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This publication provides information on the status of over 517 major multilateral instruments deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations (as of 1 January 2006) and covers a range of subject matter such as Human Rights, Disarmament, Commodities, Refugees, the Environment and the Law of the Sea. The number of treaties deposited with the Secretary-General keeps growing steadily. This publication reflects the status of these instruments, as Member States sign, ratify, accede or lodge declarations, reservations or objections. It is over one thousand pages in length and is published annually in hard copy (two volumes) and on CD-ROM in English and French. The on-line version is currently updated daily.
A collection of treaties and international agreements registered or filed and recorded with and published by the Secretariat since 1946, pursuant to Article 102 of the Charter. The UNTS includes the texts of treaties in their authentic language(s), along with translations into English and French, as appropriate. The collection currently contains over 158,000 treaties and related subsequent actions which have been published in hard copy in over 2,200 volumes.Currently, the UNTS is being enhanced to include the latest desktop published volumes.
This collection consists of the texts of multilateral treaties recently deposited with the
Secretary-General that have not yet been published in the United Nations
Treaty Series.
This collection consists of photographs taken at signature ceremonies relating
to multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General.
This collection consists of the titles of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General in the UN official languages - Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
This on-line publication prepared by the Treaty Section of the Office of Legal Affairs highlights the main features of the practice followed by the Secretary-General in the daily exercise of depositary functions. Contains models of instruments, depositary notifications, etc.
This publication has been prepared by the Treaty Section of the Office of Legal Affairs as a guide to the Secretary-General's practice as a depositary of multilateral treaties and the Secretariat's practice in relation to the registration and publication functions.
This publication has been prepared by the Treaty Section of the
Office of Legal Affairs as a practical guide intended to assist those who are
directly involved in the multilateral treaty-making. In particular, its purpose
is to help States with scarce resources and limited technical proficiency in
treaty law and practice to participate fully in the multilateral treaty-making
process. It incorporates recent developments in the practice of the
Secretary-General as depositary of multilateral treaties with regard to matters
normally included in the final clauses of these treaties. This publication is issued monthly by the Treaty Section of the Office of Legal Affairs pursuant to article 13 of the Regulations prior to their publication in the UNTS pursuant to Article 102 of the Charter. It contains detailed record of treaties and related subsequent treaty actions which were registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat on a given month.
The depositary is required to provide treaty related 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.
In order to facilitate reference to the United Nations Treaty Series, the Secretariat publishes a Cumulative Index (in English and French). This continues the practice of the League of Nations, which published a similar index to its Treaty Series. A volume of the United Nations Treaty Series Cumulative Index is issued for every fifty volumes of the United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS).
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.
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Print-on-Demand
copies of specific treaties, information relating to the treaties or treaties
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Section.
Related
publications, the United Nations Treaty Series Cumulative Index
and the monthly Statement of Treaties and International Agreements
are available in hard copy from the UN Sales and Marketing Section.
Treaty Reference
Guide
This Reference
Guide seeks to provide a basic - but not an exhaustive - overview of the
key terms
employed in the United Nations Treaty Collection, such as treaties, agreements,
conventions, charters, protocols, declarations, memoranda of understanding,
modus vivendi and exchange of notes. The purpose is to facilitate a general
understanding of their scope and function. Also included is a
glossary of
terms relating to treaty actions.
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