Our Mission
TheÌýUnited Nations Office of Legal Affairs provides a unified central legal service for the Secretariat and the principal and other organs of the United Nations and contribute to the progressive development and codification of international public and trade law.
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Our mission
- Is to provide a unified central legal service for the Secretariat and the principal and other organs of the United Nations;
- To contribute to the progressive development and codification of international public and trade law;
- To promote the strengthening and development as well as the effective implementation of the international legal order for the seas and oceans;
- To register and publish treaties, and to perform the depositary functions of the Secretary-General.
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The Office of Legal Affairs seeks to achieve this
- Through the provision of legal services on questions of international and national, public, private, procedural and administrative law;
- By providing substantive secretariat functions to United Nations bodies;
- By contributing to the understanding, acceptance and consistent application of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and related implementing Agreements;
- Through the expeditious processing and publication of treaty-related actions and treaties registered and deposited, and by providing assistance to Member States in matters related to treaty law.