JAN 13 — International treaties nowadays are not written in one language but in several languages. As a matter of fact, universal treaties are usually written in the six official...
JAN 13 — International treaties nowadays are not written in one language but in several languages. As a matter of fact, universal treaties are usually written in the six official languages of the United Nations — that is, Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.were written, they were in French only. When the 1949 Conventions were drafted, they were simultaneously in English and French.
As a matter of fact, again, the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties , which is known as the “treaty on treaties”, and which establishes comprehensive rules, procedures, and guidelines for how treaties are defined, drafted, amended, interpreted, and generally operated, makes provision in Article 33 on “Interpretation of treaties authenticated in two or more languages” as follow:
The above clearly provides that the terms of a treaty are presumed to have the same meaning in each authentic text. If a comparison of the authentic texts discloses a difference in meaning, the treaty may provide or the parties may agree that a particular text shall prevail. The provisions of the Constitution are presumed to have the same meaning in each authentic text.— Bernama pic
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