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tary-General to all Members of the Organization and all Parties 

 at least six months prior to its consideration ; 



(b) any amendment proposed and circulated as above shall be 

 submitted to an appropriate body by the Organization for con- 

 sideration ; 



(c) Parties to the Convention, whether or not Members of the 

 Organization, shall be entitled to participate in the proceedings of 

 the appropriate body ; 



(d) amendments shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority of 

 only the Parties to the Convention present and voting ; 



(e) if adopted in accordance with sub-paragraph (d) above, 

 amendments shall be communicated by the Secretary-General of 

 the Organization to all the Parties to the Convention for accept- 

 ance; 



(f ) an amendment shall be deemed to have been accepted in the 

 following circumstances : 



(i) an amendment to an Article of the Convention shall 

 be deemed to have been accepted on the date on which it is 

 accepted by two-thirds of the Parties, the combined merchant 

 fleets of which constitute not less than fifty percent of the 

 gross tonnage of the world's merchant fleet ; 



(ii) an amendment to an Annex to the Convention shall 

 be deemed to have been accepted in accordance with the pro- 

 cedure specified in sub-paragraph (f) (iii) unless the appro- 

 priate body, at the time of its adoption, determines that the 

 amendment shall be deemed to have been accepted on the date 

 on which it is accepted by two-thirds of the Parties, the com- 

 bined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than fifty 

 percent of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant fleet. 

 Nevertheless, at any time before the entry into force of an 

 amendment to an Annex to the Convention, a Party may 

 notify the Secretary-General of the Organization that its 

 express approval will be necessary before the amendment 

 enters into force for it. The latter shall bring such notification 

 and the date of its receipt to the notice of Parties ; 



(iii) an amendment to an Appendix to an Annex to the 

 Convention shall be deemed to have been accepted at the end 

 of a period to be determined by the appropriate body at the 

 time of its adoption, which period shall be not less than ten 

 months, unless within that period an objection is communi- 

 cated to the Organization by not less than one-third of the 

 Parties or by the Parties the combined merchant fleets of 

 which constitute not less than fifty percent of the gross 

 tonnage of the world's merchant fleet whichever condition 

 is fulfilled; 



(iv) an amendment to Protocol I to the Convention shall 

 be subject to the same procedures as for the amendments to 

 the Annexes to the Convention, as provided for in sub-para- 

 graphs (f) (ii) or (f) (iii) above; 



(v) an amendment to Protocol II to the Convention shall 

 be subject to the same procedures as for the amendments to 

 an Article of the Convention, as provided for in sub-para- 

 graph (f ) (i) above; 



