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ARTICLE-77: Functions of depositaries     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. In the event of any difference appearing between a State and the depositary as to the performance of the latter's functions, the depositary shall bring the question to the attention of the signatory States and the contracting States or, where appropriate, of the competent organ of the international organization concerned. ...


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: ...
... 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: ...
... (b) an objection has been raised, the depositary shall communicate the objection to the signatory States and to the contracting States. ...
... 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. ...
... 4. The corrected text replaces the defective text ab initio, unless the signatory States and the contracting States otherwise decide. ...
... 6. Where an error is discovered in a certified copy of a treaty, the depositary shall execute a procés-verbal specifying the rectification and communicate a copy of it to the signatory States and to the contracting States. ...