Abstract
International negotiations may sometimes be conducted under time pressure and/or in several languages. It is therefore important for all negotiating States to be sure of the final outcome of the negotiations. While Art 9 settles the procedure on how to adopt the final text, Art 10 deals with its authentication as a distinct element in the treaty-making process. Both adoption and authentication may occur at the same time, but not necessarily so. For example, signature or initialing of a text may be deemed both adoption and authentication in a bilateral context, whereas separate acts may be needed in a multilateral context. Moreover, a treaty may be adopted only in one language, but authenticated in several languages.
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Notes
- 1.
Final Draft, Commentary to Art 9, 195, para 2.
- 2.
UNGA Res 2106 (XX), 20 December 1965, UN Doc A/6014 para 1.
- 3.
Korontzis (2012), p. 184.
- 4.
Harvard Draft 657 et seq.
- 5.
Bastid (1985), p. 38.
- 6.
Waldock I 42 et seq.
- 7.
[1962-II] YbILC 161–180.
- 8.
The United States questioned whether the article is necessary [1966-II] YbILC 347; Sweden found that it gave more procedural advice than stating a rule of law [1966-II] YbILC 337; and Japan submitted that it should be omitted [1966-II] YbILC 302.
- 9.
Waldock IV 26.
- 10.
[1965-I] YbILC 256, para 103.
- 11.
[1966-I/2] YbILC 292, 326.
- 12.
Final Draft, Commentary to Art 9, 195, para 1.
- 13.
Thouvenin (2011), Art 10 MN 7.
- 14.
Villiger (2009), Art 10 MN 8.
- 15.
Final Draft, Commentary to Art 9, 195, para 4.
- 16.
Reisman and Arsanjani (2007), pp. 1495–1496, noting that the adoption of conventions by the UN General Assembly has substituted signing as a means of authentication at UN level.
- 17.
Aust (2013), p. 84.
- 18.
For more details on the negotiating history of this treaty, see Hoffmeister (2006), pp. 132–138.
- 19.
The treaty is annexed to the decision of the EU Council of 29 May 2006 on the conclusion by the EC of the Energy Community Treaty [2006] OJ L 198/15.
- 20.
Wood (2013), MN 9.
- 21.
Bastid (1985), pp. 60–61.
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Hoffmeister, F. (2018). Article 10. In: Dörr, O., Schmalenbach, K. (eds) Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55160-8_12
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