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The
travaux
préparatoires
,
or
preparatory
works
,
of
a
treaty
are
often
consulted
when
interpreting
the
provisions
of
a
treaty
.
According
to
Article
32
of
the
Vienna
Convention
,
recourse
may
be
had
to
supplementary
means
of
interpretation
,
including
the
preparatory
works
of
a
treaty
,
when
the
interpretation
of
a
treaty
provision
is
ambiguous
or
obscure
or
it
leads
to
a
manifestly
absurd
or
unreasonable
result
.
Although
the
wording
of
Article
18
seems
clear
,
reading
it
the
way
the
majority
do
would
create
dissonance
within
the
Convention
and
run
counter
to
its
original
purpose
,
which
can
be
gleaned
from
the
preparatory
works
.
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