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Article 22

Article 22

 

1. After this Convention has been in force for three years, any Contracting Party may, by notification addressed to the Secretary-Genera] of the United Nations, request that a conference be convened for the purpose of reviewing the Convention. The Secretary-General shall notify all the Contracting Parties of the request he has received, requesting them to inform him, within a period of four months, whether they agree to the convening of the conference; he shall convene a review conference if not less than one-fourth of the total number of Contracting Parties have requested the convening of this conference or, within a period of four months, have signified their agreement thereto.

2. Nevertheless, if the convening of a conference is requested in accordance with the procedure set forth in paragraph 1 of this article only for the purpose of reviewing the Protocols annexed to this Convention or one of them, this conference shall be convened:

if not less than one-half of the total number of Contracting Parties have requested the convening of the conference or, within a period of four months, have signified their agreement thereto;

or if at least two and not less than one-fourth of the Contracting Parties bound by the Protocol or Protocols in question have requested the convening of the conference or, within a period of four months, have signified their agreement thereto.

3. For a proposed amendment to one of the Protocols annexed to this Convention to be deemed accepted, it shall suffice that it be accepted by all the Contracting Parties bound by the Protocol in question.