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United Nations Treaty Collection
Open access
United Nations Treaty Collection
Open access

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Offsite access availability:
IALS Library academic members (all universities)
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SAS staff, fellows & students (other than IALS)
Uni of London law staff & postgraduate students

Description

This collection covers treaties registered with the UN under article 102 of the Charter, together with League of Nations Treaties. It provides status information for the 560 or so multilateral treaties deposited with the UN Secretary-General. Several key UN publications relating to treaties are also available.

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Access
The United Nations Treaty Collection (UNTC) is a free website, accessible to all.

Content
The website covers treaties registered with the UN under article 102 of the Charter, together with League of Nations Treaties. It also provides status information for the 560 or so multilateral treaties deposited with the UN Secretary-General. Several key UN publications relating to treaties are available as well. 

Databases

  • United Nations Treaty Series (1946 - ):  treaties registered under article 102; more than 158,000 in number, bilateral and multilateral.
  • The League of Nations Treaty Series (1920 - 1946)
  • Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General (MTDSG): covers the relatively small number of treaties for which the UN is the official depositary. Includes:
    • Status of Treaties database: details of signatures, ratifications and so on, with links to the full text
    • Certified True Copies: the official copy of each deposited treaty
    • Titles: complete lists of the titles of multilaterial treaties deposited with the UN
  • Monthly Statement (MS):  official bulletin giving details of treaties registered under article 102 (May 1998 - )

Resources (publications)
The Resources pages of the UNTC website provides the full text of key publications such as theTreaty Handbook and Summary of Practice of the Secretary-General as Depositary of Multilateral Treaties

Searching
TIPS: The search facilities can be slow to respond, so be prepared to wait for the results to display.

Some of the search screens require you to click on "Add" to insert your search term into the search box; if you forget to click on "Add", the search will not work.

The Status of Treaties database has a contents page arranged by broad subject area; it can be easier to browse the database from here, rather than using the search facilities. There are screens to search by Title, Participant or Full Text.

The UN Treaty Series database has an Advanced Search Screen as well as screens for Volume, Title, Participant and Full Text.

The League of Nations Treaty Series database offers Basic, Volume and Full-text search screens.

The Monthly Statement database offers Advanced and Full Text search screens.

Accessibility
The majority of the treaties and other documents are available to read and download in PDF format. Not all PDFs are fully accessible, particularly older documents. Some other content on the website is available to read in HTML format.

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