Introduction
Introduction
Under Article 102 of the UN Charter, the Treaty Section is charged with the
responsibility to carry out the registration of treaties and subsequent
treaty actions with the Secretariat and to publish them in a timely
fashion. In addition, by virtue of Article 98 of the UN Charter the Treaty
Section performs the depositary functions on behalf of the
Secretary-General in respect of multilateral treaties for which he acts as
a depositary.
Accordingly, the publication program of this Office comprises 4 major
recurrent products – UNTS (UN Treaty Series), MTDSG (Multilateral treaties
deposited with the Secretary-General, UNTS Cumulative Index and monthly Statements of Treaties and
International Agreements and 4 related publications – Summary of practice
of the Secretary-General as depositary of multilateral treaties, Treaty
Handbook, Handbook of Final Clauses and issues of Treaty Event Focus books.
All Treaty Section’s publications are available online for consultation
under the relevant categories on the left-side navigational menu. They are
also distributed as paper copies and can be obtained at participating
depository libraries, acquired via subscription or purchased at UN
bookstores worldwide. This office is not in a position to mail copies of
these publications to individuals.