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Article V
accession
The present Protocol shall be open for accession on behalf of all States Parties
to the Convention and of any other State Member of the United Nations or
member of any of the specialized agencies or to which an invitation to accede
may have been addressed by the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with
the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article VI
federal
clause
In the case of a Federal or non-unitary State, the following provisions shall
apply:
(a) With respect to those articles of the Convention to be applied in
accordance with article I, paragraph 1, of the present Protocol that
come within the legislative jurisdiction of the federal legislative
authority, the obligations of the Federal Government shall to this
extent be the same as those of States Parties which are not Federal
States;
(b) With respect to those articles of the Convention to be applied in accord-
ance with article I, paragraph 1, of the present Protocol that come
within the legislative jurisdiction of constituent States, provinces or
cantons which are not, under the constitutional system of the federa-
tion, bound to take legislative action, the Federal Government shall
bring such articles with a favourable recommendation to the notice of
the appropriate authorities of States, provinces or cantons at the earli-
est possible moment;
(c) A Federal State Party to the present Protocol shall, at the request of
any other State Party hereto transmitted through the Secretary-Gen-
eral of the United Nations, supply a statement of the law and practice
of the Federation and its constituent units in regard to any particular
provision of the Convention to be applied in accordance with article I,
paragraph 1, of the present Protocol, showing the extent to which effect
has been given to that provision by legislative or other action.