Correspondence - Oufukushokan

…With the organization of the international community, the number of treaties concluded by international organizations as parties tends to increase. Specific treaties are not necessarily called "treaties" in individual cases, but are given various names such as "arrangements," "agreements," "charters," "covenants," "statutes," "exchange of notes," "exchange of letters," "protocols," and "memorandums." Regardless of the differences in names, these are essentially the same as treaties, and the names are not consistent depending on their contents. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "correspondence" are listed below.

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…国際社会の組織化に伴って，国際機構が当事者となって締結する条約の数が増加する傾向にある。　具体的な条約は個々の場合に必ずしも〈条約treaty〉と呼ばれるわけではなく，〈取極arrangement〉〈協定agreement〉〈憲章charter〉〈規約covenant〉〈規程statute〉〈交換公文exchange of notes〉〈往復書簡exchange of letters〉〈議定書protocol〉〈覚書memorandum〉などさまざまな名称が付せられる。これらのものは名称の差異にかかわらず実質的には条約と同意義であり，その内容によって名称が一定しているわけでもない。…

※「往復書簡」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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