To facilitate access by Member States, international organizations and other interested entities to notes verbales issued by the Legal Counsel on matters concerning the registration and publication of treaties and depositary requirements, the relevant notes are made available on-line:

The notes address the following issues:

• Submission of treaties for registration in electronic format;
  
  
• Completeness of registration submissions;
  
  
• Registration requirements (the check list);
  
  
• Publication requirements (desktop publication);
  
  
• Translations ( formal or courtesy) to expedite the registration and publication of treaties;
  
  
• Model instruments (certifying statement,  full powers, accession, ratification, acceptance or approval, reservation/declaration, modification of reservation, withdrawal of reservation (s));
  
  
• Information on the deposit of binding instruments (requirements for the deposit);
  
  
• Extension of time limits to lodge objections to late reservations;
  
  
• Full powers;
  
  
• Treaty publication on the Internet at http://untreaty.un.org

Note reference	Year	Subject matter
LA 41 TR/230	(1996)	Registration and publication requirements; Submission of treaties for registration in electronic format
LA 41 TR/230	(1997)	Submission of treaties for registration in electronic format
LA 41 TR/221/1	(1998)	Full powers; Model instruments
LA 41 TR/230	(1999)	Registration and publication requirements; Submission of treaties for registration in electronic format, new form for communications
LA 41 TR/221 (23-1)	(2000)	Extension of time limits to lodge objections to late reservations
LA 41 TR/230	(2001)	Publication requirements (desktop publishing specific requirements); Submission of treaties for registration in electronic format - e-mail address
LA 41 TR/230	(2002)	Translations; Treaty publications on the Internet at http://untreaty.un.org
LA 41 TR/221/1	(2002)	Requirements for the deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval and accession
LA 41 TR/230	(2003)	Translations; Submission in electronic format, Treaty publications on the Internet at http://untreaty.un.org
LA 41 TR/221/1	(2003)	Distribution of depositary notifications by the Secretary-General via Mailing List Service (MLS) and in hard copy
LA 41 TR/230	(2003)	Publication  “Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General: Status as at 31 December 2002” on CD-ROM
LA 41 TR/230	(2004)	United Nations Treaty Collection on the Internet at http://untreaty.un.org further enhancements
LA 41 TR/230	(2005)	Registration and publication requirements; Translations; Submission of treaties for registration in electronic format; Treaty publications on the Internet
LA 41 TR/221/2/2005	(2005)	Full powers guidelines
LA 41 TR/221/3/2005	(2005)	Depositary Guidelines
LA 41 TR/221/4/2005	(2005)	Information relating to Depositary Notifications
LA 41 TR/221/Depositary Guidelines/2006	(2006)	Depositary Guidelines
LA 41 TR/221/Depositary Notifications/2006	(2006)	Information relating to Depositary Notifications
LA 41 TR/221/Full Powers Guidelines/2006	(2006)	Full Powers Guidelines
LA 41 TR/230/Registration and Publication Requirements/2006	(2006)	Registration and Publication Requirements
LA41TR/221/Depositary Guidelines/2007	(2007)	Depositary Guidelines
LA41TR/221/Depositary Notifications/2007	(2007)	Depositary Notifications
LA41TR/221/Full Powers Guidelines/2007	(2007)	Full Powers Guidelines
LA 41 TR/230/Registration and Publication Requirements/2007	(2007)	Registration and Publication Requirements
LA41TR/221/Depositary Guidelines/2008	(2008)	Depositary Guidelines
LA41TR/221/Full Powers Guidelines/2008	(2008)	Full Powers Guidelines
LA 41 TR/230/Registration and Publication Requirements/2008	(2008)	Registration and Publication Requirements