Overview
This publication provides information on the status of over 500 major
multilateral instruments deposited with the Secretary-General of the
United Nations (as of 1 January 2009) 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
(three volumes). 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.
Limited Publication Policy - Note by the Secretariat
This is a collection of treaties and subsequent treaty actions
registered with and published by the Secretariat of the League of
Nations pursuant to Article 18 of its Covenant. It contains the texts of
treaties and records of subsequent treaty actions published in 205
volumes of the League of 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.
