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Multilateral Road Traffic
Convention, with Annexes and Protocol, dated
at Geneva September 19, 1949; ratification advised by the Senate of
the United States of America August 9, 1950; ratified by the
President of the United States of America August 17, 1950;
ratification of the United States of America deposited with the
United Nations August 30, 1950; proclaimed by the President of the
United States of America April 16, 1952; entered into force March
26, 1952. BY
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A
PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the Convention on Road
Traffic and a related protocol concerning occupied countries or
territories, formulated at the United Nations Conference on Road and
Motor Transport and dated at Geneva September 19, 1929, were open
for signature from September 19, 1949 until December 31, 1949;
WHEREAS the said Convention was signed during that period by the
respective plenipotentiaries of the United States of America,
Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, the Dominican Republic,
Egypt, France, India, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Norway, the Philippines, Sweden, Switzerland, the Union
of South Africa, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, and Yugoslavia, and the said related protocol was signed
during that same period by the respective plenipotentiaries of the
United States of America, Belgium, Denmark, the Dominican Republic,
Egypt, France, India, Italy, Lebanon, Luxembourg, the Netherlands,
Norway, the Philippines, Sweden, Switzerland, the Union of South
Africa, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland; WHEREAS the texts of the said Convention and
related protocol, in the English and French languages, as certified
by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, are word for word as
follows: UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON
ROAD AND MOTOR TRANSPORT CONVENTION ON ROAD
TRAFFIC The Contracting States, desirous of promoting
the development and safety of international road traffic by
establishing certain uniform rules, Have agreed upon the following
provisions:
Chapter I GENERAL
PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 1 1. While reserving its
jurisdiction over the use of its own roads, each Contracting State
agrees to the use of its roads for international traffic under the
conditions set out in this Convention. 2. No Contracting
State shall be required to extend the benefit of the provisions of
this Convention to any motor vehicle or trailer, or to any driver
having remained within its territory for a continuous period
exceeding one year.
ARTICLE 2 1. The annexes to this
Convention shall be considered as integral parts of the Convention;
it being understood, however, that any State may on signature or
ratification of, or accession to, the Convention, or at any time
thereafter, by declaration exclude annexes 1 and 2 from its
application of the Convention. 2. Any Contracting State
may at any time give notice to the Secretary-General of the United
Nations that it will be bound, as from the date of the said
notification, by annexes 1 as excluded under the terms of paragraph
1 of this article.
ARTICLE 3 1. Measures which all the
Contracting States or certain of them may have agreed, or shall in
the future agree, to put into effect with a view of facilitating
international road traffic by simplifying customs, police, health or
other requirements will be regarded as being in conformity with the
object of this Convention. 2. (a) A bond or other form of
security guaranteeing payment of any import duties and import taxes
which would, in the absence of such security, be chargeable to the
importation of any motor vehicle admitted to international traffic
may be required by any Contracting State. (b) A Contracting State
shall accept for the purposes of this article the guarantee of an
organization established in its own territory affiliated to an
international association which has issued a valid international
customs pass for the motor vehicle (such as a carnet de passages on
douane). 3. For the fulfillment of the requirements
provided for in this Convention the Contracting States will endeavor
to keep open during the same hours customs offices and posts next to
each other on the same international road.
ARTICLE 4 1. For the purpose of this
Convention the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby
assigned to them: "International traffic" means any traffic which
crosses at least one frontier; "Road" means any way open to the
public for the circulation of vehicles; "Carriageway" means that
portion of a road normally used by vehicular traffic; "Lane" means
any one f the parts into which the carriageway is divisible, each
sufficient in width for one moving line of vehicles; "Driver" means
any person who drives a vehicle, including cycles, or guides
draught, pack or saddle animals or herds of flocks on a road, or who
is in actual physical control of the same; "Motor vehicle" means any
self-propelled vehicle normally used for the transport of persons or
goods upon a road, other than vehicles running on rails or connected
to electric conductors. Any State bound by annex 1 shall exclude
from this definition cycles fitted with an auxiliary engine of the
type described in that annex; "Articulated vehicle" means any motor
vehicle with a trailer having no front axle and so attached that
part of the trailer is superimposed upon the motor vehicle and a
substantial part of the weight of the trailer and of its load is
borne by the motor vehicle. Such a trailer shall be called a
"semi-trailer"; "Trailer" means any vehicle designed to be drawn by
a motor vehicle; "Cycle" means any cycle not self-propelled. Any
State bound by annex 1 shall include in this definition cycles
fitted with an auxiliary engine of the type described in that annex;
"Laden weight" of a vehicle means the weight of the vehicle and its
load when the vehicle is stationary and ready for the road, and
shall include the weight of the driver and of any other persons
carried for the time being; "Maximum load" means the weight of the
load declared permissible by the competent authority of the country
of registration of the vehicle; "Permissible maximum weight" of a
vehicle means the weight of the vehicle and its maximum load when
the vehicle is ready for the road.
ARTICLE 5 This Convention is not to be
taken as authorizing the carriage of persons for hire or reward or
the carriage of goods other than the personal baggage of the
occupants of the vehicle; it being understood that these matters and
all other matters not provided for in this Convention remain within
the competence of domestic legislation, subject to the application
of other relevant international conventions or agreements.
Chapter II RULES OF THE
ROAD
ARTICLE 6 Each Contracting State shall
take appropriate measures to ensure the observance of the rules set
out in this chapter.
ARTICLE 7 Every driver, pedestrian or
other road user shall conduct himself in such a way as not to
endanger or obstruct traffic; he shall avoid all behavior that might
cause damage to persons, or public or private property.
ARTICLE 8 1. Every vehicle or combination
of vehicles proceeding as a unit shall have a driver. 2.
Draught, pack or saddle animals shall have a driver, and cattle
shall be accompanied, except in special areas which shall be marked
at the points of entry. 3. Convoys of vehicles and animals
shall have the number of drivers prescribed by domestic
regulations. 4. Convoys shall, if necessary, be divided
into section of moderate length, and be sufficiently spaced out for
the convenience of traffic. This provision does not apply to regions
where migration of nomads occurs. 5. Drivers shall at all
times be able to control their vehicles or guide their animals. when
approaching other road users, they shall take such precautions as
may be required for the safety of the latter.
ARTICLE 9 1. All vehicular traffic
proceeding in the same direction on any road shall keep to the same
side of the road, which shall be uniform in each country for all
roads. Domestic regulations concerning one-way traffic shall not be
affected. 2. As a general rule and whenever the provisions
of article 7 so require, every driver shall: (a) On two-lane
carriageways intended for two-way traffic, keep his vehicle in the
lane appropriate to the direction in which he is traveling; (b) On
carriageways with more than two lanes, keep his vehicle in the lane
nearest to the edge of the carriageway appropriate to the direction
in which he is traveling. 3. Animals shall be kept as near
as possible to the edge of the road in accordance with domestic
regulations.
ARTICLE 10 The driver of a vehicle shall
at all times have its speed under control and shall drive in a
reasonable and prudent manner. He shall slow down or stop whenever
circumstances so require, and particularly when visibility is not
good.
ARTICLE 11 1. Drivers when meeting or
being overtaken shall keep as close as practicable to the edge of
the carriageway on the side appropriate to the direction in which
they are traveling. In overtaking, a driver shall pass on the left
or the right of the overtaken vehicle or animal according to the
rule observed in the country concerned. These rules shall not
necessarily apply in the case of tramcars, trains on roads, and
certain mountain roads. 2. On the approach of any vehicle
or accompanied animal, drivers shall: (a) When meeting, leave
sufficient space for the vehicle or accompanied animal coming from
the opposite direction; (b) When being overtaken, keep as close as
practicable to the appropriate edge of the carriageway and not
accelerate. 3. Drivers intending to overtake shall make
sure that there is sufficient room and sufficient visibility ahead
to permit overtaking without danger. After overtaking they shall
bring their vehicles back to the right or left hand side according
to the rule observed in the country concerned, but only after making
sure that this will not inconvenience the vehicle, pedestrian or
animal overtaken.
ARTICLE 12 1. Every driver approaching a
fork, crossroad, road junction or level-crossing shall take special
precautions to avoid accidents. 2. Priority of passage may
be accorded at intersections on certain roads or sections of road.
Such priority shall be marked by signs and every driver approaching
such a road or section of road shall be bound to yield the right of
way to drivers traveling along it. 3. The provisions of
annex 2 regarding the priority of passage at intersections not
covered by paragraph 2 of this article shall be applied by the
States bound by the said annex. 4. Every driver before starting to
turn into a road shall: (a) Make sure that he can do so without
danger to other road users; (b) Give adequate notice of his
intention t turn; (c) Move over as far as practicable to the edge of
the carriageway on the side appropriate to the direction in which he
is traveling if he wishes to turn off the road on that side; (d)
Move as near as practicable towards the middle of the carriageway if
he wishes to leave the road and turn to the other side, except as
provided for in paragraph 2 of article 16; (e) In no case
hamper the traffic coming from the opposite direction.
ARTICLE 13 1. Stationary vehicles or
animals shall be kept off the carriageway if feasible, or, if not,
as close as practicable to the edge of the carriageway. Drivers
shall not leave vehicles or animals until they have taken all
necessary precautions to avoid an accident. 2. Vehicles an
animals shall not be left waiting where they are likely to cause
danger or obstruction, and in particular at or near a road
intersection, a bend or the top of a hill.
ARTICLE 14 All necessary precautions
shall be taken to ensure that the load of a vehicle shall not be a
cause of damage or danger.
ARTICLE 15 1. From nightfall and during
the night, or when atmospheric conditions render it necessary, every
vehicle or combination of vehicles on a road shall show at least one
white light in front and at least one red light in the rear. When a
vehicle, other than a cycle or a motor-cycle without sidecar, is
provided with only one white light in front, this shall be placed on
the side nearest to traffic coming from the opposite direction. In
countries where two white front lights are obligatory, such lights
shall be placed one on the right and one on the left of the vehicle.
The red light may be produced either by a device distinct from that
which produces the white light or lights in front or by the same
device when the vehicle is short enough and so arranged as to permit
this. 2. In no case shall a vehicle have a red light or a
red reflector directed to the front or a white light or a white
reflector directed to the rear. This provision shall not apply to a
white or yellow reversing light in cases where the domestic
legislation of the country of registration of the vehicle permits
such lights. 3. Lights and reflex reflectors shall be such
as to ensure that the vehicle is clearly indicated to other road
users. 4. Any Contracting State or subdivision thereof
may, provided that all measures are taken to guarantee normal
conditions of safety, exempt from certain provisions of this
article: (a) Vehicles used for special purposes or under special
conditions; (b) Vehicles of special shape and kind; (c) Stationary
vehicles on adequately lighted roads.
ARTICLE 16 1. The provisions of this
chapter shall apply to trolley-buses. 2. (a) Cyclists shall use
cycle tracks where there is an obligation to do so indicated by an
appropriate sign, or where such obligation is imposed by domestic
regulations; (b) Cyclists shall proceed in signal file where
circumstances so require and, except in special cases provided for
in domestic regulations, shall never proceed more than two abreast
on the carriageway; (c) Cyclists shall not be towed by vehicles; (d)
The provisions of paragraph 4 (d) of article 12 shall not
apply to cyclists where domestic regulations provide
otherwise. Chapter III SIGNS AND
SIGNALS
ARTICLE 17 1. With a view to ensuring a
homogeneous system, the road signs and signals adopted in each
Contracting State shall, as far as possible, be the only ones to be
placed on the roads of that State. Should it be necessary to
introduce any new sign, the shape, color and type of symbol employed
shall conform with the system in use in that State. 2. The
number of approved signs shall be limited to such as may be strictly
necessary. They shall be place only at points where they are
essential. 3. The danger signs shall be placed at a
sufficient distance from the object indicated to give road users
adequate warning. 4. The affixing to an approved sign of
any notice not related to the purpose of such sign and liable to
obscure it or to interfere with its character shall be
prohibited. 5. All boards and notices which might be
confused with the approved signs or make them more difficult to read
shall be prohibited.
Chapter IV PROVISIONS APPLICABLE
TO MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAILERS IN INTERNATIONAL
TRAFFIC ARTICLE 18 1. In order to be entitled to
the benefits of this Convention, a motor vehicle shall be registered
by a Contracting State or subdivision thereof in the manner
prescribed by its legislation. 2. A registration
certificate containing at least the serial number, known as the
registration number, the name or the trade mark of the maker of the
vehicle, the maker's identification or serial number, the date of
first registration and the full name and permanent place of
residence of the applicant for the said certificate shall be issued
either by the competent authority or by an association duly
empowered to do so. 3. This certificate shall be accepted
by all Contracting States as prima facie evidence of the information
entered thereon. ARTICLE 19 1. Every motor vehicle shall
display at least at the back on a special plate or on the vehicle
itself, a registration number issued or allotted by the competent
authority. In the case of a motor vehicle drawing one or more
trailers the single trailer or the last trailer shall display the
registration number of the drawing vehicle or its own registered
number. 2. The composition of the registration number and
the manner in which it is displayed shall be as set out in annex
3. ARTICLE 20 1. Every motor vehicle shall in addition to
the registration number display at the back, inscribed on a plate or
on the vehicle itself, the distinguishing sign of the place of
registration of this vehicle. This sign shall indicate either a
State or a territory which constitutes a distinct unit from the
point of view of registration. In the case of a motor vehicle
drawing one or more trailers this sign shall also be displayed at
the back of the single trailer or of the last trailer. 2.
The composition of the distinguishing sign and the manner in which
it is displayed shall be as set out in annex 4. ARTICLE 21 Every
motor vehicle and trailer shall carry the identification marks set
out in annex 5 . ARTICLE 22 1. Every motor vehicle and trailer
shall be in good working order and in such safe mechanical condition
as not to endanger the driver, other occupants of the vehicle or any
person upon the road, or cause damage to public or private
property. 2. In addition, every motor vehicle, or trailer,
and its equipment shall conform to the provisions of annex 6 and the
driver of every motor vehicle shall observe the rules set out
therein. 3. The provisions of this article shall apply to
trolley-buses. ARTICLE 23 1. The maximum dimensions and
weights of vehicles permitted to travel on the roads of each
Contracting State or subdivision thereof shall be matters for
domestic legislation. On certain roads designated by States Parties
to regional agreements or, in the absence of such agreements, by a
Contracting State, the permissible maximum dimensions and weights
shall be those set out in annex 7. 2. The provisions of this
article shall apply to trolley-buses.
Chapter V DRIVERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN INTERNATIONAL
TRAFFIC ARTICLE 24 1. Each Contracting State shall
allow any driver admitted to its territory who fulfills the
conditions which are set out in annex 8 and who holds a valid
driving permit issued to him, after he has given proof of his
competence, by the competent authority of another Contracting State
or subdivision thereof, or by an association duly empowered by such
authority, to drive on its roads without further examination motor
vehicles of the category or categories defined in annexes 9 and 10
for which the permit has been issued. 2. A Contracting
State may however require that any driver admitted to its territory
shall carry an international driving permit conforming to the model
contained in annex 10, especially in the case of a driver coming
from a country where a domestic driving permit is not required or
where the domestic permit issued to him does not conform to the
model contained in annex 9. 3. The international driving permit
shall, after the driver has given proof of his competence, be
delivered by the competent authority of a Contracting State or
subdivision thereof, or by a duly authorized association, and sealed
or stamped by such authority or association. The holder shall be
entitled to drive in all Contracting States without further
examination motor vehicles coming within the categories for which
the permit has been issued. 4. The right to use the
domestic as well as the international driving permit may be refused
if it is evident that the conditions of issue are no longer
fulfilled. 5. A Contracting State or a subdivision thereof
may withdraw from the driver the right to use either of the
above-mentioned permits only if the driver has committed a driving
offense of such a nature as would entail the forfeiture of his
driving permit under the legislation and regulations of the
Contracting State. In such an event, the Contracting State or
subdivision thereof withdrawing the use of the permit may withdraw
and retain the permit until the period of the withdrawal of use
expires or until the holder leaves the territory of the Contracting
State, whichever is the earlier, and may record such a withdrawal of
use on the permit and communicate the name and address of the driver
to the authority which issued the permit. 6. During a
period of five years beginning with the entry into force of this
Convention, any driver admitted to international traffic under the
provisions of the International Convention relative to Motor Traffic
signed at Paris on 24 April 1926, or of the Convention on the
Regulation of Inter-American Automotive Traffic opened for signature
at Washington on 15 December 1943, and holding the documents
required thereunder, shall be considered as fulfilling the
requirements of this article. ARTICLE 25 The Contracting
States undertake to communicate to each other such information as
will enable them to establish the identity of persons holding
domestic or international driving permits when they are liable to
proceedings for a driving offense. They further undertake to make
known the information required to establish the identity of the
owner or the person in whose name a foreign vehicle which has been
involved in a serious accident is registered.
Chapter VI PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CYCLES IN
INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC ARTICLE 26 Every cycle shall be
equipped with: (a) At least one efficient brake; (b) An audible
warning device consisting of a bell, to the exclusion of any other
audible warning device, capable of being heard at a reasonable
distance; (c) A white or yellow light in front and a red light or a
red reflex reflector in the rear from nightfall and during the night
or when atmospheric conditions render it necessary.
Chapter VII FINAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 27 1. This Convention shall be
open, until 31 December 1949, for signature by all States Members of
the United Nations and by every State invited to attend the United
Nations Conference on Road and Motor Transport held at Geneva in
1949. 2. This Convention shall be ratified and the
instruments of ratification deposited with the Secretary-General of
the United Nations. 3. From 1 January 1950, this
Convention shall be open for accession by those of the States
referred to in paragraph 1 of this article which have not signed
this Convention and by any other State which the Economic and Social
Council may by resolution declare to be eligible. It shall also be
open for accession on behalf of any Trust Territory of which the
United Nations is the Administering Authority. 4.
Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of
accession with the Secretary-General of the United
Nations.
ARTICLE 28. 1. Any State may, at the time
of signature, ratification or accession, or at any time thereafter,
declare, by notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the
United Nations, that the provisions of this Convention shall be
applicable to all or any of this Convention will be applicable to
all or any of the territories for the international relations of
which it is responsible. These provisions shall become applicable in
the territories named in the notification thirty days after the date
of receipt of such notification by the Secretary-General or, if the
Convention has not entered into force at that time, then upon the
date of its entry into force. 2. Each Contracting State,
when circumstances permit, undertakes to take as soon as possible
the necessary steps in order to extend the application of this
Convention to the territories for the international relations of
which it is responsible, subject, where necessary for constitutional
reasons, to the consent of the governments of such
territories. 3. Any State which has made a declaration
under paragraph 1 of this article applying this Convention to any
territory for the international relations of which it is responsible
may at any time thereafter declare by notification given to the
Secretary-General that the Convention shall cease to apply to any
territory named in the notification and the Convention shall, after
the expiration of one year from the date of the notification, cease
to apply to such territory.
ARTICLE 29 This Convention shall enter
into force on the thirtieth day after the date of the deposit of the
fifth instrument of ratification or accession (March 26, 1952). This
Convention shall enter into force for each State ratifying or
acceding after that date on the thirtieth day after the deposit of
its instrument of ratification or accession. The Secretary-General
of the United Nations shall notify each of the signatory or acceding
States and every other State invited to attend the United Nations
Conference on Road and Motor Transport of the date on which this
Convention enters into force.
ARTICLE 30 This Convention shall
terminate and replace, in relations between the Contracting States,
the International Convention relative to Motor Traffic and the
International Convention relative to Road Traffic signed at Paris on
24 April 1926, and the Convention on the Regulation of
Inter-American Automotive Traffic opened for signature at Washington
on 15 December 1943. ARTICLE 31 1. Any amendment to this
Convention may be proposed by any Contracting State. The text of
such proposed amendment shall be communicated to the
Secretary-General of the United Nations who shall transmit it to
each Contracting State with a request that such State reply within
four months stating whether it: (a) Desires that a conference be
convened to consider the proposed amendment; or (b) Favors the
acceptance of the proposed amendment without a conference; or (c)
Favors the rejection of the proposed amendment without a conference.
The proposed amendment shall also be transmitted by the
Secretary-General to all States, other than Contracting States,
invited to attend the United Nations Conference on Road and Motor
Traffic. 2. The Secretary-General shall convene a
conference of the Contracting States to consider the proposed
amendment, if the convening of a conference is required: (a) By at
least one-quarter of the Contracting States in the case of a
proposed amendment to any part of the Convention other than the
annexes; (b) By at least one-third of the Contracting States in the
case of a proposed amendment to an annex other than annexes 1; (c)
In the cases of annexes 1 by at least one-third of the States bound
by the annex to which an amendment has been proposed. The
Secretary-General shall invite to the Conference such States, other
than Contracting States, invited to attend the United Nations
Conference on Road and Motor Transport or whose participation would,
in the opinion of the Economic and Social Council, be desirable. The
provisions of this paragraph shall not apply in cases where an
amendment to the Convention has been adopted in accordance with
paragraph 5 of this article. 3. Any amendment to this
Convention which shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority vote of a
conference shall be communicated to all Contracting States for
acceptance. Ninety days after its acceptance by two-thirds of the
Contracting States each amendment to the Convention, except for
those to annexes 1 shall enter into force for all the Contracting
States except those which, before it enters into force, make a
declaration that they do not adopt the amendment. For the entry into
force of any amendment to annexes 1 the majority shall be two-thirds
of the States bound by the amended annex. 4. The
Conference may by a two-thirds majority vote determine at the time
of the adoption of an amendment to this Convention, except for those
to annexes 1 and 2 that the amendment is of such a nature that any
Contracting State which has made a declaration that it does not
accept the amendment and which then does not accept the amendment
within a period of twelve months after the amendment enters into
force shall, upon the expiration of this period, cease to be a party
to the Convention. 5. In the event of a two-thirds
majority of the Contracting States informing the Secretary-General
pursuant to paragraph 1 (b) of this article that they favor the
acceptance of the amendment without a conference, notification of
their decision shall be communicated by the Secretary-General to all
the Contracting States. The amendment shall upon the expiration of
ninety days from the date of such notification become effective as
regards all the Contracting States except those States which notify
the Secretary-General that they object to such an amendment within
that period. 6. As regards amendments to annexes 1 and 2,
and any amendment not within the scope of paragraph 4 of this
article, the existing provisions shall remain in force in respect of
any Contracting State which has made a declaration or lodged an
objection with respect to such an amendment. 7. A
Contracting State which has made a declaration in accordance with
the provisions of paragraph 3 of this article, or has lodged an
objection in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 5 of this
article to an amendment, may withdraw such declaration or objection
at any time by notification addressed to the Secretary-General. The
amendment shall be effective as regards that State upon receipt of
such notification by the Secretary-General.
ARTICLE 32 This Convention may be
denounced by means of one year's notice given to the
Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall notify each
signatory or acceding State thereof. After the expiration of this
period the Convention shall cease to be in force as regards the
Contracting States which denounces it.
ARTICLE 33 Any dispute between any two or
more Contracting States concerning the interpretation or application
of this Convention, which the Parties are unable to settle by
negotiation or by another mode of settlement, may be referred by
written application from any of the Contracting States concerned to
the International Court of Justice for decision.
ARTICLE 34 Nothing in this Convention
shall be deemed to prevent a Contracting State from taking action
compatible with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations
and limited to the exigencies of the situation which it considers
necessary for its external or internal security.
ARTICLE 35 1. The Secretary-General
shall, in addition to the notification provided for in article 29,
paragraphs 1, 3 and 5 of article 31 and article 32, notify the
States referred to in paragraph 1 of article 27 of the following:
(a) Declarations by Contracting States that they exclude annex 1,
annex 2, or both of them, from the application of the Convention in
accordance with paragraph 1 of article 2; (b) Declarations by
Contracting States that they shall be bound by annex 1, annex 2 or
both of them, in accordance with paragraph 2 of article 2; (c)
Signatures, ratifications and accessions in accordance with article
27; (d) Notifications with regard to the territorial application of
the Convention in accordance with article 28; (e) Declarations
whereby States accept amendments to the Convention in accordance
with paragraph 3 of article 31; (f) Objections to amendments to the
Convention communicated by States to the Secretary-General in
accordance with paragraph 5 of article 31; (g) The date of entry
into force of amendments to the Convention in accordance with
paragraphs 3 and 5 of article 31; (h) The date on which a State has
ceased to be a Party to the Convention, in accordance with paragraph
4 of article 31; (i) Withdrawals of objections to an amendment in
accordance with paragraph 7 of article 31; (j) The list of States
bound by any amendment to the Convention; (k) Denunciations of the
Convention in accordance with article 32; (l) Declarations that the
Convention has ceased to apply to a territory in accordance with
paragraph 3 of article 28; (m) Notifications with respect to
distinctive letters made by States in accordance with the provisions
of paragraph 3 of annex 4. 2. The original of this Convention
shall be deposited with the Secretary-General who will transmit
certified copies thereof to the States referred to in paragraph 1 of
article 27. 3. The Secretary-General is authorized to
register this Convention upon its entry into force. IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned representatives, after having
communicated their full powers, found to be in good and due form,
have signed this Convention. DONE at Geneva, in a single copy, in
the English and French languages, both texts authentic, this
nineteenth day of September,one thousand nine hundred and
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