<Ul> <Li> Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of Treaties </Li> </Ul> <Li> Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of Treaties </Li> <P> The Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of Treaties is an international treaty opened for signature in 1978 to set rules on succession of states . It was adopted partly in response to the "profound transformation of the international community brought about by the decolonization process". It entered into force on 6 November 1996, which was triggered by the succession of the Republic of Macedonia to the treaty giving it the requisite 15 parties . </P> <P> The treaty has proven to be controversial largely because it distinguishes between "newly independent states" (a euphemism for former colonies) and "cases of separation of parts of a state" (a euphemism for all other new states). </P>

Vienna convention on the succession of states in respect of treaties