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the States  Parties  favour such a conference,  the Secretary-General shall
                            convene the conference under  the auspices  of  the United Nations.  Any
                            amendment  adopted by a majority of  two thirds of the States Parties  present
                            and voting shall  be  submitted by  the Secretary-General to the General
                            Assembly of the United Nations for approval and thereafter to all States Parties
                            for acceptance.

                            2.    An amendment adopted and approved in accordance with paragraph 1 of
                            this  article shall  enter into force  on the  thirtieth day after the  number  of
                            instruments of acceptance deposited reaches two thirds of the number of States
                            Parties at the date of adoption of the amendment. Thereafter, the amendment
                            shall enter  into force for  any State  Party on the  thirtieth day  following the
                            deposit of its own instrument of acceptance. An amendment shall be binding
                            only on those States Parties which have accepted it.

                            3.    If so decided by the Conference of States Parties by consensus, an
                            amendment adopted and approved  in accordance with paragraph 1 of  this
                            article which relates exclusively to articles 34, 38, 39 and 40 shall enter into
                            force for all States Parties on the thirtieth day after the number of instruments
                            of acceptance deposited reaches two thirds of the number of States Parties at
                            the date of adoption of the amendment.

                                                          Article 48
                                                        Denunciation

                                  A  State Party may  denounce the present Convention by written
                            notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The denunciation
                            shall become effective one year after the date of receipt of the notification by
                            the Secretary-General.

                                                          Article 49
                                                      Accessible format

                                  The text of the present Convention shall be made available in accessible
                            formats.

                                                          Article 50
                                                       Authentic texts

                                  The Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts of the
                            present Convention shall be equally authentic.

                                  IN WITNESS THEREOF the undersigned plenipotentiaries, being duly
                            authorized thereto  by their respective Governments, have signed the present
                            Convention.

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