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Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
PART-III: OBSERVANCE, APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION OF TREATIES
SECTION-3: INTERPRETATION OF TREATIES
ARTICLE 32: Supplementary means of interpretation
ARTICLE 32: Supplementary means of interpretation
Recourse may be had to supplementary means of interpretation, including the preparatory work of the treaty and the circumstances of its conclusion, in order to confirm the meaning resulting from the application of article 31, or to determine the meaning when the interpretation according to article 31:
(a) leaves the meaning ambiguous or obscure; or
(b) leads to a result which is manifestly absurd or unreasonable.
Referred by:
ARTICLE 33: Interpretation of treaties authenticated in two or more languages