Editing Treaty (section)

===Role of the United Nations===
The United Nations has extensive power to convene states to enact large-scale multilateral treaties and has experience doing so.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gostin|first1=Lawrence O.|last2=Halabi|first2=Sam F.|last3=Klock|first3=Kevin A.|date=2021-09-15|title=An International Agreement on Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness|url=https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2784418|journal=JAMA|volume=326|issue=13|pages=1257–1258|language=en|doi=10.1001/jama.2021.16104|pmid=34524388|issn=0098-7484|doi-access=free|access-date=22 September 2021|archive-date=21 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921104548/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2784418|url-status=live}}</ref> Under the [[United Nations Charter]], which is itself a treaty, treaties must be registered with the UN to be invoked before it, or enforced in its judiciary organ, the [[International Court of Justice]]. This was done to prevent the practice of [[secret treaty|secret treaties]], which proliferated in the 19th and 20th centuries and often precipitated or exacerbated conflict. Article 103 of the Charter also states that its members' obligations under the Charter outweigh any competing obligations under other treaties.

After their adoption, treaties, as well as their amendments, must follow the official legal procedures of the United Nations, as applied by the [[United Nations Office of Legal Affairs|Office of Legal Affairs]], including signature, [[ratification]] and [[entry into force]].

In function and effectiveness, the UN has been compared to the United States federal government under the [[Articles of Confederation]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sobel|first=Russell S.|date=1999|title=In Defense of the Articles of Confederation and the Contribution Mechanism as a Means of Government Finance: A General Comment on the Literature|journal=Public Choice|volume=99|issue=3/4|pages=347–356|doi=10.1023/A:1018308819035|issn=0048-5829|jstor=30024532|s2cid=40008813}}</ref>