Atreaty series is an officially published collection oftreaties and other international agreements.
Treaties in force for Canada are published in theCanada Treaty Series.[1]
Treaties and international agreements were formally published inStatutes at Large (Stat.) until 1948. TheDepartment of State also published a number of collections relating specifically to treaties and other agreements:
After 1948, agreements have been published asSenate Documents (S.Doc.),House Documents (H.Doc.) or in theFederal Register (F.R. or F.Reg.). Official compilations include:
For convenience, a number of private collections of treaties have also been published:
Australian treaties are collected together in theAustralian Treaty Series (ATS), starting with theTreaty of Versailles, [1920] ATS 1.
The State of Israel has its own official collection of treaties, titled in Hebrew "Kitvey Amana" ("Treaty Writings" inHebrew, also referred to as "Israel Treaty Series"). It includes every international agreement either signed or acceded to by the Israeli government.[4][5]
New Zealand treaties are published inNew Zealand Treaty Series (NZTS), starting publication from 1944.[citation needed]
The University of South Pacific in Port Vila,Vanuatu began a publication titledPacific Islands Treaty Series, giving the texts of treaties concluded by small states in the Pacific Ocean.[citation needed]
TheCouncil of Europe Treaty Series (CETS) was established in 1949.
The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs has published a list of all treaties of Ireland on its website, titledIrish Treaty Series. At present, all treaties from 2002 are available online.[6]
United Kingdom treaties and international agreements are published ascommand papers, along with a large number of other government documents. For ease of reference, command papers relating to treaties are given a second "Treaty Series" number, which is sometimes referred to as the United Kingdom Treaty Series (UKTS). For example, theTreaty on Open Skies was published as Cm. 5537, but also had the Treaty Series number 26 for 2002, abbreviated as [2002] UKTS 26.
TheLeague of Nations Treaty Series (LNTS) was a result of article 18 of theCovenant of the League of Nations, which stated:
Every treaty or international engagement entered into hereafter by any Member of the League shall be forthwith registered with the Secretariat and shall as soon as possible be published by it. No such treaty or international engagement shall be binding until so registered.
The LNTS began publication in 1920, and was terminated in 1946, following the dissolution of theLeague of Nations. It contains 205 volumes with a total of 4,834 treaties. A nine-volume index has been created.[7]
Following the termination of that series, the registration of League of Nations treaties passed to theUnited Nations.[8]
TheOrganization of American States as part of its mandate under the auspice of theInter-American Program for the Development of International Law within the OASSecretariat for Legal Affairs (SLA) maintains a treaty series for member states which wish to participate under the scheme.[9]
TheUnited Nations Treaty Series (UNTS)[10] is the result of article 102 of theCharter of the United Nations, which states as follows:
1. Every treaty and every international agreement entered into by any Member of the United Nations after the present Charter comes into force shall as soon as possible be registered with the Secretariat and published by it.
2. No party to any such treaty or international agreement which has not been registered in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article may invoke that treaty or agreement before any organ of the United Nations.
On 14 December 1946, the United Nations General Assembly passed resolution 97, which laid the rules for the registration of international agreements by the UN Secretariat.[11]
The UNTS is by far the largest collection of treaties, running to over 3,000 volumes containing 158,000 treaties from 1946. Its predecessor was the League of Nations Treaty Series (LNTS).[12]
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