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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: ...
... 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: ...
... (a) by having the appropriate correction made in the text
and causing the correction to be initialled by duly
authorized representatives; ...
... (a) by having the appropriate correction made in the text
and causing the correction to be initialled by duly
authorized representatives; ...
... (b) by executing or exchanging an instrument or instruments
setting out the correction which it has been agreed
to make; or ...
... (c) by executing a corrected text of the whole treaty by
the same procedure as in the case of the original text. ...
... 2. Where the treaty is one for which there is a depositary,
the latter shall notify the signatory States and the
contracting States of the error and of the proposal to
correct it and shall specify an appropriate time-limit
within which objection to the proposed correction may be raised. If,
on the expiry of the time-limit: ...
... 2. Where the treaty is one for which there is a depositary,
the latter shall notify the signatory States and the
contracting States of the error and of the proposal to
correct it and shall specify an appropriate time-limit
within which objection to the proposed correction may be raised. If,
on the expiry of the time-limit: ...
... (a) no objection has been raised, the depositary shall make
and initial the correction in the text and shall execute a procés-verbal
of the rectification of the text and communicate a copy of it to the parties
and to the States entitled to become parties to the treaty; ...
... 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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4. The corrected text replaces the defective text ab initio, unless the
signatory States and the contracting States otherwise decide.
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5. The correction of the text of a treaty that has been registered shall be
notified to the Secretariat of the United Nations.
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