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ARTICLE-20: Acceptance of and objection to reservations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Acceptance of and objection to reservations ...
... (b) an objection by another contracting State to a reservation does not preclude the entry into force of the treaty as between the objecting and reserving States unless a contrary intention is definitely expressed by the objecting State; ...
... 5. For the purposes of paragraphs 2 and 4 and unless the treaty otherwise provides, a reservation is considered to have been accepted by a State if it shall have raised no objection to the reservation by the end of a period of twelve months after it was notified of the reservation or by the date on which it expressed its consent to be bound by the treaty, whichever is later. ...


ARTICLE-21: Legal effects of reservations and of objections to reservations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Legal effects of reservations and of objections to reservations ...


ARTICLE-22: Withdrawal of reservations and of objections to reservations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Withdrawal of reservations and of objections to reservations ...
... 2. Unless the treaty otherwise provides, an objection to a reservation may be withdrawn at any time. ...
... (b) the withdrawal of an objection to a reservation becomes operative only when notice of it has been received by the State which formulated the reservation. ...


ARTICLE-23: Procedure regarding reservations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. A reservation, an express acceptance of a reservation and an objection to a reservation must be formulated in writing and communicated to the contracting States and other States entitled to become parties to the treaty. ...
... 3. An express acceptance of, or an objection to, a reservation made previously to confirmation of the reservation does not itself require confirmation. ...
... 4. The withdrawal of a reservation or of an objection to a reservation must be formulated in writing. ...


ARTICLE-65: Procedure to be followed with respect to invalidity, termination, withdrawal from or suspension of the operation of a treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. If, after the expiry of a period which, except in cases of special urgency, shall not be less than three months after the receipt of the notification, no party has raised any objection, the party making the notification may carry out in the manner provided in article 67 the measure which it has proposed. ...
... 3. If, however, objection has been raised by any other party, the parties shall seek a solution through the means indicated in article 33 of the Charter of the United Nations. ...


ARTICLE-66: Procedures for judicial settlement, arbitration and conciliation     [go to this ARTICLE]
... If, under paragraph 3 of article 65, no solution has been reached within a period of 12 months following the date on which the objection was raised, the following procedures shall be followed: ...


ARTICLE-79: Correction of errors in texts or in certified copies of treaties     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 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; ...
... (b) an objection has been raised, the depositary shall communicate the objection to the signatory States and to the contracting States. ...
... (b) an objection has been raised, the depositary shall communicate the objection to the signatory States and to the contracting States. ...