Strengthening and Promoting the International Treaty Framework

A/RES/75/144View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 90Strengthening and promoting the international treaty framework, published in 2020.

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5 versions · 2019–2025

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Recalls Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, reaffirms the importance of the registration and publication of treaties, as well as their accessibility, and stresses that the regulations to give effect to Article 102 should be useful and relevant to Member States and should be kept updated to assist States in implementing their obligations thereunder;

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Review of the regulations to give effect to Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations”, submitted pursuant to its resolution 73/210, and of the recommendations contained therein for consideration by the General Assembly;

Notes that some Member States continue to consider that there remain outstanding issues where the regulations may need further consideration or possible updating;

Reaffirms its support for the annual treaty event organized by the Secretary-General;

Welcomes the organization of workshops on treaty law and practice by the Treaty Section at Headquarters and at the national and regional levels as an important capacity-building initiative, encourages the Treaty Section to continue to organize these workshops as regularly as possible, including through the use of information and communications technology when necessary owing to extraordinary circumstances, and invites States and interested international organizations and institutions to continue to support this activity;

Also welcomes efforts to build the capacity of States in treaty law and practice, and invites Member States to consider providing targeted technical assistance, upon request, at the bilateral, regional and multilateral levels, in particular to developing countries, in order to develop and enhance their treaty practice, including in the use of information and communications technology;

Further welcomes the efforts made to develop and enhance the United Nations electronic treaty database, which provides online access to comprehensive information on the depositary functions of the Secretary-General and the registration and publication of treaties under Article 102 of the Charter, and encourages the continuation of such efforts in the future, while bearing in mind the challenges that many developing countries face in accessing information and communications technology;

Notes that most submissions of treaties for registration are in electronic format, and encourages the Secretary-General to develop, in consultation with and on the basis of feedback from Member States and within existing resources, an online treaty registration system to facilitate submissions of treaties for registration, as an additional option to the existing ways of submission in electronic or hard-copy format;

Recognizes the importance of the legal publications prepared by the Treaty Section, and stresses the need to update the Summary of Practice of the Secretary-General as Depositary of Multilateral Treaties in the light of new developments and practices;

Acknowledges the efforts of the depositaries in the registration of treaties under Article 102 of the Charter, and encourages the continuation of such efforts in the future;

Calls upon the Secretary-General to ensure the expedited publication of the United Nations Treaty Series, in accordance with the regulations, through the prompt provision of editorial and translation services, to enable effective dissemination of and access to treaties;

Decides to defer consideration of proposals on the regulations to the seventy-sixth session, taking into account the limitations on meetings within the United Nations premises as precautionary measures aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19;

Takes note of the proposals made by Member States on the regulations, encourages Member States to submit to the Secretariat any additional proposals before 30 June 2021, and requests the Secretariat to transmit all the proposals it has received to Member States;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session the item entitled “Strengthening and promoting the international treaty framework”.

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