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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.

Article 16

A State Party may denounce the present Protocol 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 17

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

Article 18

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

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

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