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158 The Town of Geneva may also modify as it thinks fit or necessary the present state of Plots 243 and 244, which are subject to the rights conferred on the Town of Geneva.

The eastern boundary of Plot 2070 is formed by the railway line, which has been moved and sunk into a cutting in order that trains should not be visible from the terrace on which the Palais des Nations has been erected.

The United Nations shall bear the cost of all the work and constructions carried out on Plot 2070 in application of the present Agreement.

The Geneva authorities having completed, in accordance with the agreements which were made, the construction of the public ways of access (roads and avenues, bridges, the public square) necessitated by the erection of the Palais des Nations, shall have no further costs to bear.

The real property referred to in the present Agreement shall be exempt from all servitudes or charges liable to interfere in any way with the exercise of the rights granted to the United Nations and to the Town of Geneva under the present Agreement.

The Town of Geneva undertakes not to erect without the previous consent of the United Nations any buildings other than those already existing in the Botanic Gardens, that is to say on Plot 2098, sheet 84, of the Cadastral Survey of the Town of Geneva, Petit-Saconnex district, situated between the railway line and the Route de Lausanne.

Should the United Nations exercise its rights or transfer under article 2(a) of the present Agreement, the Canton of Geneva shall have preference over any other purchaser, provided the terms offered are the same.

The present Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with the general principles of law.