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ARTICLE-18: Obligation not to defeat the object and purpose
of a treaty prior to its entry into force [go to this ARTICLE]
... A State is obliged to refrain from acts which
would defeat the object and purpose of a treaty when: ...
ARTICLE-19: Formulation of reservations [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) in cases not falling under sub-paragraphs (a) and (b),
the reservation is incompatible with the object and
purpose of the treaty. ...
ARTICLE-20: Acceptance of and objection to reservations [go to this ARTICLE]
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2. When it appears from the limited number of the negotiating
States and the object and purpose of a treaty that the
application of the treaty in its entirety between all
the parties is an essential condition of the consent
of each one to be bound by the treaty, a reservation requires acceptance
by all the parties.
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ARTICLE-31: General rule of interpretation [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. A treaty shall be interpreted in good faith
in accordance with the ordinary meaning to be given to
the terms of the treaty in their context and in the light
of its object and purpose.
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ARTICLE-33: Interpretation of treaties authenticated in two
or more languages [go to this ARTICLE]
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4. Except where a particular text prevails in accordance
with paragraph 1, when a comparison of the authentic
texts discloses a difference of meaning which the application
of articles 31 and 32 does not remove, the meaning which
best reconciles the texts, having regard to the object and purpose of the
treaty, shall be adopted. ...
ARTICLE-41: Agreements to modify multilateral treaties between
certain of the parties only [go to this ARTICLE]
... (ii) does not relate to a provision, derogation from which
is incompatible with the effective execution of the
object and purpose of the treaty as a whole. ...
ARTICLE-58: Suspension of the operation of a multilateral
treaty by agreement between certain of the parties only [go to this ARTICLE]
ARTICLE-60: Termination or suspension of the operation of
a treaty as a consequence of its breach [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) the violation of a provision essential to the accomplishment
of the object or purpose of the treaty. ...
ARTICLE-61: Supervening impossibility of performance [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. A party may invoke the impossibility of performing
a treaty as a ground for terminating or withdrawing from
it if the impossibility results from the permanent disappearance
or destruction of an object indispensable for the execution
of the treaty. If the impossibility is temporary, it may be invoked
only as a ground for suspending the operation of the treaty.
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