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these inquiries, then further verification procedures, including in- 

 spection, may be undertaken by the inquiring State Party, which shall 

 invite the participation of the Parties in the region of the activities, 

 including any coastal State, and of any other Party desiring to co- 

 operate. 



4. If consultation and cooperation pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 

 of this article have not removed the doubts concerning the activities 

 and there remains a serious question concerning fulfillment of the 

 obligations assumed under this Treaty, a State Party may, in accord- 

 ance with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, refer 

 the matter to the Security Council, which may take action in accord- 

 ance with the Charter. 



5. Verification pursuant to this article may be undertaken by any 

 State Party using its own means, or with the full or partial assistance 

 of any other State Party, or through appropriate international pro- 

 cedures within the framework of the United Nations and in accord- 

 ance with its Charter. 



6. Verification activities pursuant to this Treaty shall not interfere 

 with activities of other States Parties and shall be conducted with due 

 regard for rights recognized under international law, including the 

 freedoms of the high seas and the rights of coastal States with respect 

 to the exploration and exploitation of their continental shelves. 



Article 4 



Nothing in this Treaty shall be interpreted as supporting or preju- 

 dicing the position of any State Party with respect to existing inter- 

 national conventions, including the 1958 Convention on the Terri- 

 torial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, or with respect to rights or claims 

 which such State Party may assert, or with respect to recognition or 

 non-recognition of rights or claims asserted by any other State, related 

 to waters off its coasts, including, inter alia^ territorial seas and con- 

 tiguous zones, or to the seabed and the ocean floor, including conti- 

 nental shelves. 



Article 5 



The Parties to this Treaty undertake to continue negotiations in 

 good faith concerning further measures in the field of disarmament for 

 the prevention of an arms race on the seabed, the ocean floor and the 

 subsoil thereof. 



Article 6 



Any State Party may propose amendments to this Treaty. Amend- 

 ments shall enter into force for each State Party accepting the amend- 

 ments upon their acceptance by a majority of the States Parties to the 

 Treaty and, thereafter, for each remaining State Party on the date of 

 acceptance by it. 



Article 7 



Five years after the entry into force of this Treaty, a conference of 

 Parties to the Treaty shall be held at Geneva, Switzerland, in order to 

 review the operation of this Treaty with a view to assuring that the 

 purposes of the preamble and the provisions of the Treaty are being 



