International law handbook

parties or of all the contracting States.
Article 38. Notifications
1. Any notification under articles 31, 32 or 36 shall be made in writing.

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2. If the notification is not signed by the Head of State, Head of Government or Minister for 
Foreign Affairs, the representative of the State communicating it may be called upon to produce 
full powers.
3. Unless the treaty otherwise provides, the notification shall:
(
a
) be transmitted by the successor State to the depositary, or, if there is no depositary, to the