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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]
... 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: ...
... (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: ...