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(a) The Committee established under article 8, paragraph 1, of this Convention shall receive copies of
the petitions from, and submit expressions of opinion and recommendations on these petitions to, the
bodies of the United Nations which deal with matters directly related to the principles and objectives of
this Convention in their consideration of petitions from the inhabitants of Trust and Non-Self-Governing
Territories and all other territories to which General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) applies, relating to
matters covered by this Convention which are before these bodies;

(b) The Committee shall receive from the competent bodies of the United Nations copies of the reports
concerning the legislative, judicial, administrative or other measures directly related to the principles
and objectives of this Convention applied by the administering Powers within the Territories mentioned
in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph, and shall express opinions and make recommendations to these
bodies.

3. The Committee shall include in its report to the General Assembly a summary of the petitions and
reports it has received from United Nations bodies, and the expressions of opinion and
recommendations of the Committee relating to the said petitions and reports. 4. The Committee shall
request from the Secretary-General of the United Nations all information relevant to the objectives of
this Convention and available to him regarding the Territories mentioned in paragraph 2 (a) of this
article.

Article 16

The provisions of this Convention concerning the settlement of disputes or complaints shall be applied
without prejudice to other procedures for settling disputes or complaints in the field of discrimination
laid down in the constituent instruments of, or conventions adopted by, the United Nations and its
specialized agencies, and shall not prevent the States Parties from having recourse to other procedures
for settling a dispute in accordance with general or special international agreements in force between
them.

PART III

Article 17

1. This Convention is open for signature by any State Member of the United Nations or member of any
of its specialized agencies, by any State Party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice, and
by any other State which has been invited by the General Assembly of the United Nations to become a
Party to this Convention. 2. This Convention is subject to ratification. Instruments of ratification shall
be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Article 18

1. This Convention shall be open to accession by any State referred to in article 17, paragraph 1, of
the Convention. 2. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the
Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Article 19

1. This Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of the deposit with the
Secretary-General of the United Nations of the twenty-seventh instrument of ratification or instrument
of accession. 2. For each State ratifying this Convention or acceding to it after the deposit of the
twenty-seventh instrument of ratification or instrument of accession, the Convention shall enter into
force on the thirtieth day after the date of the deposit of its own instrument of ratification or
instrument of accession.

Article 20