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

 deposit of the twenty-second nistrument 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 .19 



1. At the time of signature, ratification or accession, any State may 

 make reservations to articles of the Convention other than to Arti- 

 cles 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12. 



2. Any Contracting State making a reservation in accordance with 

 the preceding paragraph may at any time Avithdraw the reservation 

 by a communication to that effect addressed to the Secretary-General 

 of the United Nations. 



Article 20 



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 Gen- 

 eral of the United Nations. 



2. The General Assembl}^ of the United Nations shall decide upon 

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



Article 21 



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

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

 Article 15 : 



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

 instruments of ratification or accession, in accordance with Arti- 

 cles 15, 16 and 17 ; 



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

 in accordance with Article 18 ; 



(c) Of requests for revision in accordance with Article 20; 



(d) Of reservations to this Convention, in accordance with 

 Article 19. 



Article 22 



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

 French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be 

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

 send certified copies thereof to all States referred to in Article 15. 



In witness whereof the undersigned 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 

 hundrerl and fifty-eight. 



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Whereas the Senate of the United States of America by their reso- 

 lution of May 26, 1960, two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 



