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sider the need for amending the Annexes to this Convention. An 

 amendment adopted at such a meeting by a two-thirds majority of the 

 Contracting Parties represented shall be notijfied by the depositary 

 Government to all Contracting Parties and shall take effect with re- 

 spect to all Contracting Parties on the two hundred and tenth day 

 after the date of notification, unless within one hundred and eighty 

 days from the date of notification any Contracting Party notifies the 

 depositary Government of its objection to the amendment, in which 

 case the amendment will have no effect. 



Article 12 



The Contracting Parties shall notify the depositary Government of 

 the competent authorities they have designated for the purposes of 

 each of the relevant provisions of this Convention. The depositary 

 Government shall inform the Contracting Parties of any such 

 notification. 



Article 13 



(1) Any dispute between two or more Contracting Parties concern- 

 ing the interpretation or application of this Convention which cannot 

 be settled through negotiation shall, at the request of one of them, be 

 submitted to arbitration. 



(2) The request of arbitration shall include a description of the 

 claim to be submitted and a summary statement of the grounds on 

 which the claim is based. 



(3) Unless the parties agree otherwise, the arbitration commis- 

 sion shall be composed of one member appointed by each party to the 

 dispute and an additional member, who shall be the chairman, chosen 

 in common agreement between the parties. The arbitration commission 

 shall decide on the matters placed before it by simple majority and 

 its decisions shall be binding on the parties. Other details of procedure 

 shall be determined by special agreement between the parties. 



(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3), the parties 

 may agree to submit the dispute to arbitration in accordance with 

 another arrangement operating between the parties. 



(5) If within six months from the date of the request for arbitra- 

 tion the parties are unable to agree on the organization of the arbitra- 

 tion, any one of those parties may refer the dispute (as referred to in 

 paragraph (1) to the International Court of Justice by request in 

 conformity with the Statute of the Court. 



(6) Notwithstanding the provision of paragraph (1), the parties 

 may agree to submit the dispute to the International Court of Justice. 



Article 14 



(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) below and para- 

 graph (3) of Article 17, no reservations may be made to the present 

 Convention without the agreement of the Contracting Parties and 

 signatory Governments. When one year has elapsed after the entry 

 into force of the Convention, the agreement of the Contracting Parties 

 only shall be required. 



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