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- Unless the treaty otherwise provides, the amendment of multilateral treaties shall be governed by the following paragraphs.
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- Any proposal to amend a multilateral treaty as between all the parties must be notified to all the contracting States, each one of which shall have the right to take part in:
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- (a)the decision as to the action to be taken in regard to such proposal;
- (b)the negotiation and conclusion of any agreement for the amendment of the treaty.
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- Every State entitled to become a party to the treaty shall also be entitled to become a party to the treaty as amended.
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- 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.
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- Any State which becomes a party to the treaty after the entry into force of the amending agreement shall, failing an expression of a different intention by that State:
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- (a)be considered as a party to the treaty as amended; and
- (b)be considered as a party to the unamended treaty in relation to any party to the treaty not bound by the amending agreement.
