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This Convention and any protocol shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by States and by regional economic integration organizations. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Depositary.
No reservations may be made to this Convention....
At any time after four years from the date on which this Convention has entered into force for a Party, that Party may withdraw from the Convention by giving written notification to the Depositary. Except as may be provided in any protoco...
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall assume the functions of depositary of this Convention and any protocols. The Depositary shall inform the Parties, in particular, of: The signature of this Convention ...
The original of this Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly ...
Each Party to this Convention or to any protocol shall have one vote. Except as provided for in paragraph 1 above, regional economic integration organizations, in matters within their competence, shall exercise their right to vote with a ...
A State or a regional economic integration organization may not become a party to a protocol unless it is, or becomes at the same time, a Party to the Convention. Decisions concerning any protocol shall be taken only by the parties to the...
This Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. Any protocol, except as otherwise provided in such protocol, shall enter...
This Convention and any protocol shall be open for accession by States and by regional economic integration organizations from the date on which the Convention or the protocol concerned is closed for signature. The instruments of accession shall b...
Percentages of total budgetContribution 1990 US$Contribution 1991 US$Total 1990‑91 US$Australia1.765,2298,680