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1 This Protocol shall be open for signature by States which are signatories to, or have
acceded to the Convention and are either members of the Economic Commission for Europe or have been admitted
to that Commission in a consultative capacity under paragraph 8 of that Commission's
terms of reference.
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1 This Protocol shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after five of the States
referred to in article 3, paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Protocol, have deposited their
instruments of ratification or accession.
If, after the entry into force of this Protocol, the number of Contracting Parties
is reduced, as a result of denunciations, to less than five, this Protocol shall cease
to be in force from the date on which the last of such denunciations takes effect.
It shall also cease to be in force from the date on which the Convention ceases to be in force.
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1 Any State may, at the time of depositing its instrument of ratification or accession
or at any time thereafter, declare by a notification addressed to the Secretary-General
of the United Nations that this Protocol shall extend to all or any of the territories
for whose international relations it is responsible and in respect of which it has
made a declaration in accordance with article 46 of the Convention. This Protocol shall extend to the territory or territories named in the notification
as from the ninetieth day after its receipt by the Secretary-General or, if on that
day the Protocol has not yet entered into force, as from the time of its entry into
force.
Any dispute between two or more Contracting Parties relating to the interpretation
or application of this Protocol which the Parties are unable to settle by negotiation
or other means may, at the request of any one of the Contracting Parties concerned,
be referred for settlement to the International Court of Justice.
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1 Each Contracting Party may, at the time of signing, ratifying, or acceding to this
Protocol, declare by a notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United
Nations that it does not consider itself bound by article 8 of this Protocol. Other
Contracting Parties shall not be bound by article 8 of this Protocol in respect of
any Contracting Party which has entered such a reservation.
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1 After this Protocol has been in force for three years, any Contracting Party may,
by notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, request that a conference
be convened for the purpose of reviewing this Protocol. The Secretary-General shall
notify all Contracting Parties of the request and a review conference shall be convened
by the Secretary-General if, within a period of four months following the date of
notification by the Secretary-General not less than one-fourth of the' Contracting
Parties notify him of their concurrence with the request.
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2 If a conference is convened in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the Secretary-General
shall notify all the Contracting Parties and invite them to submit within a period
of three months such proposals as they may wish the Conference to consider. The Secretary-General
shall circulate to all Contracting Parties the provisional agenda for the Conference
together with the texts of such proposals at least three months before the date on
which the Conference is to meet.
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3 The Secretary-General shall invite to any conference convened in accordance with this
article all States referred to in article 3, paragraphs 1 and 2 and States which have
become Contracting Parties under article 3, paragraph 3 of this Protocol.
In addition to the notifications provided for in article 10, the Secretary-General
of the United Nations shall notify the States referred to in article 3, paragraphs
1 and 2, of this Protocol and the States which have become Contracting Parties under
article 3, paragraph 3, of this Protocol, of:
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(a) ratifications and accessions under article 3;
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(b) the dates of entry into force of this Protocol in accordance with article 4;
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(c) communications received under article 2, paragraph (2);
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(d) denunciations under article 5;
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(e) the termination of this Protocol in accordance with article 6;
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(f) notifications received in accordance with article 7;
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(g) declarations and notifications received in accordance with article 9, paragraphs 1
and 2.
After 31 August 1979, the original of this Protocol shall be deposited with the Secretary-General
of the United Nations, who shall transmit certified true copies to each of the States
mentioned in article 3, paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Protocol.