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 AnTicuB 34 



1. This Convention shall come into force on the thirtieth day follow- 

 ing the date of deposit of the twenty-second instrument of ratification 

 or accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. 



2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention after the 

 deposit of the twenty -second instrument of ratification or accession, 

 the Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after deposit 

 by such State of its instrument of ratification or accession. 



Article 35 



1. After the expiration of a period of five years from the date on 

 which this Convention shall enter into force, a request for the revision 

 of this Convention may be made at any time by any Contracting 

 Party by means of a notification in writing addressed to the Secretary- 

 General of the United Nations. 



2. The General Assembly of the United Nations shall decide upon 

 the steps, if any, to be taken in respect of such request. 



Article 36 



The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States 

 ^Members of the United Nations and the other States referred to in 

 article 31 : 



(a) Of signatures to this Convention and of the deposit of 

 instruments of ratification or accession, in accordance with articles 

 31, 32 and 33; 



(b) Of the date on which this Convention will come into force, 

 in accordance with Article 34 ; 



(c) Of requests for revision in accordance with article 35. 



Article 37 



The original of this Convention, of which the Chinese, English, 

 French, Kussian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be de- 

 posited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall 

 send certified copies thereof to all States referred to in article 31. 



In witness whereof the undersized Plenipotentiaries, being duly 

 authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this 

 Convention. 



Done at Geneva, this twenty -ninth day of April one thousand nine 

 hundred and fifty-eight. 



