2. Nothing in the present articles precludes States from treating persons concerned, who have become stateless as a result of the succession of States, as nationals of the State concerned whose nationality they would be entitled to acquire or retain, if such treatment is beneficial to those persons.
2. 本条款中的任何规定均不阻止各国把由于国家继承而成为无国籍的有关的人视为有资格取得或保留有关国家国籍的国民，但这种做法须有利于有关的人。