Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Between States and International Organizations or Between International Organizations

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Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Between States and International Organizations or Between International Organizations
States which are signatory or party to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations
Signed21 March 1986
LocationVienna
Effectivenot in force
ConditionRatification or accession by 35 states
Signatories39
Parties45, among which 33 states
DepositaryUN Secretary-General
LanguagesArabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish

The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Between States and International Organizations or Between International Organizations (VCLTIO) is an extension of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties which deals with treaties between States. It was developed by the International Law Commission and opened for signature on 21 March 1986.

Article 85 of the Convention provides that it enters into force after ratification or accession by 35 states. As of October 2022, the treaty has been ratified or acceded to by 33 states. As a result, the convention is not yet in force.[1]

Parties to the convention[edit]

33 state parties have ratified or acceded to the convention: Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay, Senegal, Liberia, Gabon, Australia, United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia, Belarus, Moldova, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Spain, Germany, Netherlands,[nb 1] Belgium, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italy, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Malta, Albania, Portugal and Palestine.

Additionally, there are 12 international organizations that issued formal confirmations of the convention: IAEA, ICAO, Interpol, ILO, IMO, OPCW, CTBTO Preparatory Commission, the UN, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO.

The signatory states that have not ratified are: Ivory Coast, DR Congo, United States, Brazil, Bosnia and Herzegovina, South Korea, Japan, Serbia, Montenegro, Morocco, Egypt, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Benin, Zambia, and Malawi. Additionally, there are international organizations that have signed, but not completed their formal confirmation procedures: CoE, FAO, ITU, UNESCO and WMO.

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The convention is ratified on behalf of the whole kingdom, rather than just the constituent country of the Netherlands.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "3. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations". United Nations Treaty Collection. United Nations. Retrieved 26 December 2021.

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