Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations

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Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations is the provision that requires UN member states to register their treaties and international agreements with the UN Secretariat as a condition for invoking them before UN organs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of an international treaty
administeredBy Secretariat of the United Nations NERFINISHED
Treaty Section of the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations NERFINISHED
appliesTo Member States of the United Nations NERFINISHED
authority supersedes inconsistent provisions of earlier treaty-registration arrangements within the UN framework
bindingOn all Member States of the United Nations
cameIntoForce 24 October 1945
category United Nations Charter provisions NERFINISHED
chapterTitle Miscellaneous Provisions
conditionFor invoking treaties and international agreements before any organ of the United Nations
containedIn Chapter XVI of the Charter of the United Nations
dateOfAdoption 26 June 1945
enforcementMechanism procedural bar to invocation before UN organs
hasEffectOn creation and maintenance of the United Nations Treaty Series
practice of states in registering treaties with the United Nations
hasTwoParagraphStructure true
implementedBy Regulations to Give Effect to Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations NERFINISHED
inspired Article 18 of the Covenant of the League of Nations
interpretedBy International Court of Justice NERFINISHED
United Nations Secretariat NERFINISHED
invocationLimitation no party to an unregistered treaty may invoke that treaty before any organ of the United Nations
languageOfText Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalEffect unregistered treaties cannot be invoked before any organ of the United Nations
legalNature procedural obligation for Member States
legalSystem international law
locationOfAdoption San Francisco NERFINISHED
normType obligation of conduct for Member States
paragraph Paragraph 1 establishes the obligation to register and the duty of the Secretariat to publish treaties and international agreements.
Paragraph 2 provides that no party to an unregistered treaty or international agreement may invoke it before any organ of the United Nations.
partOf Charter of the United Nations NERFINISHED
purpose prevent secret treaties among states
promote transparency of international treaty relations
registrationConsequence treaties shall be published by the Secretariat of the United Nations
registrationRequirement every treaty and every international agreement shall as soon as possible be registered with the Secretariat
relatedBody Economic and Social Council of the United Nations NERFINISHED
General Assembly of the United Nations NERFINISHED
Security Council of the United Nations NERFINISHED
relatedConcept United Nations Treaty Series NERFINISHED
publicity of treaties
treaty registration
relatedInstrument Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties NERFINISHED
requires registration of treaties and international agreements with the Secretariat of the United Nations
scope treaties and international agreements entered into by any Member of the United Nations
subjectMatter procedural conditions for invoking treaties before UN organs
registration and publication of treaties

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Treaty Section hasLegalBasisIn Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations