Talk:Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of Treaties

Article 9
According to WP,
 * «article 9 states that all other new states may only join multilateral treaties to which their predecessor states were a part with the consent of the other parties.»

But article 9 says:
 * «Unilateral declaration by a successor State regarding treaties of the predecessor State
 * 1.Obligations or rights under treaties in force in respect of a territory at the date of a succession of States do not become the obligations or rights of the successor State or of other States Parties to those treaties by reason only of the fact that the successor State has made a unilateral declaration providing for the continuance in force of the treaties in respect of its territory.
 * 2.In such a case, the effects of the succession of States on treaties which, at the date of that succession of States, were in force in respect of the territory in question are governed by the present Convention.»

Can anybody explain it to me, because I don't get it. --80.39.227.138 (talk) 19:39, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Nonsense indeed. Feel free to rephrase! L.tak (talk) 21:55, 30 September 2012 (UTC)