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... Considering the fundamental role of treaties in the history of international relations, ...
... Believing that the codification and progressive development of the law of treaties achieved in the present Convention will promote the purposes of the United Nations set forth in the Charter, namely, the maintenance of international peace and security, the development of friendly relations and the achievement of co-operation among nations, ...


ARTICLE-3: International agreements not within the scope of the present Convention     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (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-20: Acceptance of and objection to reservations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) acceptance by another contracting State of a reservation constitutes the reserving State a party to the treaty in relation to that other State if or when the treaty is in force for those States; ...


ARTICLE-21: Legal effects of reservations and of objections to reservations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) modifies for the reserving State in its relations with that other party the provisions of the treaty to which the reservation relates to the extent of the reservation; and ...
... (b) modifies those provisions to the same extent for that other party in its relations with the reserving State. ...


ARTICLE-22: Withdrawal of reservations and of objections to reservations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) the withdrawal of a reservation becomes operative in relation to another contracting State only when notice of it has been received by that State; ...


ARTICLE-28: Non-retroactivity of treaties     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Unless a different intention appears from the treaty or is otherwise established, its provisions do not bind a party in relation to any act or fact which took place or any situation which ceased to exist before the date of the entry into force of the treaty with respect to that party. ...


ARTICLE-31: General rule of interpretation     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) any relevant rules of international law applicable in the relations between the parties. ...


ARTICLE-40: Amendment of multilateral treaties     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 4. The amending agreement does not bind any State already a party to the treaty which does not become a party to the amending agreement; article 30, paragraph 4(b), applies in relation to such State. ...
... (b) be considered as a party to the unamended treaty in relation to any party to the treaty not bound by the amending agreement. ...


ARTICLE-60: Termination or suspension of the operation of a treaty as a consequence of its breach     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (i) in the relations between themselves and the defaulting State, or ...
... (b) a party specially affected by the breach to invoke it as a ground for suspending the operation of the treaty in whole or in part in the relations between itself and the defaulting State; ...


ARTICLE-63: Severance of diplomatic or consular relations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Severance of diplomatic or consular relations ...
... The severance of diplomatic or consular relations between parties to a treaty does not affect the legal relations established between them by the treaty except in so far as the existence of diplomatic or consular relations is indispensable for the application of the treaty. ...
... The severance of diplomatic or consular relations between parties to a treaty does not affect the legal relations established between them by the treaty except in so far as the existence of diplomatic or consular relations is indispensable for the application of the treaty. ...
... The severance of diplomatic or consular relations between parties to a treaty does not affect the legal relations established between them by the treaty except in so far as the existence of diplomatic or consular relations is indispensable for the application of the treaty. ...


ARTICLE-69: Consequences of the invalidity of a treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) each party may require any other party to establish as far as possible in their mutual relations the position that would have existed if the acts had not been performed; ...
... 4. In the case of the invalidity of a particular State's consent to be bound by a multilateral treaty, the foregoing rules apply in the relations between that State and the parties to the treaty. ...


ARTICLE-70: Consequences of the termination of a treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. If a State denounces or withdraws from a multilateral treaty, paragraph 1 applies in the relations between that State and each of the other parties to the treaty from the date when such denunciation or withdrawal takes effect. ...


ARTICLE-71: Consequences of the invalidity of a treaty which conflict with a peremptory norm of general international law     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) bring their mutual relations into conformity with the peremptory norm of general international law. ...


ARTICLE-72: Consequences of the suspension of the operation of a treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) releases the parties between which the operation of the treaty is suspended from the obligation to perform the treaty in their mutual relations during the period of the suspension; ...
... (b) does not otherwise affect the legal relations between the parties established by the treaty. ...


ARTICLE-74: Diplomatic and consular relations and the conclusion of treaties     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Diplomatic and consular relations and the conclusion of treaties ...
... The severance or absence of diplomatic or consular relations between two or more States does not prevent the conclusion of treaties between those States. The conclusion of a treaty does not in itself affect the situation in regard to diplomatic or consular relations. ...
... The severance or absence of diplomatic or consular relations between two or more States does not prevent the conclusion of treaties between those States. The conclusion of a treaty does not in itself affect the situation in regard to diplomatic or consular relations. ...


ARTICLE-75: Case of an aggressor State     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The provisions of the present Convention are without prejudice to any obligation in relation to a treaty which may arise for an aggressor State in consequence of measures taken in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations with reference to that State's aggression. ...