2. .Unless in a case falling under paragraph 1 (a) the treaty otherwise provides, the

parties in question shall notify the other parties of their intention to conclude the

agreement and of those provisions of the treaty the operation of which they intend to

suspend.

Article 59

Termination or suspension of the operation of a treaty implied by conclusion of a later

treaty

1. A treaty shall be considered as terminated if all the parties to it conclude a later treaty

relating to the sarne subject matter and:

a) it appears from the later treaty or is otherwise established that the parties

intended that the matter should be govemed by that treaty; or

b) the provisions of the later treaty are so far incompatible with those of the

earlier one that the two treaties are not capable ofbeing applied at the sarne

time.

2. The earlier treaty shall be considered as only suspended in operation if it appears from

the later treaty or is otherwise established that such was the intention of the parties.

Article 60

Termination or suspension of the operation of a treaty as a consequence of its breach

1. A material breach of a bilateral treaty by one of the parties entitles the other to invoke

the breach as a ground for terminating the treaty or suspending its operation in whole

or in part.

2. A material breach of a multilateral treaty by one of the parties entitles:

a) the other parties by unanimous agreement to suspend the operation of the

treaty in whole or in part or to terminate it either:

i) in the relations between themselves and the defaulting State or

intemational organization; or

ii) as between all the parties;

b) a party specially affected by the breach to invoke it as a ground for

suspending the operation of the treaty in whole or in part in the relations

between itself and the defaulting State or intemational organization;

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