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from thc date of the request for arbitration the Parties are unable to agree on the
organization of the arbitration, any one of those Parties may refer the dispute to the
International Court of Justice by request in conformity with the Statute of the Court.
2. Each State may, at the time of signature or ratification of this Con vention or
accession thereto, declare that it does not consider itself bound by paragraph I of this
article. The other States Parties shall not be bound by paragraph I of this article with
respect to any State Party having made such a reservation.
3. Any State Party having made a reservation in accordance with paragraph
2 of this article may at any time withdraw this reservation by notification to the
Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article 31
1. A State Party may denounce this Convention by written notification to the
Secretary-General of the United Nations. Denunciation becomes effective one year
after the date of receipt of- the notification by the Secretary-General.
2. Such a denunciation shall not have the effect of releasing the State Party from
its obligations under this Convention in regard to any act or omission which occurs
prior to the date at which the denunciation becomes effective, nor shall denunciation prejudice in any way the continued consideration of any matter which is already
under consideration by the Committee prior to the date at which the denunciation
becomes effective.
3. Following the date at which the denunciation of a State Party becomes effective, the Committee shall not commence consideration of any new matter regarding
that State.
Article 32
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States Members
of the United Nations and all States which have signed this Convention or acceded
to it of the following:
(a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions under articles 25 and 26;
(b) The date of entry into force of this Convention under article 27 and the date
of the entry into force of any amendments under article 29;
(c) Denunciations under article 31.
Article 33
1. 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.
2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit certified copies
of this Convention to allStates.
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