7.2.4 The context and the object and purpose 7.2.5 Supplementary means of interpretation 8 Multilingual treaties 9 Validity of treaties : The context, for the purposes of interpretation, includes the text, its preamble and annexes and any agreement relating to the treaty made between all the parties, or made by some of the parties and accepted by the other, in connection with the conclusion of the treaty. The text of the treaty must be read as a whole. The preamble to the treaty will often provide assistance in ascertaining the Treaties are often drafted in two or more languages. In the case of bilateral treaties, the normal practice is that the treaty texts should be drawn up in the two languages of the parties, both texts being equally authentic. Multilateral conventions may be concluded in many languages: conventions concluded under the auspices of the UN will be drawn up in Arabic, Chinese, English,

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7.2.4 The context and the object and purpose 7.2.5 Supplementary means of interpretation 8 Multilingual treaties 9 Validity of treaties

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The context, for the purposes of interpretation, includes the text, its preamble and annexes and any agreement relating to the treaty made between all the parties, or made by some of the parties and accepted by the other, in connection with the conclusion of the treaty. The text of the treaty must be read as a whole. The preamble to the treaty will often provide assistance in ascertaining the Treaties are often drafted in two or more languages. In the case of bilateral treaties, the normal practice is that the treaty texts should be drawn up in the two languages of the parties, both texts being equally authentic. Multilateral conventions may be concluded in many languages: conventions concluded under the auspices of the UN will be drawn up in Arabic, Chinese, English,

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4.7.2.4 The context and the object and purpose The context, for the purposes of interpretation, includes the text, its preamble and annexes and any agreement relating to the treaty made between all the parties, or made by some of the parties and accepted by the other, in connection with the conclusion of the treaty. The text of the treaty must be read as a whole. The preamble to the treaty will often provide assistance in ascertaining the object and purpose of a treaty.