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PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME I

they decide upon some other means of correction, be

corrected:

(a) by having the appropriate correction made in the text

and

causing

the

correction to be initialled by duly

authorized representatives;

(b)

by

executing

or

exchanging

an

instrument

or

instruments setting out the correction which it has been

agreed to make; or

(c) by executing a corrected text of the whole treaty by

the same procedure as in the case of the original text.

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 procès-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.

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.

5. The correction of the text of a treaty that has been

registered shall be notified to the Secretariat of the

United Nations.

6. Where an error is discovered in a certified copy of a

treaty,

the

depositary

shall

execute

a

procès-verbal

specifying the rectification and communicate a copy of it

to the signatory States and to the contracting States.

ARTICLE 80

Registration and Publication of Treaties

1. Treaties shall, after their entry into force, be transmitted

to the Secretariat of the United Nations for registration or

filing

and

recording,

as

the

case

may be, and for

publication.

2.

The

designation

of

a

depositary

shall

constitute

authorization for it to perform the acts specified in the

preceding paragraph.

PART VIII Final Provisions

ARTICLE 81

Signature

The present Convention shall be open for signature by all

States Members of the United Nations or of any of the

specialized

agencies

or

of

the

International

Atomic

Energy

Agency

or

parties

to

the

Statute

of

the

International Court of Justice, and by any other State

invited by the General Assembly of the United Nations to

become a party to the Convention, as follows: until 30

November 1969, at the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs

of the Republic of Austria, and subsequently, until 30 April

1970, at United Nations Headquarters, New York.

ARTICLE 82

Ratification

The present Convention is subject to ratification. The

instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the

Secretary-General of the United Nations.

ARTICLE 83

Accession

The present Convention shall remain open for accession

by

any

State

belonging

to

any

of

the

categories

mentioned in article 81. The instruments of accession

shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the

United Nations.

ARTICLE 84

Entry Into Force

1. The present Convention shall enter into force on the

thirtieth

day

following

the

date

of

deposit

of

the

thirty-fifth instrument of ratification or accession.

2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention

after

the

deposit

of

the

thirty-fifth

instrument

of

ratification or accession, the Convention shall enter into

force on the thirtieth day after deposit by such State of its

instrument of ratification or accession.

ARTICLE 85

Authentic Texts

The original of the present Convention, of which the

Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are

equally

authentic,

shall

be

deposited

with

the

Secretary-General of the United Nations.

IN

WITNESS

WHEREOF

the

undersigned

Plenipotentiaries, being duly authorized thereto by their

respective

Governments,

have

signed

the

present

Convention.

DONE

at

Vienna this twenty-third day of May, one

thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine.

ANNEX

1. A list of conciliators consisting of qualified jurists shall

be drawn up and maintained by the Secretary-General of

the United Nations. To this end, every State which is a

Member of the United Nations or a party to the present

Convention shall be invited to nominate two conciliators,

and

the

names

of the persons so nominated shall

constitute the list. The term of a conciliator, including that

of any conciliator nominated to fill a casual vacancy, shall

be five years and may be renewed. A conciliator whose

term expires shall continue to fulfill any function for

which he shall have been chosen under the following

paragraph.

2.

When

a

request

has

been

made

to

the

Secretary-General under article 66, the Secretary-General

shall bring the dispute before a conciliation commission

constituted as follows:

The State or States constituting one of the parties to the

dispute shall appoint:

(a) one conciliator of the nationality of that State or of one

of those States, who may or may not be chosen from the

list referred to in paragraph 1; and

(b) one conciliator not of the nationality of that State or of

any of those States, who shall be chosen from the list.

The State or States constituting the other party to the

dispute shall appoint two conciliators in the same way.

The four conciliators chosen by the parties shall be

appointed within sixty days following the date on which

the Secretary-General receives the request.

The four conciliators shall, within sixty days following the

date of the last of their own appointments, appoint a fifth

conciliator chosen from the list, who shall be chairman.

If the appointment of the chairman or of any of the other

conciliators

has

not

been

made

within

the

period

prescribed above for such appointment, it shall be made

by the Secretary-General within sixty days following the

expiry of that period. The appointment of the chairman

may be made by the Secretary-General either from the

list or from the membership of the International Law

Commission.

Any

of

the

periods

within

which

appointments

must

be made may be extended by

agreement between the parties to the dispute.

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