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ARTICLE-7: Full powers     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs, for the purpose of performing all acts relating to the conclusion of a treaty; ...


ARTICLE-8: Subsequent confirmation of an act performed without authorization     [go to this ARTICLE]
... An act relating to the conclusion of a treaty performed by a person who cannot be considered under article 7 as authorized to represent a State for that purpose is without legal effect unless afterwards confirmed by that State. ...


ARTICLE-30: Application of successive treaties relating to the same subject-matter     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 5. Paragraph 4 is without prejudice to article 41, or to any question of the termination or suspension of the operation of a treaty under article 60 or to any question of responsibility which may arise for a State from the conclusion or application of a treaty the provisions of which are incompatible with its obligations towards another State under another treaty. ...


ARTICLE-31: General rule of interpretation     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) any agreement relating to the treaty which was made between all the parties in connection with the conclusion of the treaty; ...
... (b) any instrument which was made by one or more parties in connection with the conclusion of the treaty and accepted by the other parties as an instrument related to the treaty. ...


ARTICLE-32: Supplementary means of interpretation     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 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: ...


ARTICLE-40: Amendment of multilateral treaties     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) the negotiation and conclusion of any agreement for the amendment of the treaty. ...


ARTICLE-52: Coercion of a State by the threat or use of force     [go to this ARTICLE]
... A treaty is void if its conclusion has been procured by the threat or use of force in violation of the principles of international law embodied in the Charter of the United Nations. ...


ARTICLE-53: Treaties conflicting with a peremptory norm of general international law (jus cogens)     [go to this ARTICLE]
... A treaty is void if, at the time of its conclusion, it conflicts with a peremptory norm of general international law. For the purposes of the present Convention, a peremptory norm of general international law is a norm accepted and recognized by the international community of States as a whole as a norm from which no derogation is permitted and which can be modified only by a subsequent norm of general international law having the same character. ...


ARTICLE-59: Termination or suspension of the operation of a treaty implied by conclusion of a later treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Termination or suspension of the operation of a treaty implied by conclusion of a later treaty ...


ARTICLE-62: Fundamental change of circumstances     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. A fundamental change of circumstances which has occurred with regard to those existing at the time of the conclusion of a treaty, and which was not foreseen by the parties, may not be invoked as a ground for terminating or withdrawing from the treaty unless: ...


ARTICLE-74: Diplomatic and consular relations and the conclusion of treaties     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Diplomatic and consular relations and the conclusion of treaties ...
... The severance or absence of diplomatic or consular relations between two or more States does not prevent the conclusion of treaties between those States. The conclusion of a treaty does not in itself affect the situation in regard to diplomatic or consular relations. ...
... The severance or absence of diplomatic or consular relations between two or more States does not prevent the conclusion of treaties between those States. The conclusion of a treaty does not in itself affect the situation in regard to diplomatic or consular relations. ...