Any State may at the time of signature or the deposit of instrument of its of
ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, declare that it will apply
provisionally Article 6 and Article 7 pending the entry into force of thi s Treaty for
that State.
Article 24
Duration and Withdrawal
1.
This Treaty shall be of unlimited duration.
2.
Each State Party shall, in exercising its national sovereignty, have the right to
withdraw from this Treaty. It shall give notification of suc h withdrawal to the
Depositary, which shall notify all other States Parties. The notification of
withdrawal may include an explanation of the reasons for its withdrawal. The notice
of withdrawal shall take effect ninety days after the receipt of the notifi cation of
withdrawal by the Depositary, unless the notification of withdrawal specifies a later
date.
3.
A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the
obligations arising from this Treaty while it was a Party to this Treaty, includ ing any
financial obligations that it may have accrued.
Article 25
Reservations
1.
At the time of signature, ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, each
State may formulate reservations, unless the reservations are incompatible with the
object and purpose of this Treaty.
2.
A State Party may withdraw its reservation at any time by notification to this
effect addressed to the Depositary.
Article 26
Relationship with other international agreements
1.
The implementation of this Treaty shall not prejudice obligations undertaken
by States Parties with regard to existing or future international agreements, to which
they are parties, where those obligations are consistent with this Treaty.
2.
This Treaty shall not be cited as grounds for voiding defence cooperation
agreements concluded between States Parties to this Treaty.
Article 27
Depositary
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall be the Depositary of this
Treaty.
Article 28
Authentic Texts
The original text of this Treaty, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French,
Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the
Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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