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ARTICLE-2: Use of terms     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) “ratification”, “acceptance”, “approval” and “accession” mean in each case the international act so named whereby a State establishes on the international plane its consent to be bound by a treaty; ...


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-14: Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by ratification, acceptance or approval     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by ratification, acceptance or approval ...
... 2. The consent of a State to be bound by a treaty is expressed by acceptance or approval under conditions similar to those which apply to ratification. ...


ARTICLE-16: Exchange or deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Exchange or deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession ...
... Unless the treaty otherwise provides, instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession establish the consent of a State to be bound by a treaty upon: ...


ARTICLE-18: Obligation not to defeat the object and purpose of a treaty prior to its entry into force     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) it has signed the treaty or has exchanged instruments constituting the treaty subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, until it shall have made its intention clear not to become a party to the treaty; or ...


ARTICLE-23: Procedure regarding reservations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. If formulated when signing the treaty subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, a reservation must be formally confirmed by the reserving State when expressing its consent to be bound by the treaty. In such a case the reservation shall be considered as having been made on the date of its confirmation. ...


ARTICLE-77: Functions of depositaries     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (f) informing the States entitled to become parties to the treaty when the number of signatures or of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession required for the entry into force of the treaty has been received or deposited; ...