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Official commitment registers: a directory

This directory lists official registers where public commitments are recorded, who runs each one, what it holds and how delivery is followed up. Each cell comes from the operator's own page or a governing text. The Paris Agreement requires NDCs to be recorded in a public registry kept by the secretariat ². India's OAMS handles assurances from identification to implementation reports ⁶. Blank cells mean the page read did not state the fact.

Last checked 6 November 2026

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NDC Registry
Type
Treaty
Operator
UNFCCC secretariat ²
What is recorded
Each party's nationally determined contribution, with title, language, status and date ¹
Follow-up mechanism
New NDC every five years, each a progression beyond the last ²
Source
UNFCCC registry and Paris Agreement ^1,2
Depositary notifications
Type
Treaty
Operator
UN Secretary-General as Depositary ³
What is recorded
Treaty actions such as withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, for example notice C.N.71.2025 of 27 January 2025 ³
Follow-up mechanism
Withdrawal takes effect one year after the notice is received ²
Source
UN Treaty Collection ³
Ocean Commitments
Type
UN voluntary
Operator
UN DESA, SDG Knowledge Platform ⁴
What is recorded
Voluntary commitments linked to the UN Ocean Conferences, 2,666 listed when read in November 2026 ⁴
Follow-up mechanism
Self-reporting by the registering entity. DESA analysis found 90 per cent marked incomplete ⁵
Source
SDG Knowledge Platform and DESA analysis ^4,5
The Ocean Conference Registry of Voluntary Commitments
Type
UN voluntary
Operator
United Nations ⁹
What is recorded
Former registry of ocean commitments, now migrated to the SDG Knowledge Platform ⁹
Source
Ocean Conference registry page ⁹
SDG Acceleration Actions
Type
UN voluntary
Operator
UN DESA, SDG Knowledge Platform ¹⁰
What is recorded
Actions to advance the SDGs, open for online registration, 456 listed when read in November 2026 ¹⁰
Source
SDG Knowledge Platform ¹⁰
Online Assurances Monitoring System (OAMS)
Type
Parliamentary
Operator
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, India ⁶
What is recorded
Assurances given by ministers in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha ⁶
Follow-up mechanism
Three-month deadline. Extensions and drop requests decided by the Committees on Government Assurances ⁶
Source
Lok Sabha committee report ⁶
Written statements database
Type
Parliamentary
Operator
UK Parliament ⁷
What is recorded
Written statements by ministers to the Commons and Lords, each with a WSID, online from 17 November 2014 ⁷
Follow-up mechanism
Reproduced in the Daily Report and Hansard ⁷
Source
UK Parliament ⁷
Order of Business, the Red
Type
Parliamentary
Operator
Australian Senate ¹¹
What is recorded
Ministerial statements as an informal item each afternoon ¹¹
Follow-up mechanism
Debate by leave, or by right if the statement is tabled with documents ¹¹
Source
Senate Clerk's Office paper, October 2015 ¹¹
OGP action plans
Type
Open government
Operator
Open Government Partnership, more than 70 countries and 136 local governments ⁸
What is recorded
Action plan commitments by member governments ¹²
Follow-up mechanism
Independent Reporting Mechanism Action Plan Review and Results Report ¹²
Source
OGP pages ^8,12

Notes

A registry entry records a commitment. It is not an assessment of whether the commitment was met ¹.
The DESA analysis covers commitments registered at or around the 2022 Ocean Conference and states that its views are the author's own ⁵.

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NDC Registry

Depositary notifications

Ocean Commitments

The Ocean Conference Registry of Voluntary Commitments

SDG Acceleration Actions

Online Assurances Monitoring System (OAMS)

Written statements database

Order of Business, the Red

OGP action plans

Notes

Sources