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of the Principality of Monaco which shall inform the Member Gov- 

 ernments and the President of the Directing Committee. 



Article 21 



1. Any Contracting Party may propose amendments to this Con- 

 vention. 



2. Proposals of amendment shall be considered by the Conference 

 and decided upon by a majority of two thirds of the Member Govern- 

 ments represented at the Conference. When a proposed amendment 

 has been approved by the Conference, the President of the Directing 

 Committee shall request the Government of the Principality of Monaco 

 to submit it to all Contracting Parties. 



3. The amendment shall enter into force for all Contracting Parties 

 three months after notifications of approval by two thirds of the Con- 

 tracting Parties have been received by the Government of the Prin- 

 cipality of Monaco. The latter shall inform the Contracting Parties 

 and the President of the Directing Committee of the fact, specifying 

 the date of entry into force of the amendment. 



Article 22 



1. Upon expiration of a period of five years after its entry into force, 

 this Convention may be denounced by any Contracting Party by giv- 

 ing at least one year's notice, in a notification addressed to the Gov- 

 ernment of the Principality of Monaco. The denunciation shall take 

 effect upon 1 January next following the expiration of the notice and 

 shall involve the abandonment by the Government concerned of all 

 rights and benefits of membership in the Organisation. 



2. The Government of the Principality of Monaco shall inform the 

 Contracting Parties and the President of the Directing Committee of 

 any notification of denunciation it receives. 



Article 23 



After the present Convention enters into force it shall be registered 

 by the Government of the Principality of Monaco with the Secretariat 

 of the United Nations in accordance with Article 102 of its 

 Charter. [^] 



In witness whereof the undersigned, duly authorized thereto, have 

 signed this Convention. 



Done at Monaco on the third day of May nineteen hundred and 

 sixty-seven, in a single copy in the English and French languages, 

 each text being equally authentic, which shall be deposited in the 

 Archives of the Government of the Principality of Monaco, which 

 shall transmit certified copies thereof to all signatory and acceding 

 Governments and to the President of the Directine: Committee. 



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General Eegulations 



article 1 



The Organisation is a consultative agency. It has no authority 

 over the hydrographic offices of the Governments Parties to the 

 Convention. 



ITS 993; 59 Stat. 1052. 



