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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5529687 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations Context triple: [Treaty Section, hasLegalBasisIn, Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations]
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Article 42 of the United Nations Charter
Article 42 of the United Nations Charter authorizes the UN Security Council to take military action, including the use of armed force, to maintain or restore international peace and security when non-military measures are inadequate.
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Article 43 of the United Nations Charter
Article 43 of the United Nations Charter is the provision under which UN member states agree to make armed forces and related assistance available to the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security.
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Article 46 of the United Nations Charter
Article 46 of the United Nations Charter is the provision that assigns the Security Council, with the assistance of the Military Staff Committee, responsibility for formulating plans for the application of armed force in maintaining or restoring international peace and security.
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Article 49 of the United Nations Charter
Article 49 of the United Nations Charter is a provision that obliges UN member states to join in carrying out decisions of the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security.
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E.
Article 44 of the United Nations Charter
Article 44 of the United Nations Charter is a provision that guarantees non–Security Council member states the right to participate in decisions concerning the use of their armed forces in United Nations enforcement actions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations Target entity description: 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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A.
Article 42 of the United Nations Charter
Article 42 of the United Nations Charter authorizes the UN Security Council to take military action, including the use of armed force, to maintain or restore international peace and security when non-military measures are inadequate.
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B.
Article 43 of the United Nations Charter
Article 43 of the United Nations Charter is the provision under which UN member states agree to make armed forces and related assistance available to the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security.
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C.
Article 46 of the United Nations Charter
Article 46 of the United Nations Charter is the provision that assigns the Security Council, with the assistance of the Military Staff Committee, responsibility for formulating plans for the application of armed force in maintaining or restoring international peace and security.
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D.
Article 49 of the United Nations Charter
Article 49 of the United Nations Charter is a provision that obliges UN member states to join in carrying out decisions of the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security.
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E.
Article 44 of the United Nations Charter
Article 44 of the United Nations Charter is a provision that guarantees non–Security Council member states the right to participate in decisions concerning the use of their armed forces in United Nations enforcement actions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| 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.
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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
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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
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General Assembly of the United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Security Council of the United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
United Nations Treaty Series
NERFINISHED
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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
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registration and publication of treaties ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations Description of subject: 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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