[2] The phrase “A true copy shall be kept in the Archives of the Government of the Republic of Belarus, which shall send to the Contracting Parties which have signed this Agreement (or the Treaty or the Protocol) a certified copy thereof” is contained in numerous documents of the Commonwealth of Independent States, in particular in the Protocol to the Agreement on the Creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States[3], the Charter of the Commonwealth of Independent States[4], the Agreement on the Status of the Economic Court of the Commonwealth of Independent States[5], the Treaty on the Creation of the Economic Union[6] and the Agreement on the Creation of a Free Trade Area of 1994[7].
France's Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs serves as the depositary for multilateral treaties such as the Geneva Protocol.
[14] The United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office currently acts as the depositary for documents such as Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space, Constitution of UNESCO, and the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction.
[17] Most treaties for which the United States is the depositary government are held by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
[18] The United Nations Secretary-General serves as the depositary for numerous multilateral treaties, including the Chemical Weapons Convention, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.