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3. Acceptance of this Agreement by any Member Nation or Asso- 

 ciate Member of the Organization shall be effected by the deposit of 

 an instrument of acceptance with the Director-General of the Organi- 

 zation and shall take effect on receipt of such instrument by the 

 Director- General. 



4. Acceptance of this Agreement by Non-Member Nations of the 

 Organization shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of 

 acceptance with the Director-General of the Organization. Member- 

 ship shall become effective on the date on which the Council approves 

 the application for membership, in conformity with the provisions of 

 of paragraph 2 of this Article. 



5. The Director-General of the Organization shall inform all Mem- 

 bers of the Council, all Member Nations of the Organization and the 

 Secretary-General of the United Nations of all acceptances that have 

 become effective. 



6. Acceptance of this Agreement may be made subject to reservations 

 which shall become effective only upon unanimous approval by the 

 Members of the Council. The Director-General of the Organization 

 shall notify forthwith all Members of the Council of any reservations. 

 Members of the Council not having replied within three months from 

 the date of the notification shall be deemed to have accepted the 

 reservation. Failing such approval the Nation making the reserva- 

 tion shall not become a party to this Agreement. 



Article X 



ENTRY INTO FORCE 



This Agreement shall enter into force upon the date of receipt of the 

 fifth instrument of acceptance. 



Article XI 



TERRITORIAL APPLICATION 



The Members of the Council shall, when accepting this Agreement, 

 state explicity to which territories their participation shall extend. In 

 the absence of such a declaration, participation shall be deemed to 

 apply to all the territories for the international relations of which 

 the Member is responsible. Subject to the provisions of Article XII 

 below", the scope of the territorial application may be modified by a 

 subsequent declaration. 



Article XII 



WITHDRAWAL 



1. Any Member may withdraw from this Agreement at any time 

 after the expiration of two years from the date upon which the Agree- 

 ment entered into force wnth respect to that Member by giving written 

 notice of such withdrawal to the Director-General of the Organiza- 

 tion who shall immediately inform of such withdrawal all the Mem- 

 bers of the Council and the Member Nations of the Organization as 

 Avell as the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Notice of with- 

 drawal shall become effective three months from the date of its receipt 

 by the Director-General. 



