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2. Denunciation shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument 

 with the Secretary-General of the Organization. 



3. A denunciation shall take effect one year, or such long;er period 

 as may be specified in the instrument of denunciation, after its deposit 

 with tne Secretary-General of the Organization. 



Article XVII 



1. The United Nations, where it is the administering authority for 

 a territory, or any Contracting State responsible for the internntional 

 relations of a territory, shall as soon as possible consult with the 

 appropriate authorities of such territory or take such other measures 

 as may be appropriate, in order to extend the present Convention to 

 that territory and may at any time by notification in writing to the 

 Secretary-General of the Organization declare that the present 

 Convention shall extend to such territory. 



2. The present Convention shall, from the date of receipt of the 

 notification or from such other date as may be specified in the notifica- 

 tion, extend to the territory named therein. 



3. The United Nations, or any Contracting State which has made 

 tt declaration under paragraph 1 of this Article may at any time after 

 the date on which the Convention has been so extended to any terri- 

 tory declare by notification in writing to the Secretary-General of the 

 Organization that the present Convention shall cease to extend to 

 anj' siu'h territory named in the notification. 



4. The i)resent Convention .shall cease to extend to any territory 

 mentioned in such notification one year, or such longer i)erio(l as may 

 be sj)etified therein, after the date of receipt of the notification by 

 the Secretary-General of the Organization. 



Article XVIII 



1. A Conference for the purpose of revising or amending the i)resent 

 Convention may be convened bj' the Organization. 



2. The Organization shall convene a Conference of the Contracting 

 States for revising or amending the present Convention at the request 

 of not less than one-third of the Contracting States. 



Article XIX 



1. The present Convention shall be deposited with the Secretary- 

 General ol the Organization. 



2. The Secretary-General of the Organization shall: 



(a) inform all States which have signed or acceded to the 

 Convention of 



(/) each new signature or deposit of histrument together 

 with the date thereof; 



(it) the deposit of any instrument of denunciation of this 

 Convention together with the date of the deposit; 



(///) the extension of the present Convention to any 

 territory under paragraph 1 of Article XVII and of the 

 termination oT any such extension under the provisions of 



