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1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall receive and circulate to all States which are or
may become Parties to this Convention reservations made by States at the time of ratification or
accession. Any State which objects to the reservation shall, within a period of ninety days from the
date of the said communication, notify the Secretary-General that it does not accept it. 2. A
reservation incompatible with the object and purpose of this Convention shall not be permitted, nor
shall a reservation the effect of which would inhibit the operation of any of the bodies established by
this Convention be allowed. A reservation shall be considered incompatible or inhibitive if at least two
thirds of the States Parties to this Convention object to it.

3. Reservations may be withdrawn at any time by notification to this effect addressed to the Secretary-
General. Such notification shall take effect on the date on which it is received.

Article 21

A State Party may denounce this Convention by written notification to the Secretary-General of the
United Nations. Denunciation shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification by
the Secretary General.

Article 22

Any dispute between two or more States Parties with respect to the interpretation or application of this
Convention, which is not settled by negotiation or by the procedures expressly provided for in this
Convention, shall, at the request of any of the parties to the dispute, be referred to the International
Court of Justice for decision, unless the disputants agree to another mode of settlement.

Article 23

1. A request for the revision of this Convention may be made at any time by any State Party by means
of a notification in writing addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. 2. The General
Assembly of the United Nations shall decide upon the steps, if any, to be taken in respect of such a
request.

Article 24

The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States referred to in article 17, paragraph
1, of this Convention of the following particulars:

(a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions under articles 17 and 18;

(b) The date of entry into force of this Convention under article 19;

(c) Communications and declarations received under articles 14, 20 and 23;

(d) Denunciations under article 21.

Article 25

1. This Convention, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally
authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations. 2. The Secretary-General of the
United Nations shall transmit certified copies of this Convention to all States belonging to any of the
categories mentioned in article 17, paragraph 1, of the Convention.