Treaty on the Prohibition of Foreign Military Bases and Forces

1. The articles of this treaty shall not be subject to reservations.

Article 9

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 if it decides that extraordinary events related to the subject matter of the Treaty have jeopardized the supreme interests of its country. It shall give notice of such withdrawal to the depositary. Such notice shall include a statement of the extraordinary events that it regards as having jeopardized its supreme interests.
3. Such withdrawal shall only take effect 12 months after the date of the receipt of the notification of withdrawal by the depositary. If, however, on the expiry of that 12-month period, the withdrawing state party is a party to an armed conflict, the state party shall continue to be bound by the obligations of this treaty and of any additional protocols until it is no longer party to an armed conflict.

Article 10

1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is hereby designated as the depositary of this Treaty.

Article 11

1. The Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish texts of this Treaty shall be equally authentic.

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