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Have agreed as follows:
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ARTICLE-10: Authentication of the text [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) by such procedure as may be provided for in the text
or agreed upon by the States participating in its drawing
up; or ...
ARTICLE-11: Means of expressing consent to be bound by a treaty [go to this ARTICLE]
... The consent of a State to be bound by a treaty
may be expressed by signature, exchange of instruments
constituting a treaty, ratification, acceptance, approval
or accession, or by any other means if so agreed. ...
ARTICLE-12: Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by signature [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) it is otherwise established that the negotiating States
were agreed that signature should have that effect;
or ...
... (a) the initialling of a text constitutes a signature of
the treaty when it is established that the negotiating
States so agreed; ...
ARTICLE-13: Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by an
exchange of instruments constituting a treaty [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) it is otherwise established that those States were agreed
that the exchange of instruments should have that effect. ...
ARTICLE-14: Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by ratification,
acceptance or approval [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) it is otherwise established that the negotiating States
were agreed that ratification should be required; ...
ARTICLE-15: Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by accession [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) it is otherwise established that the negotiating States
were agreed that such consent may be expressed by that
State by means of accession; or ...
... (c) all the parties have subsequently agreed that such consent
may be expressed by that State by means of accession. ...
ARTICLE-16: Exchange or deposit of instruments of ratification,
acceptance, approval or accession [go to this ARTICLE]
ARTICLE-17: Consent to be bound by part of a treaty and choice
of differing provisions [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Without prejudice to articles 19 to 23, the
consent of a State to be bound by part of a treaty is
effective only if the treaty so permits or the other
contracting States so agree.
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ARTICLE-22: Withdrawal of reservations and of objections to
reservations [go to this ARTICLE]
ARTICLE-24: Entry into force [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. A treaty enters into force in such manner and
upon such date as it may provide or as the negotiating
States may agree.
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ARTICLE-25: Provisional application [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Unless the treaty otherwise provides or the negotiating
States have otherwise agreed, the provisional application
of a treaty or a part of a treaty with respect to a State
shall be terminated if that State notifies the other
States between which the treaty is being applied provisionally of its
intention not to become a party to the treaty. ...
ARTICLE-33: Interpretation of treaties authenticated in two
or more languages [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. When a treaty has been authenticated in two
or more languages, the text is equally authoritative
in each language, unless the treaty provides or the parties
agree that, in case of divergence, a particular text shall prevail.
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2. A version of the treaty in a language other than one
of those in which the text was authenticated shall be
considered an authentic text only if the treaty so provides
or the parties so agree.
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ARTICLE-37: Revocation or modification of obligations or rights
of third States [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. When an obligation has arisen for a third State
in conformity with article 35, the obligation may be
revoked or modified only with the consent of the parties
to the treaty and of the third State, unless it is established
that they had otherwise agreed.
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ARTICLE-44: Separability of treaty provisions [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. A right of a party, provided for in a treaty
or arising under article 56, to denounce, withdraw from
or suspend the operation of the treaty may be exercised
only with respect to the whole treaty unless the treaty otherwise
provides or the parties otherwise agree.
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ARTICLE-45: Loss of a right to invoke a ground for invalidating,
terminating, withdrawing from or suspending the operation of a treaty [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) it shall have expressly agreed that the treaty is valid
or remains in force or continues in operation, as the
case may be; or ...
ARTICLE-66: Procedures for judicial settlement, arbitration
and conciliation [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) any one of the parties to a dispute concerning the application
or the interpretation of articles 53 or 64 may, by
a written application, submit it to the International
Court of Justice for a decision unless the parties
by common consent agree to submit the dispute to arbitration; ...
ARTICLE-70: Consequences of the termination of a treaty [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Unless the treaty otherwise provides or the
parties otherwise agree, the termination of a treaty
under its provisions or in accordance with the present
Convention: ...
ARTICLE-72: Consequences of the suspension of the operation
of a treaty [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Unless the treaty otherwise provides or the
parties otherwise agree, the suspension of the operation
of a treaty under its provisions or in accordance with
the present Convention: ...
ARTICLE-77: Functions of depositaries [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The functions of a depositary, unless otherwise
provided in the treaty or agreed by the contracting States,
comprise in particular: ...
ARTICLE-79: Correction of errors in texts or in certified
copies of treaties [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Where, after the authentication of the text
of a treaty, the signatory States and the contracting
States are agreed that it contains an error, the error
shall, unless they decide upon some other means of correction, be corrected: ...
... (b) by executing or exchanging an instrument or instruments
setting out the correction which it has been agreed
to make; or ...
... 3. The rules in paragraphs 1 and 2 apply also where the text
has been authenticated in two or more languages and it appears that there is
a lack of concordance which the signatory States and the contracting States
agree should be corrected.
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