United Nations Treaty Collection
Document Type
Website
Abstract
The United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS) is the result of article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, which states as below. A treaty series includes status and full text of all multilateral treaties deposited with the United Nations. The UNTS is by far the largest collection f treaties, running some 2800 volumes containing 158,00 treaties from 1946. Its predecessor was the League of Nations Treaty Series (LNTS). Charter of the United Nations:
1. Every treaty and every international agreement entered into by any Member of the United Nations after the present Charter comes into force shall as soon as possible be registered with the Secretariat and published by it.
2. No party to any such treaty or international agreement which has not been registered in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article may invoke that treaty or agreement before any organ of the United Nations.
Publication Date
2017
Recommended Citation
United Nations, "United Nations Treaty Collection" (2017). AALL Legal Website of the Month. 79.
https://ir.law.utk.edu/aall_websites/79