The United Nations Mercenary Convention, officially the International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries, is a 2001 United Nations treaty that prohibits the recruitment, training, use, and financing of mercenaries.
At the 72nd plenary meeting on 4 December 1989, the United Nations General Assembly concluded the convention as its resolution 44/34.
The convention entered into force on 20 October 2001[1] and has been ratified by 46 states.
[3]An offence is committed by any person who: States Parties shall co-operate in the prevention of the offences set forth in the present Convention, particularly by: States Parties shall co-operate in taking the necessary measures for the implementation of the present Convention.
[4][5] Several of the states that ratified the agreement are however signatories of the Montreux document which on the contrary of the afore-written convention, does not make illegal the use of mercenaries but gives a document about the use of mercenaries including "good practises", the agreement having no sanctions or legal constraints tied to it.