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(9) Any declaration of acceptance or of objection to an amendment 

 under the present Article shall be notified in writing to the Secretary- 

 General of the Organization. The latter shall bring such notification 

 and the date of its receipt to the notice of the Parties to the Conven- 

 tion. 



Article 17 



PBOMOTIOX OF TECHlSnCAL CO-OPERATIOlSr 



The Parties to the Convention shall promote, in consultation with 

 the Organization and other international bodies, with assistance and 

 co-ordination by the Executive Director of the United Nations Envi- 

 ronment Programme, support for those Parties which request techni- 

 cal assistance for : 



(a) the training of scientific and teclinical personnel ; 



(b) the supply of necessary equipment and facilities for recep- 

 tion and monitoring ; 



(c) the facilitation of other measures and arrangements to pre- 

 vent or mitigate pollution of the marine environment by ships; 

 and 



(d) the encouragement of research ; 



preferably within the countries concerned, so furthering the aims and 

 purposes of the present Convention. 



Article 18 



DENTJlSrCLlTION 



(1) The present Convention or any Optional Annex may be de- 

 nounced by any Parties to the Convention at any time after the 

 expirj^ of five years from the date on which the Convention or such 

 Annex enters into force for that Party. 



(2) Denunciation shall be effected by notification in writing to the 

 Secretary-General of the Organization who shall inform all the other 

 Parties of any such notification received and of the date of its receipt 

 as well as the date on which such denunciation takes effect. 



(3) A denunciation shall take effect twelve months after receipt of 

 the notification of denunciation by the Secretary-General of the Orga- 

 nization or after the expiry of any other longer period which may be 

 indicated in the notification. 



Article 19 

 deposit and registration 



(1) The present Convention shall be deposited with the Secretary- 

 General of the Organization who shall transmit certified true copies 

 thereof to all States which have signed the present Convention or 

 acceded to it. 



(2) As soon as the present Convention enters into force, the text 

 shall be transmitted by the Secretary-General of the Organization to 

 the Secretary-General of the United Nations for registration and 

 publication, in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the 

 United Nations. 



