14) والإضافة إلى ذلك، يبدو أن الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة تشدد في موقفه المتمثل في ألا يقبل بعدئذ أي إشعار بسحب التحفظات يصدر عن الممثلين الدائمين المعتمدين لدى المنظمة(). وعلى ضوء النسخة الأخيرة من "لوجيز في ممارسة الأمين العام بوصفه وديعا للمعاهـدات المتعـددة الأطــراف"(Précis de la pratique du Secrétaire général en tant que dépositaire de traités multilatéraux)، أوضح قسم المعاهدات بمكتب الشؤون القانونية أن "لسحب يجب أن يتم كتابة ويحمل توقيع إحدى السلطات المؤهلة لأنه يؤدي عادة إلى تعديل نطاق تطبيق المعاهدة إجمالا"()، ولم يورد أي استثناءات ممكنة.
Under article 78, paragraph 1 (e), the depositary is given the function of “informing the Parties and the States and international organizations entitled to become parties to the treaty of acts, notifications and communications relating to the treaty”; notifications relating to reservations and their withdrawal are covered by this provision, which appears in modified form in draft guideline 2.1.6 [2.1,6, 2,1.8] (ii); The first paragraph of draft guideline 2.1.7 is based on the provision contained in article 78, paragraph 1 (d), under which the depositary should examine whether “notification or communication relating to the treaty is in due and proper form and, if need be, [bring] the matter to the attention of the State or international organization in question”; this, too, applies equally well to the formulation of reservations and to their withdrawal (which could cause a problem with regard to, for example, the person making the communication); The second paragraph of the same draft guideline carries through the logic of the “letter-box depositary” theory endorsed by the Vienna Conventions in cases where a difference arises. It reproduces word for word the text of article 78, paragraph 2, of the 1986 Convention and, again, there seems no need to make a distinction between formulation and withdrawal.