A/RES/73/210
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 January 2019
Seventy-third session
Agenda item 91
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 20 December 2018
[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/73/560)]
73/210.
Strengthening and promoting the international treaty framework
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 23 (I) of 10 February 1946, 97 (I) of 14 December
1946, 364 B (IV) of 1 December 1949, 482 (V) of 12 December 1950, 32/144 of
16 December 1977, 33/141 A of 19 December 1978 and 51/158 of 16 December 1996,
Recalling also its resolution 71/328 of 11 September 2017, which recognizes
that multilingualism is a core value of the Organization that contributes to the
achievement of the goals of the United Nations,
Conscious of the obligations resulting from Article 102 of the Charter of the
United Nations and the importance of treaties in the development of international law
and the international legal order,
Noting with appreciation the role of the Secretariat, in particular the Treaty
Section of the Office of Legal Affairs, in the implementation of Article 102 o f the
Charter,
Noting that the considerable increase in the number of treaties submitted for
registration over the past years has led to the growth in the volume of work carried
out by the Treaty Section, contributing to the accumulation of unpublished t reaties,
Noting also that, while the authentic texts of registered treaties are promptly
made available online through the electronic treaty database, there is currently a
significant backlog in the publication of the United Nations Treaty Series due to
growing delays in the translation of treaties related, inter alia, to the limited resources
available for the publication process,
Recognizing the importance of the expeditious processing, registration and
publication of treaties and treaty-related actions,
Supporting the efforts of the Secretary-General to increase the efficiency of the
registration and publication process within available resources and to enhance the role
played by the Treaty Section in assisting Member States in this area,
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