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ARTICLE-60: Termination or suspension of the operation of a treaty as a consequence of its breach     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Termination or suspension of the operation of a treaty as a consequence of its breach ...
... 1. A material breach of a bilateral treaty by one of the parties entitles the other to invoke the breach as a ground for terminating the treaty or suspending its operation in whole or in part. ...
... 1. A material breach of a bilateral treaty by one of the parties entitles the other to invoke the breach as a ground for terminating the treaty or suspending its operation in whole or in part. ...
... 2. A material breach of a multilateral treaty by one of the parties entitles: ...
... (b) a party specially affected by the breach to invoke it as a ground for suspending the operation of the treaty in whole or in part in the relations between itself and the defaulting State; ...
... (c) any party other than the defaulting State to invoke the breach as a ground for suspending the operation of the treaty in whole or in part with respect to itself if the treaty is of such a character that a material breach of its provisions by one party radically changes the position of every party with respect to the further performance of its obligations under the treaty. ...
... (c) any party other than the defaulting State to invoke the breach as a ground for suspending the operation of the treaty in whole or in part with respect to itself if the treaty is of such a character that a material breach of its provisions by one party radically changes the position of every party with respect to the further performance of its obligations under the treaty. ...
... 3. A material breach of a treaty, for the purposes of this article, consists in: ...
... 4. The foregoing paragraphs are without prejudice to any provision in the treaty applicable in the event of a breach. ...


ARTICLE-61: Supervening impossibility of performance     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Impossibility of performance may not be invoked by a party as a ground for terminating, withdrawing from or suspending the operation of a treaty if the impossibility is the result of a breach by that party either of an obligation under the treaty or of any other international obligation owed to any other party to the treaty. ...


ARTICLE-62: Fundamental change of circumstances     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) if the fundamental change is the result of a breach by the party invoking it either of an obligation under the treaty or of any other international obligation owed to any other party to the treaty. ...