Instruments for declaring invalid, terminating, withdrawing
from or suspending the operation of a treaty
1. The notification provided for under article 65, paragraph 1, must be made in writing.
2. Any act of declaring invalid, terminating, withdrawing from or suspending the operation of a
treaty pursuant to the provisions of the treaty or of paragraphs 2 or 3 of article 65 shall be carried out
through an instrument communicated to the other parties. If the instrument is not signed by the Head of
State, Head of Government or Minister for Foreign Affairs, the representative of the State
communicating it may be called upon to produce full powers.
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In force from 23-05-1969
Source page 23
Section 67 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties/akn/un/act/treaty/1969-05-23/vclt
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