That's my point, though. That sentence was convoluted in such a way as to be persuasive. They said "you can do X, but not Y", instead of saying "You can't do

That's my point, though. That sentence was convoluted in such a way as to be persuasive. They said "you can do X, but not Y", instead of saying "You can't do Y". Given that X is emotionally positive, but has no inherent meaning (the treaty is not capable of giving countries the ability to govern themselves, because they already posess it), its only purpose in the sentence is rhetorical (in the actual definition of the word).