Treaty Event 2024: Strengthening the Multilateral Treaty Framework (24 - 27 September 2024, United Nations Headquarters)
This year’s Treaty Event will be held from 24 to 27 September 2024 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, in conjunction with the general debate of the seventy-ninth session of the General Assembly.
The Treaty Event will highlight multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, promoting in particular the Sustainable Development Goals. These cover a wide range of areas of global concern, including human rights, disarmament, penal matters, law of the sea, and the environment. The Treaty Event may also be used to sign and ratify or accede to any treaty for which the Secretary-General acts as depositary.
For more details, please refer to the 
2024 Treaty Event publication
General Assembly resolution
78/236 of 22 december 2023 - Strengthening and promoting the international treaty
framework
During its seventy-eight session and following the Sixth
Committee's debate on the agenda item entitled “Strengthening and promoting the
international treaty framework”, the General Assembly adopted on 22 December 2023
the Resolution 78/236. For more information on this General Assembly
resolution, see the following document:
A/RES/78/236
Convention on the contract for
international carriage of goods by rail, Geneva, 17 November 2023
Issuance of Certified True Copies
Opening for Signature
Certified
True Copy
The Convention on the Contract for International Carriage of Goods by Rail was adopted in
Geneva on 17 November 2023 at the seventy-seventh session of the Working Party on Rail
Transport of the Inland Transport Committee of the United Nations Economic Commission for
Europe (UNECE). The Convention shall be open for signature at the United Nations
Headquarters in New York until 31 March 2025 by all States.
Agreement under the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine
Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction, New York, 19 June 2023
Issuance of Certified True Copies
Opening for Signature
Certified
True Copy
The Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law
of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas
beyond National Jurisdiction was adopted In New York on 19 June 2023 during the further
resumed fifth session of the Intergovernmental conference on an international legally
binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the
Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National
Jurisdiction. The Agreement shall be open for signature in New York on 20 September
2023 and shall remain open for signature until 20 September 2025.
United Nations Convention on the
International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships. New York, 7 December 2022
Issuance of Certified True Copies
Opening for Signature
Certified True Copy
The United Nations Convention on the International Effects of
Judicial Sales of Ships was adopted in New York on 7 December 2022 by resolution
77/100 during the seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
The Convention shall be open for signature in Beijing on 5 September 2023, and remain open
for signature thereafter at UN Headquarters in New York.
Treaty Event 2023: Towards
universal participation in multilateral environmental agreements for a healthy planet (19
- 22 September 2023, United Nations Headquarters)
This year’s Treaty Event will be held from
19 to 22 September 2023 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, in
conjunction with the general debate of the seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly.
The Treaty Event will highlight multilateral environmental
agreements deposited with the Secretary-General as well as treaties that cover a number of
areas of global concern, including human rights, gender equality, the law of the sea, and
disarmament. The Treaty Event may be used to sign and ratify or accede to any treaty for
which the Secretary-General acts as depositary.
For more details, please refer to the 2023 Treaty Event publication
General Assembly resolution
76/120 of 9 December 2021 - amended regulations to give effect to article 102 of
the Charter
During its seventy-sixth session and following the Sixth
Committee's debate on the agenda item on “Strengthening and promoting the international
treaty framework”, the General Assembly adopted, on 9 December 2021, resolution 76/120 to
which newly amended Regulations were annexed. This fifth amendment became effective on
1 February 2022 and is available at the following link:
LA 41 TR/230/Regulations/2021
Regional Agreement on Access to
Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America
and the Caribbean
On 22 January 2021, the conditions for the entry into force
of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information Public Participation and Justice in
Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (adopted in Escazu 4 March 2018)
were met. Accordingly, the Agreement shall enter into force on 22 April 2021.
C.N.15.2021.TREATIES-XXVII.18 (Depositary Notification)
Framework Agreement on Facilitation of
Cross-border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific
With the deposit on 22 November 2020 of the fifth instrument
of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, the Framework Agreement on
Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific, adopted in Bangkok
on 19 May 2016, shall enter into force on 20 February 2021 , in accordance with its
article 19, paragraph 1.
C.N.536.2020.TREATIES-X.20 (Depositary Notification)
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear
Weapons
With the deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification
or accession on 24 October 2020, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted
in New York on 7 July 2017, shall enter into force on 22 January 2021 , in
accordance with its article 15, paragraph 1.
C.N.478.2020.TREATIES-XXVI.9 (Depositary Notification)
United Nations Convention on
International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation
With the deposit with the Secretary-General on 12 March 2020
of the third instrument of ratification, the United Nations Convention on International
Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, also known as the “Singapore Convention on
Mediation”, shall enter into force on 12 September 2020 .
Convention on the Facilitation of
Border Crossing Procedures for Passengers, Luggage and Load-luggage Carried in
International Traffic by Rail. Geneva, Geneva, 22 February 2019
Issuance of Certified True Copies
Certified True Copy
The Convention was adopted on 22 February 2019 at the
eighty-first session of the Inland Transport Committee of the United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe held in Geneva from 19 to 22 February 2019. In accordance with its
article 21, the Convention shall be open for signature at the United Nations Headquarters
in New York by all States and regional economic integration organizations.
United Nations Convention on
International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation. New York, 20 December
2018
Issuance of Certified True Copies
Opening for Signature - Information
Opening
for Signature - Ceremony
The Convention was adopted on 20 December 2018 by resolution
73/198 during the seventy-third session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. The
Convention shall be open for signature by all States in Singapore, on 7 August 2019
, and thereafter at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
General Assembly resolution
73/210 of 20 december 2018 - amended regulations to give effect to article 102 of
the Charter
During its seventy-third session and following the Sixth
Committee's debate on the agenda item entitled “Strengthening and promoting the
international treaty framework”, the General Assembly adopted on 20 December 2018
the Resolution 73/210, to which newly amended Regulations were annexed . This fourth
amendment, which became effective on 1 February 2019 , adapts the Regulations to
developments in the registration practice and information technology, and ensures
consistency with regard to the treaty-making practice of the international community. For
more information on this latest amendement and its impact on the treaty
registration and publication process, see the following document:
LA 41 TR/230/Regulations/2019