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resort not to the International Court of Justice but to an arbitral 

 tribunal. After the expiry of the said period, either Party to this 

 Protocol may bring the dispute before the Court by an application. 



Article IV 



1. Within the same period of two months, the Parties to this Protocol 

 may agree to adopt a conciliation procedure before resorting to the 

 International Court of Justice. 



2. The conciliation commission shall make its recommendations 

 within five months after its appointment. If its recommendations are 

 not accepted by the parties to the dispute within two months after 

 they have been delivered, either party may bring the dispute before 

 the Court by an application. 



Article V 



This Protocol shall remain open for signature by all States who 

 become Parties to any Convention on the Law^ of the Sea adopted 

 by the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea and is sub- 

 ject to ratification, where necessary, according to the constitutional 

 requirements of the signatory States. 



Article VI 



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

 who become Parties to any Convention on the Law of the Sea of 

 signatures to this Protocol and of the deposit of instruments of ratifi- 

 cation in accordance with article V. 



Article VII 



The original of this Protocol, of which the Chinese, English, French, 

 Russians 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 V. 



In witness whereof the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, being duly 

 authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this 

 Protocol. 



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

 hundred and fifty-eight. 



