Any of the periods within which appointments must be made may be extended by agreement between the parties to the dispute.Īny vacancy shall be filled in the manner prescribed for the initial appointment.The international legal regime of civil liability for nuclear damage, as laid down in the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage is largely mirrored in the Paris Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy, which is deposited with the Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
The appointment of the chairman may be made by the Secretary-General either from the list or from the membership of the International Law Commission.
If the appointment of the chairman or of any of the other conciliators has not been made within the period prescribed above for such appointment, it shall be made by the Secretary-General within sixty days following the expiry of that period. The four conciliators shall, within sixty days following the date of the last of their own appointments, appoint a fifth conciliator chosen from the list, who shall be chairman. The four conciliators chosen by the parties shall be appointed within sixty days following the date on which the Secretary-General receives the request. The State or States constituting the other party to the dispute shall appoint two conciliators in the same way. Having in mind the principles of international law embodied in the Charter of the United Nations, such as the principles of the equal rights and self-determination of peoples, of the sovereign equality and independence of all States, of non-interference in the domestic affairs of States, of the prohibition of the threat or use of force and of universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all,īelieving that the codification and progressive development of the law of treaties achieved in the present Convention will promote the purposes of the United Nations set forth in the Charter, namely, the maintenance of international peace and security, the development of friendly relations and the achievement of cooperation among nations,Īffirming that the rules of customary international law will continue to govern questions not regulated by the provisions of the present Convention, Recalling the determination of the peoples of the United Nations to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties can be maintained,
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Noting that the principles of free consent and of good faith and the pacta sunt servanda rule are universally recognized,Īffirming that disputes concerning treaties, like other international disputes, should be settled by peaceful means and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, Recognizing the ever-increasing importance of treaties as a source of international law and as a means of developing peaceful cooperation among nations, whatever their constitutional and social systems, The States Parties to the present Convention,Ĭonsidering the fundamental role of treaties in the history of international relations,
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