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[[United Kingdom]] treaties and international agreements are published as [[Command Paper]]s, 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, the [[Treaty on Open Skies]] was published as Cm. 5537, but also had the Treaty Series number 26 for 2002, abbreviated as [2002] UKTS 26. |
[[United Kingdom]] treaties and international agreements are published as [[Command Paper]]s, 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, the [[Treaty on Open Skies]] was published as Cm. 5537, but also had the Treaty Series number 26 for 2002, abbreviated as [2002] UKTS 26. |
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Revision as of 15:02, 23 July 2010
A Treaty series is an officially published collection of treaties and other international agreements.
League of Nations
The League of Nations Treaty Series was a result of article 18 of the Covenant 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 League of Nations Treaty Series began publication in 1920, and was terminated in 1946, following the dissolution of the League of Nations. It contains 205 volumes with a total of 4834 treaties. In addition, a 9 volume index has been made to the series.
Following the termination of that series, registration of treaties has been passed over to the United Nations.
United Nations
The United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS) is by far the largest collection of treaties, running to some 2200 volume containing 158,000 treaties from 1946. Its predecessor was the League of Nations Treaty Series (LNTS).
United States
Treaties and international agreements were formally published in Statutes at Large (Stat.) until 1948. The Department of State also published a number of collections relating specifically to treaties and other agreements:
- Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS), published under various names since 1861;
- Treaty Series (TS or USTS), issued singly in pamphlets until 1945;
- Executive Agreement Series (EAS), issued singly in pamphlets until 1945.
After 1948, agreements have been published as Senate Documents (T.Doc.), House Documents (H.Doc.) or in the Federal Register (F.R. or F.Reg.). The Department of State has published the Treaties and Other International Acts Series (TIAS) in pamphlet form to replace the Treaty Series and the Executive Agreement Series. The pamphlets are cumulated in bound form as United States Treaties and Other International Agreements, published annually from 1950. Foreign Relations of the United States continues to be published as a collection. For convenience, a number of private collections of treaties have also been published:
- Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America 1776–1949 (Bevans), compiled by Charles I. Bevans
- International Legal Materials (ILM) published by The American Society of International Law (ASIL) [1]
- Treaties and other International Acts of the United States of America (Millar), edited by Hunter Millar
United Kingdom
United Kingdom treaties and international agreements are published as Command 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, the Treaty on Open Skies was published as Cm. 5537, but also had the Treaty Series number 26 for 2002, abbreviated as [2002] UKTS 26.
Australia
Australian treaties are collected together in the Australian Treaty Series (ATS), starting with the Treaty of Versailles, [1920] ATS 1.
Israel
The State of Israel has its own official collection of treaties, titled in Hebrew "Kitvey Amana" (Treaty Writings). It included every international agreement either signed or acceded by the Israeli government.
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