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1、AustralianTreatySeries1974No2DEPARTMENTOFFOREIGNAFFAIRSCANBERRAViennaConventionontheLawofTreaties(Vienna,23May1969)EntryintoforceforAustraliaandgenerally:27January1980AUSTRALIANTREATYSERIES1974No.2AustralianGovernmentPublishingServiceCanberra(c)CommonwealthofAustralia1995VIENNACONVENTIONONTHELAWO
2、FTREATIESTHESTATESPARTIESTOTHEPRESENTCONVENTION,CONSIDERINGthefundamentalroleoftreatiesinthehistoryofinternationalrelations,RECOGNIZINGtheever-increasingimportanceoftreatiesasasourceofinternationallawandasameansofdevelopingpeacefulco-operationamongnations,whatevertheirconstitutionalandsocialsyste
3、ms,NOTINGthattheprinciplesoffreeconsentandofgoodfaithandthepactasuntservandaruleareuniversallyrecognized,AFFIRMINGthatdisputesconcerningtreaties,likeotherinternationaldisputes,shouldbesettledbypeacefulmeansandinconformitywiththeprinciplesofjusticeandinternationallaw,RECALLINGthedeterminationofthe
4、peoplesoftheUnitedNationstoestablishconditionsunderwhichjusticeandrespectfortheobligationsarisingfromtreatiescanbemaintained,HAVINGINMINDtheprinciplesofinternationallawembodiedintheCharteroftheUnitedNations,suchastheprinciplesoftheequalrightsandself-determinationofpeoples,ofthesovereignequalityan
5、dindependenceofallStates,ofnon-interferenceinthedomesticaffairsofStates,oftheprohibitionofthethreatoruseofforceandofuniversalrespectfor,andobservanceof,humanrightsandfundamentalfreedomsforall,BELIEVINGthatthecodificationandprogressivedevelopmentofthelawoftreatiesachievedinthepresentConventionwill
6、promotethepurposesoftheUnitedNationssetforthintheCharter,namely,themaintenanceofinternationalpeaceandsecurity,thedevelopmentoffriendlyrelationsandtheachievementofco-operationamongnations,AFFIRMINGthattherulesofcustomaryinternationallawwillcontinuetogovernquestionsnotregulatedbytheprovisionsofthep
7、resentConvention,HAVEAGREEDasfollows:PARTIINTRODUCTIONArticle1ScopeofthepresentConventionThepresentConventionappliestotreatiesbetweenStates.Article2Useofterms1.ForthepurposesofthepresentConvention:(a)"treaty"meansanint