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(2) At the time of signature, ratification, approval or accession any 

 State may make a reservation to Article 13 of the present Convention. 



(3) Any State may, at the time of signature, ratification, approval 

 or accession, make a reservation to paragraphs (5) and (6) of Article 

 9 with respect to one or more of the other Contracting Parties or 

 signatory Governments. 



(4) Any State which has made a reservation in accordance with 

 the preceding paragraphs or paragraph (3) of Article 17 may at any 

 time withdraw the reservation by a communication to that effect 

 addressed to the depositary Government. 



Article 15 



The present Convention shall be open for signature at London from 

 1st June to 30th November, 1967. It is subject to ratification or ap- 

 proval. The instruments of ratification or approval shall be deposited 

 as soon as possible with the Government of the United Kingdom of 

 Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 



Article 16 



( 1 ) The present Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth 

 day following the date of deposit of the tenth instrument of ratifica- 

 tion or approval. 



(2) Thereafter the Convention shall enter into force for each State 

 on the ninetieth day after deposit of its instrument of ratification or 

 approval. 



Article 17 



(1) Any State which has not signed the Convention may accede 

 thereto at anv time after the Convention has entered into force, pro- 

 vided that three-fourths of the Contracting Parties and signatory 

 Governments agree to the proposed accession. When one year has 

 elapsed after the entry into force of the Convention, the agreement of 

 three-fourths of the Contracting Parties only shall be required. 



(2) Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of 

 accession wdth the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Brit- 

 ain and Northern Ireland. The Convention shall enter into force for 

 each acceding State on the ninetieth day after the deposit of its 

 instrument of accession. 



(3) At any time up to the entry into force of the Convention for a 

 State which accedes under this Article, a Contracting Party may make 

 a reservation to paragraphs (5) and (6) of Article 9 with respect to 

 that State. 



Article 18 



( 1 ) Any Contracting Party may, when depositing its instrument of 

 ratification, approval or accession, or at any later date, by declaration 

 addressed to the depositary Government, extend this Convention to 

 any territory or territories for whose international relations it is re- 

 sponsible. The provisions of this Convention shall enter into force for 

 such territory or territories on the ninetieth day after receipt of such 

 declaration, or on the date on which the Convention enters into force in 



