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States Parties undertake to adopt all necessary measures at the national level aimed at achieving the
full realization of the rights recognized in the present Convention.

Article 25

1. The present Convention shall be open for signature by all States.

2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is designated as the depositary of the present
Convention.

3. The present Convention is subject to ratification. Instruments of ratification shall be deposited with
the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

4. The present Convention shall be open to accession by all States. Accession shall be effected by the
deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Article 26

1. A request for the revision of the present 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 27

1. The present Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of deposit with the
Secretary-General of the United Nations of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession.

2. For each State ratifying the present Convention or acceding to it after the deposit of the twentieth
instrument of ratification or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after
the date of the deposit of its own instrument of ratification or accession.

Article 28

1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall receive and circulate to all States the text of
reservations made by States at the time of ratification or accession.

2. A reservation incompatible with the object and purpose of the present Convention shall not be
permitted.

3. Reservations may be withdrawn at any time by notification to this effect addressed to the Secretary-
General of the United Nations, who shall then inform all States thereof. Such notification shall take
effect on the date on which it is received.

Article 29

1. Any dispute between two or more States Parties concerning the interpretation or application of the
present Convention which is not settled by negotiation shall, at the request of one of them, be
submitted to arbitration. If within six months from the date of the request for arbitration the parties
are unable to agree on the organization of the arbitration, any one of those parties may refer the
dispute to the International Court of Justice by request in conformity with the Statute of the Court.

2. Each State Party may at the time of signature or ratification of the present Convention or accession
thereto declare that it does not consider itself bound by paragraph I of this article. The other States
Parties shall not be bound by that paragraph with respect to any State Party which has made such a
reservation.