Treaties
This guide is designed to assist you in doing research on treaties and
international agreements at the Gelman Library. It highlights some of
the principal general resources and is arranged in the following sections:
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The following sources are indexes which will assist you in locating treaties:
- Multilateral
Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General. (Formerly, Multilateral Treaties
in Respect of Which the Secretary-General Performs Depositary Functions)
- Location: JX 171 . U35
Available online at: http://untreaty.un.org/ENGLISH/bible/englishinternetbible/bible.asp.
- An annotated list of treaties concluded under League of Nations and United
Nations auspices.
- Multilateral Treaties: Index and Current Status.
- Location: REF JX 4165 .M84 1984
- A chronological list of multilateral treaties from 1902 to 1984, indexed
by subject and keyword, including dates they were concluded, came into force,
and acceded to, lists of parties and signatories, reservations and denunciations,
and locations of text.
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- Treaties in Force:
A List of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States
in Force.
- Location: REF KZ 235 .T74 (Earlier editions in stacks)
Available online at: http://www.state.gov/s/l/c8455.htm.
- Revised annually, the principal index to all U.S. treaties and agreements,
arranged by country and/or subject.
- World Treaty Index.
- Location: REF JX 171 .R63 1983
- Providing statistical analyses of national and regional treaties, an excellent
five-volume research tool indexing a comprehensive set of treaties from 1900
to 1980 by date, parties, and keyword.
The following sources contain the text of treaties.
Note: There may be a delay of many years before the text of a treaty is published.
- American Treaties and Alliances.
- Location: REF KZ 236 2000
- Major U.S. treaties, agreements, conventions, devlarations, and acts.
- Current International Treaties.
- Location: REF JX 171 .C8 1984
- An annotated single volume collection of abbreviated texts of selected major
bilateral and multilateral treaties arranged by subject.
- Encyclopedia of Historical Treaties and Alliances.
- Location: REF KZ 1160 .P48 2001
- Two-volume work providing a review of major treaties in historical perspective.
- Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements.
- Location: REF KZ 4968 .O84 2003
- Four-volume set containing dictionary-type entries on international agreements,
conventions and treaties since the latter part of the 19th century, quoted
in part or in their entirety.
- Executive Agreement Series.
- Location: JX 2359 .A31
- Thirteen-volume work with text of executive agreements 1929 to 1945. Succeeded
by Treaties and International Acts Series.
- International Instruments of the United Nations.
- Location: REF K 3238 .i58 1997
- Section II contains selected treaties, conventions, and agreements concluded
under the auspices of the United Nations General Assembly.
- League of Nations Treaty Series.
- Location JX 170 .L4
- 205-volume set containing the text of treaties registered with he League
of Nations from 1919-1945.
- Major International Treaties of the Twentieth Century.
- Location: REF KZ 64 M35 2001
- Two-work volume work providing text of major treaties of historical significance
and still in force.
- Major Peace Treaties of Modern History, 1648-1967.
- Location: REF JX 121 .IB
- A four-volume work including the text of 100 historical peace treaties with
commentary.
- Treaties and Alliances of the World. 7th ed.
- Location: REF JX 4005 .T72 2002
- Summaries, descriptions, and partial or full text of treaties organized
by organization, region, or theme.
- Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States of America.
- Location: JX 236 1931A
- Eight-volume work containing text of treaties from 1776 to 1863.
- Treaties and Other International Acts Series.
- Location: REF JX 231 .A35
- Text of treaties and other international agreements in slip form before
publication in United States Treaties and Other International Agreements.
- Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States
of America, 1776-1949.
- Location: JX 236 1968 .A5
- Twelve-volume work containing the definitive compilation of treaties and
other international agreements entered into by the United States prior to
1950.
- Treaties, Conventions, International Acts, Protocols and Agreements
Between the United States of America and Other Powers.
- Location: JX 236 1910
- Four-volume work including text of treaties from 1776 to1937.
- United Nations Treaty Collection.
- Location: http://untreaty.un.org/English/treaty.asp
- Provides links to the UN's treaties compilation.
- United Nations Treaty Series.
- Location: JX 170 .U35 and Microfiche Reading Room
- Full-text of treaties (in their original language and with French and English
translations) registered with the United Nations since 1946, arranged chronologically
by date of registration. Successor to League of Nations Treaty Series.
- United States Treaties and Other International Agreements.
- Location: REF JX 231 .A34
- Multi-volume work containing text of U.S. treaties and international agreements
since 1950.
- World Encyclopedia of Peace.
- Location: REF JX 5533 .W67 1999
- Text of 95 treaties, agreements, conventions, and protocols from 1919 to
1997 in Volume 6.
The following are some selected ALADIN databases which will help you locate
information about treaties
ALADIN databases are available for use only by current GW students, staff,
and faculty. If you are using this page from off-campus, you will be prompted
to enter your last name, the barcode number from the back of your GWorld ID
card or SSN, and WRLC institution before you can access the database. In ALADIN,
check the catalog and the following for background information on specific treaties:
- American Society
of International Law Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law:
Treaties
- URL: http://www.asil.org/resource/treaty1.htm
- Excellent guide to doing treaty research.
- CIS Index
- Location: REF KF49 .C62 (Latest on Index Table 2)
- Treaties and Conventions in index volume and abstracts.
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- Jacob Burns Law Library
- GW’s law library has an extensive collection on treaties, including resources
not available at Gelman. See their handout "Quick
Guide: Treaty Research in a Nutshell".
- United States Department of State
- Call the Office of Treaty Affairs at (202) 647-2044 or visit their website
at http://www.state.gov/s/l.
For more information, see the guides for Country Information,
International Relations, and Political
Science.
For more information, call the Reference Desk at 202-994-6048 or use the E-mail
Reference Form. This page is maintained by David
Ettinger.
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