Article 24

1. This Convention is done in a single copy, in the French and Russian languages, the two texts being equally authentic.

2. Any country may, at the time when it deposits its instrument of ratification of the present Convention or its instrument of accession, deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations a translation of the text of the Convention in a language other than French or Russian or declare that it adopts a translation which has already been deposited. Such deposit or such declaration shall signify that, for the country or countries which have deposited the text in question or have declared that they adopt it, that text shall be deemed to constitute an official translation, but in the event of a discrepancy between the aforesaid text and the French and Russian texts, only the latter shall be authoritative. The Secretary-General shall communicate the texts deposited, and the names of the countries which have deposited them or declared that they adopt them, to all the countries which have signed this Convention or deposited their instrument of accession thereto.