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
LA 41 TR/230/Regulations/2019
Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products. Seoul, 12 November 2012
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 25 September 2018. On 27 June 2018, the conditions for the entry into force of the above-mentioned Protocol were met. Accordingly, the Protocol will enter into force on 25 September 2018, in accordance with article 45 which reads as follows: "1. This Protocol shall enter into force on the ninetieth day following the date of deposit of the fortieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval, formal confirmation or accession with the Depositary. 2. For each Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control that ratifies, accepts, approves or formally confirms this Protocol or accedes thereto after the conditions set out in paragraph 1 for entry into force have been fulfilled, this Protocol shall enter into force on the ninetieth day following the date of deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval, accession or formal confirmation. 3. For the purposes of this Article, any instrument deposited by a regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by States Members of that organization."
C.N.309.2018.TREATIES-IX.4.a (Depositary Notification)
Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean. Escazú, 4 March 2018
Issuance of Certified True Copies
Opening for Signature (from 27 September 2018 to
26 September 2020, United Nations Headquarters)
Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Nagoya, 15 October 2010
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 5 March 2018. On 5 December 2017, the conditions for the entry into force of the above-mentioned Supplementary Protocol were met. Accordingly, the Supplementary Protocol will enter into force on 5 March 2018 in accordance with its article 18 (1) which reads as follows: “This Supplementary Protocol shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of the fortieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession by States or regional economic integration organizations that are Parties to the Protocol.”
C.N.751.2017.TREATIES-XXVII.8.c (Depositary Notification)
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
New York, 7 July 2017
Issuance of Certified True Copies
Opening for Signature (20 September 2017, United Nations Headquarters)
Multilateral Agreement for the Establishment of an International Think Tank for Landlocked Developing Countries. New York, 24 September 2010
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 6 October 2017. On 7 August 2017 the conditions for the entry into force of the above-mentioned Multilateral Agreement were met. Accordingly, the Multilateral Agreement will enter into force on 6 October 2017, in accordance with its article 12(1) which reads as follows: "The present Agreement shall enter into force on the sixtieth day after the date of deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession."
C.N.463.2017.TREATIES-X.19 (Depositary Notification)
Minamata Convention on Mercury. Kumamoto,
10 October 2013
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 16 August 2017. On 18 May 2017, the conditions for the entry into force of the above-mentioned Convention were met. Accordingly, the Convention shall enter into force on 16 August 2017, in accordance with its article 31 (1) which reads as follows: “This Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.”
C.N.280.2017.TREATIES-XXVII.17 (Depositary Notification)
United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-Based Investor-State Arbitration. New York,
10 December 2014
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 18 October 2017, in accordance with its article 9 (1) which reads as follows: "This Convention shall enter into force six months after the date of deposit of the third instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession".
C.N.234.2017.TREATIES-XXII.3 (Depositary Notification)