 2003).

Example of a typical search: Brazil cocoa  CN 2004

Example of an extended search: Brazil cocoa  CN