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ARTICLE-3: International agreements not within the scope of the present Convention     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The fact that the present Convention does not apply to international agreements concluded between States and other subjects of international law or between such other subjects of international law, or to international agreements not in written form, shall not affect: ...
... The fact that the present Convention does not apply to international agreements concluded between States and other subjects of international law or between such other subjects of international law, or to international agreements not in written form, shall not affect: ...
... (b) the application to them of any of the rules set forth in the present Convention to which they would be subject under international law independently of the Convention; ...
... (c) the application of the Convention to the relations of States as between themselves under international agreements to which other subjects of international law are also parties. ...


ARTICLE-4: Non-retroactivity of the present Convention     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Without prejudice to the application of any rules set forth in the present Convention to which treaties would be subject under international law independently of the Convention, the Convention applies only to treaties which are concluded by States after the entry into force of the present Convention with regard to such States. ...


ARTICLE-14: Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by ratification, acceptance or approval     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) the representative of the State has signed the treaty subject to ratification; or ...
... (d) the intention of the State to sign the treaty subject to ratification appears from the full powers of its representative or was expressed during the negotiation. ...


ARTICLE-18: Obligation not to defeat the object and purpose of a treaty prior to its entry into force     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) it has signed the treaty or has exchanged instruments constituting the treaty subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, until it shall have made its intention clear not to become a party to the treaty; or ...


ARTICLE-23: Procedure regarding reservations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. If formulated when signing the treaty subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, a reservation must be formally confirmed by the reserving State when expressing its consent to be bound by the treaty. In such a case the reservation shall be considered as having been made on the date of its confirmation. ...


ARTICLE-30: Application of successive treaties relating to the same subject-matter     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Application of successive treaties relating to the same subject-matter ...
... 1. Subject to Article 103 of the Charter of the United Nations, the rights and obligations of States parties to successive treaties relating to the same subject-matter shall be determined in accordance with the following paragraphs. ...
... 1. Subject to Article 103 of the Charter of the United Nations, the rights and obligations of States parties to successive treaties relating to the same subject-matter shall be determined in accordance with the following paragraphs. ...
... 2. When a treaty specifies that it is subject to, or that it is not to be considered as incompatible with, an earlier or later treaty, the provisions of that other treaty prevail. ...


ARTICLE-37: Revocation or modification of obligations or rights of third States     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. When a right has arisen for a third State in conformity with article 36, the right may not be revoked or modified by the parties if it is established that the right was intended not to be revocable or subject to modification without the consent of the third State. ...


ARTICLE-43: Obligations imposed by international law independently of a treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The invalidity, termination or denunciation of a treaty, the withdrawal of a party from it, or the suspension of its operation, as a result of the application of the present Convention or of the provisions of the treaty, shall not in any way impair the duty of any State to fulfil any obligation embodied in the treaty to which it would be subject under international law independently of the treaty. ...


ARTICLE-44: Separability of treaty provisions     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 4. In cases falling under articles 49 and 50 the State entitled to invoke the fraud or corruption may do so with respect either to the whole treaty or, subject to paragraph 3, to the particular clauses alone. ...


ARTICLE-47: Specific restrictions on authority to express the consent of a State     [go to this ARTICLE]
... If the authority of a representative to express the consent of a State to be bound by a particular treaty has been made subject to a specific restriction, his omission to observe that restriction may not be invoked as invalidating the consent expressed by him unless the restriction was notified to the other negotiating States prior to his expressing such consent. ...


ARTICLE-56: Denunciation of or withdrawal from a treaty containing no provision regarding termination, denunciation or withdrawal     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. A treaty which contains no provision regarding its termination and which does not provide for denunciation or withdrawal is not subject to denunciation or withdrawal unless: ...


ARTICLE-59: Termination or suspension of the operation of a treaty implied by conclusion of a later treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. A treaty shall be considered as terminated if all the parties to it conclude a later treaty relating to the same subject-matter and: ...


ARTICLE-82: Ratification     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The present Convention is subject to ratification. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...