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United Nations Conference on the Law of Treaties First Session Vienna, 26 March-24 May 1968 Summary records of the plenary meetings and of the meetings of the Committee of the Whole
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Resolution 2166 (XXI) of the General Assembly convening the Conference				xi
List of delegations				xiii
Officers of the Conference and its Committees				xxiii
Secretariat of the Conference				xxiii
Agenda				xxv
Rules of procedure				xxvi
Summary records of the plenary meetings
First plenary meeting
	Tuesday, 26 March 1968, at 3 p.m.
	Opening of the Conference			1
	Address by the representative of the Federal President of the Republic of Austria			1
	Question of participation in the Conference			2
	Election of the President			5
	Adoption of the rules of procedure			6
	Adoption of the agenda			6
Second plenary meeting
	Wednesday, 27 March 1968, at 12 noon
	Question of the representation of South Africa			6
	Election of Vice-Presidents			6
	Election of the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole			6
	Election of the Chairman of the Drafting Committee			6
	Appointment of the Credentials Committee			7
Third plenary meeting
	Wednesday, 27 March 1968, at 5.45 p.m.
	Appointment of the Credentials Committee (continued)			7
	Appointment of other members of the Drafting Committee			7
	Organization of work			7
Fourth plenary meeting
	Wednesday, 8 May 1968, at 12 noon
	Tributes to the memory of Mr. Antonio de Luna			7
Fifth plenary meeting
	Friday, 24 May 1968, at 3.35 p.m.
	Report of the Credentials Committee on the first session of the Conference			9
	Arrangements for the second session of the Conference			10
	Closure of the first session of the Conference			10
Summary records of meetings of the Committee of the Whole
1st meeting
	Wednesday, 27 March 1968, at 3.30 p.m.
	Election of the Vice-Chairman of the Committee of the Whole			11
	Election of the Rapporteur of the Committee of the Whole			11
2nd meeting
	Thursday, 28 March 1968, at 10.50 a.m.			11
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966
		Article 1 (The scope of the present articles)		11
3rd meeting
	Thursday, 28 March 1968, at 3.20 p.m.
	Tribute to the memory of Colonel Yuri Gagarin, Soviet astronaut			14
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (resumed from the previous meeting)
		Article 1 (The scope of the present articles)		14
4th meeting
	Friday, 29 March 1968, at 11 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 2 (Use of terms) (continued)		21
5th meeting
	Friday, 29 March 1968, at 3.20 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 2 (Use of terms) (continued)		24
6th meeting
	Monday, 1 April 1968, at 10.50 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966(continued)
		Article 2 (Use of terms) (continued)		31
			Article 3 (International agreements not within the scope of the present articles)	35
7th meeting
	Monday, 1 April 1968, at 3.20 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966(continued)
		Article 3 (International agreements not within the scope of the present articles)(continued)		36
8th meeting
	Tuesday, 2 April 1968, at 10.50 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966(continued)
		Article 4 (Treaties which are constituent instruments of international organizations or which are adopted within international organizations)		42
9th meeting
	Tuesday, 2 April 1968, at 3.15 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966(continued)
		Article 4 (Treaties which are constituent intruments of international organizations or which are adopted within international organizations)(continued)		46
10th meeting
	Wednesday, 3 April 1969, at 11.5 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966(continued)
		Article 4 (Treaties which are constituent instruments of international organizations or which are adopted within international organizations) (continued)		53
11th meeting
	Wednesday, 3 April 1968, at 3.15 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966(continued)
	Texts proposed by the Drafting Committee¹
		Article 1 (The scope of the present Convention)		58
		Draft resolution approved by the Drafting Committee		59
	Title of Part II, Section 1			59
	Article 5 (Capacity of States to conclude treaties)			59
12th meeting
	Thursday, 4 April 1968, at 11 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966(continued)
		Article 5 (Capacity of States to conclude treaties)(continued)		65
13th meeting
	Thursday, 4 April 1968, at 3.15 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966(continued)			69
		Proposed new article 5 bis (The right of participation in treaties)		69
		Article 6 (Full powers to represent the State in the conclusion of treaties))		69
14th meeting
	Friday, 5 April 1968, at 10.50 a.m.
	Tribute to the memory of the Reverend Martin Luther King			76
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966(resumed from the previous meeting)
		Article 7 (Subsequent confirmation of an act performed without authority)		76
15th meeting
	Friday, 5 April 1968, at 3.20 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966(continued)			80
		Article 8 (Adoption of the text)		80
		Article 9 (Authentication of the text)		83
		Proposed new article 9 bis (Consent to be bound by a treaty)		83
16th meeting
	Monday, 8 April 1968, at 10.50 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 10 (Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by signature), Article 11 (Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by ratification, acceptance or approval), and Proposed new article 11 bis		85
		Question of a residuary rule in favour of signature or of ratification		85
17th meeting
	Monday, 8 April 1968, at 3.10 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Question of a residuary rule in favour of signature or of ratification (continued)		88
		Article 10 (Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by signature)		91
		Proposed new article 10 bis (Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by an exchange of instruments constituting a treaty)		93
18th meeting
	Tuesday, 9 April 1968, at 10.50 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Proposed new article 10 bis (Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by an exchange of instruments constituting a treaty) (continued)		93
		Question of a residuary rule in favour of signature or of ratification (resumed from the previous meeting)		94
		Article 11 (Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by ratification, acceptance or approval) (resumed from the 16th meeting)		95
		Article 12 (Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by accession)		95
		Proposed new article 9 bis (Consent to be bound by a treaty) (resumed from the 15th meeting)		96
		Proposed new article 12 bis (Other methods of expressing consent to be bound by a treaty)		96
		Article 13 (Exchange or deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession)		96
		Article 14 (Consent relating to a part of a treaty and choice of differing provisions)		97
19th meeting
	Tuesday, 9 April 1968, at 3.15 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 15 (Obligation of a State not to frustrate the object of a treaty prior to its entry into force)		97
20th meeting
	Wednesday, 10 April 1968, at 10.50 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 15 (Obligation of a State not to frustrate the object of a treaty prior to its entry into force) (continued)		102
		Title of Part II, Section 2		106
21st meeting
	Wednesday, 10 April 1968, at 3.25 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 16 (Formulation of reservations) and article 17 (Acceptance of and objection to reservations)		106
22nd meeting
	Thursday, 11 April 1968, at 11 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 16 (Formulation of reservations) and article 17 (Acceptance of and objection to reservations) (continued)		114
23rd meeting
	Thursday, 11 April 1968, at 3 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 16 (Formulation of reservations) and article 17 (Acceptance of and objection to reservations) (continued)		121
		Article 18 (Procedure regarding reservations)		124
		Organization of the work of the Conference		124
24th meeting
	Tuesday, 16 April 1968, at 10.55 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 16 (Formulation of reservations) and article 17 (Acceptance of and objection to reservations) (resumed from the 23rd meeting)		125
25th meeting
	Tuesday, 16 April 1968, at 3.20 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 16 (Formulation of reservations) and article 17 (Acceptance of and objection to reservations) (continued)		133
		Article 19 (Legal effects of reservations)		136
		Article 20 (Withdrawal of reservations)		138
26th meeting
	Wednesday, 17 April 1968, at 11 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 21 (Entry into force)		138
		Article 22 (Entry into force provisionally)		140
27th meeting
	Wednesday, 17 April 1968, at 5.30 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 22 (Entry into force provisionally) (continued)		143
28th meeting
	Thursday, 18 April 1968, at 10.45 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Texts proposed by the Drafting Committee
			Titles of parts, sections and articles	146
			Article 3 (International agreements not within the scope of the present articles)	146
			Article 4 (Treaties which are constituent instruments of international organizations or are adopted within international organizations)	147
			Article 5 (Capacity of States to conclude treaties)	148
			Article 23 (Pacta sunt servanda)	150
29th meeting
	Thursday, 18 April 1968, at 3.15 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 23 (Pacta sunt servanda) (continued)		151
30th meeting
	Friday, 19 April 1968, at 11 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 24 (Non-retroactivity of treaties)		158
		Article 25 (Application of treaties to territory)		162
31st meeting
	Friday, 19 April 1968, at 3.20 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 25 (Application of treaties to territory) (continued)		164
		Article 26 (Application of successive treaties relating to the same subject-matter)		164
		Article 27 (General rule of interpretation) and article 28 (Supplementary means of interpretation)		166
32nd meeting
	Saturday, 20 April 1968, at 10.45 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 27 (General rule of interpretation) and article 28 (Supplementary means of interpretation) (continued)		171
33rd meeting
	Monday, 22 April 1968, at 3.20 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 27 (General rule of interpretation) and article 28 (Supplementary means of interpretation) (continued)		177
34th meeting
	Tuesday, 23 April 1968, at 10.55 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Texts proposed by the Drafting Committee
			Article 8 (Adoption of the text)	185
			Article 6 (Full powers to represent the State in the conclusion of treaties)	185
			Article 7 (Subsequent confirmation of an act performed without authority)	188
		Article 29 (Interpretation of treaties in two or more languages)		188
35th meeting
	Tuesday, 23 April 1968, at 3.15 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 30 (General rule regarding third States)		191
		Article 31 (Treaties providing for obligations for third States) and article 32 (Treaties providing for rights for third States)		193
		Article 33 (Revocation or modification of obligations or rights of third States)		197
		Article 34 (Rules in a treaty becoming binding through international custom)		197
36th meeting
	Wednesday, 24 April 1968, at 11 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 34 (Rules in a treaty becoming binding through international custom) (continued)		198
		Article 35 (General rule regarding the amendment of treaties) and article 36 (Amendment of multilateral treaties)		201
37th meeting
	Wednesday, 24 April 1968, at 3.15 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 35 (General rule regarding the amendment of treaties) and article 36 (Amendment of multilateral treaties) (continued)		203
		Article 37 (Agreements to modify multilateral treaties between certain of the parties only)		205
		Article 38 (Modification of treaties by subsequent practice)		207
38th meeting
	Thursday, 25 April 1968, at 11.5 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 38 (Modification of treaties by subsequent practice) (continued)		210
39th meeting
	Friday, 26 April 1968, at 11 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 39 (Validity and continuance in force of treaties)		215
40th meeting
	Friday, 26 April 1968, at 3.15 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 39 (Validity and continuance in force of treaties) (continued)		221
		Article 40 (Obligations under other rules of international law)		227
41st meeting
	Saturday, 27 April 1968, at 11.5 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 41 (Separability of treaty provisions)		228
42nd meeting
	Monday, 29 April 1968, at 10.45 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 41 (Separability of treaty provisions) (continued)		233
		Article 42 (Loss of a right to invoke a ground for invalidating, terminating, withdrawing from or suspending the operation of a treaty)		237
43rd meeting
	Monday, 29 April 1968, at 3.10 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 42 (Loss of a right to invoke a ground for invalidating, terminating, withdrawing from or suspending the operation of a treaty) (continued)		238
		Article 43 (Provisions of internal law regarding competence to conclude a treaty)		238
44th meeting
	Tuesday, 30 April 1968, at 11 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 44 (Specific restrictions on authority to express the consent of the State)		246
		Article 45 (Error)		249
45th meeting
	Tuesday, 30 April 1968, at 3.15 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 45 (Error) (continued)		252
		Article 46 (Fraud) and article 47 (Corruption of a representative of the State)		255
46th meeting
	Tuesday, 30 April 1968, at 8.55 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 46 (Fraud) and article 47 (Corruption of a representative of the State) (continued)		259
47th meeting
	Thursday, 2 May 1968, at 10.50 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 46 (Fraud) and article 47 (Corruption of a representative of the State) (continued)		263
		Article 48 (Coercion of a representative of the State)		266
48th meeting
	Thursday, 2 May 1968, at 3.10 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 48 (Coercion of a representative of the State) (continued)		268
		Article 49 (Coercion of a State by the threat or use of force)		269
49th meeting
	Thursday, 2 May 1968, at 8.40 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 49 (Coercion of a State by the threat or use of force) (continued)		274
50th meeting
	Friday, 3 May 1968, at 10.45 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 49 (Coercion of a State by the threat or use of force) (continued)		280
51st meeting
	Friday, 3 May 1968, at 3.45 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 49 (Coercion of a State by the threat or use of force) (continued)		287
52nd meeting
	Saturday, 4 May 1968, at 10.30 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 50 (Treaties conflicting with a peremptory norm of general international law (jus cogens)		293
53rd meeting
	Monday, 6 May 1968, at 10.45 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 50 (Treaties conflicting with a peremptory norm of general international law (jus cogens) (continued)		299
54th meeting
	Monday, 6 May 1968, at 3.25 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 50 (Treaties conflicting with a peremptory norm of general international law (jus cogens) (continued)		306
55th meeting
	Tuesday, 7 May 1968, at 10.45 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 50 (Treaties conflicting with a peremptory norm of general international law (jus cogens) (continued)		315
56th meeting
	Tuesday, 7 May 1968, at 3.25 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 50 (Treaties conflicting with a peremptory norm of general international law (jus cogens) (continued)		321
57th meeting
	Tuesday, 7 May 1968, at 8.40 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 49 (Coercion of a State by the threat or use of force (resumed from the 51st meeting)		328
			Draft declaration on the prohibition of the threat or use of economic or political coercion in concluding a treaty	328
		Article 50 (Treaties conflicting with a peremptory norm of general international law (jus cogens) (resumed from the previous meeting)		330
58th meeting
	Wednesday, 8 May 1968, at 10.45 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 51 (Termination of or withdrawal from a treaty by consent of the parties)		334
		Article 52 (Reduction of the parties to a multilateral treaty below the number necessary for its entry into force)		336
		Article 53 (Denunciation of a treaty containing no provision regarding termination)		336
59th meeting
	Wednesday, 8 May 1968, at 3.10 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXT) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 53 (Denunciation of a treaty containing no provision regarding termination) (continued)		339
		Article 54 (Suspension of the operation of a treaty by consent of the parties)
			Texts proposed by the Drafting Committee
			Article 9 (Authentication of the text)	344
			(New article) Article 9 bis	344
			Article 10 (Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by signature)	344
			(New article) Article 10 bis (Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by an exchange of instruments constituting a treaty)	345
60th meeting
	Thursday, 9 May 1968, at 10.45 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 55 (Temporary suspension of the operation of a multilateral treaty by consent between certain of the parties only)		347
		Article 56 (Termination or suspension of the operation of a treaty implied from entering into a subsequent treaty)		350
		Article 57 (Termination or suspension of the operation of a treaty as a consequence of its breach)		352
61st meeting
	Thursday, 9 May 1968, at 3.15 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 57 (Termination or suspension of the operation of a treaty as a consequence of its breach) (continued)		353
		Texts proposed by the Drafting Committee
			Article 11 (Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by ratification, acceptance or approval)	360
			Article 12 (Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by accession)	360
			Article 13 (Exchange or deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession)	360
			Article 14 (Consent relating to a part of a treaty and choice of differing provisions)	360
			Article 15 (Obligation of a State not to frustrate the object of a treaty prior to its entry into force)	361
62nd meeting
	Thursday, 9 May 1968, at 8.40 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 58 (Supervening impossibility of performance)		361
63rd meeting
	Friday, 10 May 1968, at 10.50 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 59 (Fundamental change of circumstances)		365
64th meeting
	Friday, 10 May 1968, at 3.15 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 59 (Fundamental change of circumstances) (continued)		370
65th meeting
	Saturday, 11 May 1968, at 9.45 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 59 (Fundamental change of circumstances) (continued)		378
		Article 60 (Severance of diplomatic relations)		382
66th meeting
	Monday, 13 May 1968, at 11 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 61 (Emergence of a new peremptory norm of general international law)		386
		Article 41 (Separability of treaty provisions) (resumed from the 42nd meeting)		389
		Article 42 (Loss of a right to invoke a ground for invalidating, terminating, withdrawing from or suspending the operation of a treaty) (resumed from the 43rd meeting)		389
67th meeting
	Monday, 13 May 1968, at 3.15 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 42 (Loss of a right to invoke a ground for invalidating, terminating, withdrawing from or suspending the operation of a treaty) (continued)		392
68th meeting
	Tuesday, 14 May 1968, at 10.50 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 62 (Procedure to be followed in cases of invalidity, termination, withdrawal from or suspension of the operation of a treaty) and proposed new article 62 bis		402
69th meeting
	Tuesday, 14 May 1968, at 3.25 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXT) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 62 (Procedure to be followed in cases of invalidity, termination, withdrawal from or suspension of the operation of a treaty) (continued) and proposed new article 62 bis (continued)		407
70th meeting
	Tuesday, 14 May 1968, at 8.45 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 62 (Procedure to be followed in cases of invalidity, termination, withdrawal from or suspension of the operation of a treaty) (continued) and proposed new article 62 bis (continued)		414
		Texts proposed by the Drafting Committee
			Article 16 (Formulation of reservations)	415
			Article 18 (Procedure regarding reservations)	416
			Article 19 (Legal effects of reservations)	416
			Article 20 (Withdrawal of reservations)	417
71st meeting
	Wednesday, 15 May 1968, at 10.45 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 62 (Procedure to be followed in cases of invalidity, termination, withdrawal from or suspension of the operation of a treaty) (continued) and proposed new article 62 bis (continued)		418
72nd meeting
	Wednesday, 15 May 1968, at 3.20 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Texts proposed by the Drafting Committee
			Article 17 (Acceptance of and objection to reservations)	425
			Article 21 (Entry into force)	426
			Article 22 (Entry into force provisionally	426
			Articles 23 (Pacta sunt servanda) and 23 bis (new article)	427
			Article 24 (Non-retroactivity of treaties)	428
			Article 25 (Application of treaties to territory)	428
		Article 62 (Procedure to be followed in cases of invalidity, termination, withdrawal from or suspension of the operation of a treaty) (resumed from the 71st meeting) and proposed new article 62 bis (resumed from the 71st meeting)		429
73rd meeting
	Thursday, 16 May 1968, at 10.30 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 62 (Procedure to be followed in cases of invalidity, termination, withdrawal from or suspension of the operation of a treaty) (continued) and proposed new article 62 bis (continued)		433
74th meeting
	Thursday, 16 May 1968, at 3.20 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 62 (Procedure to be followed in cases of invalidity, termination, withdrawal from or suspension of the operation of a treaty) (continued) and proposed new article 62 bis (continued)		439
		Texts proposed by the Drafting Committee
			Article 27 (General rule of interpretation)	441
			Article 28 (Supplementary means of interpretation)	442
			Article 29 (Interpretation of treaties in two or more languages)	442
			Article 30 (General rule regarding third States)	443
			Article 31 (Treaties providing for obligations for third States)	443
			Article 32 (Treaties providing for rights for third States)	443
			Article 33 (Revocation or modification of obligations or rights of third States)	443
			Article 34 (Rules in a treaty becoming binding through international custom)	444
		Article 63 (Instruments for declaring invalid, terminating, withdrawing from or suspending the operation of a treaty)		444
		Article 64 (Revocation of notifications and instruments provided for in articles 62 and 63)		445
		Article 65 (Consequences of the invalidity of a treaty)		445
75th meeting
	Friday, 17 May 1968, at 10.50 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 66 (Consequences of the termination of a treaty)		447
		Article 67 (Consequences of the nullity or termination of treaty conflicting with a peremptory norm of general international law)		448
		Article 68 (Consequences of the suspension of the operation of a treaty)		450
76th meeting
	Friday, 17 May 1968, at 3.20 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 39 (Validity and continuance in force of treaties) (resumed from the 40th meeting)		451
		Article 69 (Cases of State succession and State responsibility)		451
		Article 70 (Case of an aggressor State)		453
77th meeting
	Monday, 20 May 1968, at 10.45 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 71 (Depositaries of treaties) and article 72 (Functions of depositaries)		457
78th meeting
	Monday, 20 May 1968, at 3.15 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Texts proposed by the Drafting Committee
			Article 35 (General rule regarding the amendment of treaties)	463
			Article 40 (Obligations under other rules of international law)	463
			Article 43 (Provisions of internal law regarding competence to conclude a treaty)	463
			Article 44 (Specific restrictions on authority to express the consent of the State)	464
			Article 45 (Error), article 46 (Fraud), article 47 (Corruption of a representative of the State) and article 48 (Coercion of a representative of the State)	464
			Article 49 (Coercion of a State by the threat or use of force)	465
		Article 71 (Depositaries of treaties) and article 72 (Functions of depositaries) (resumed from the previous meeting)		465
		Article 73 (Notifications and communications)		468
		Article 74 (Correction of errors in texts or in certified copies of treaties)		468
79th meeting
	Tuesday, 21 May 1968, at 11 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Article 75 (Registration and publication of treaties)		469
80th meeting
	Tuesday, 21 May 1968, at 5.5 p.m
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Text proposed by the Drafting Committe
			Article 50 (Treaties conflicting with a peremptory norm of general international law) (jus cogens)	471
		Article 62 (Procedure to be followed in cases of invalidity, termination, withdrawal from or suspension of the operation of a treaty) (resumed from the 74th meeting) and proposed new article 62 bis (resumed from the 74th meeting)		473
		Proposed new article 76		475
		Postponement of consideration of amendments containing specific references to "general multilateral treaties" and "restricted multilateral treaties"		476
81st meeting
	Wednesday, 22 May 1968, at 11.20 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Texts proposed by the Drafting Committee
			Article 51 (Termination of or withdrawal from a treaty by consent of the parties)	476
			Article 52 (Reduction of the parties to a multilateral treaty below the number necessary for its entry into force)	476
			Article 53 (Denunciation of a treaty containing no provision regarding termination)	477
			Article 54 (Suspension of the operation of a treaty by consent of the parties)	477
			Article 56 (Termination or suspension of the operation of a treaty implied from entering into a subsequent treaty)	477
			Article 57 (Termination or suspension of the operation of a treaty as a consequence of its breach)	478
			Article 58 (Supervening impossibility of performance)	478
			Article 59 (Fundamental change of circumstances)	479
			Articles 60 (Severance of diplomatic relations) and 69 bis (new article)	480
		Article 39 (Validity and continuance in force of treaties) (resumed from the 76th meeting)		481
		Article 63 (Instruments for declaring invalid, terminating, withdrawing from or suspending the operation of a treaty) (resumed from the 74th meeting)		482
82nd meeting
	Thursday, 23 May 1968, at 3.20 p.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Texts proposed by the Drafting Committee
			Article 41 (Separability of treaty provisions)	482
		Article 67 (Consequences of the nullity or termination of a treaty conflicting with a peremptory norm of general international law) (resumed from the 75th meeting)		483
		Texts proposed by the Drafting Committee
			Article 42 (Loss of a right to invoke a ground for invalidating, terminating, withdrawing from or suspending the operation of a treaty)	483
			Article 68 (Consequences of the suspension of the operation of a treaty)	484
			Article 69 (Cases of State succession and State responsibility)	484
			Article 70 (Case of an aggressor State)	484
			Article 71 (Depositaries of treaties)	485
			Article 72 (Functions of depositaries)	486
			Article 73 (Notifications and communications)	487
			Article 74 (Correction of errors in texts or in certified copies of treaties)	487
			Article 75 (Registration and publication of treaties)	487
83rd meeting
	Friday, 24 May 1968, at 10.55 a.m.
	Consideration of the question of the law of treaties in accordance with resolution 2166 (XXI) adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 1966 (continued)
		Texts proposed by the Drafting Committee
			Article 71 (Depositaries of treaties)	488
			Article 39 (Validity and continuance in force of treaties)	488
			Article 61 (Emergence of a new peremptory norm of general international law)	489
			Article 62 (Procedure to be followed in cases of invalidity, termination, withdrawal from or suspension of the operation of a treaty)	489
			Article 63 (Instruments for declaring invalid, terminating, withdrawing from or suspending the operation of a treaty)	489
			Article 64 (Revocation of notifications and instruments provided for in articles 62 and 63)	490
			Article 65 (Consequences of the invalidity of a treaty)	490
	Arrangements for the second session of the Conference			493
	Conclusion of the Committee's work			493
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	¹ Although the Drafting Committee decided to defer consideration of the titles of the articles, they have been retained in the table of contents and in headings in the summary records in order to facilitate reference.

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