the Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following a period of
three months after the date of the deposit of its own instrument of ratification or accession.
Article 88
A State ratifying or acceding to the present Convention may not exclude the application of
any Part of it, or, without prejudice to article 3, exclude any particular category of migrant
workers from its application.
Article 89
1. Any State Party may denounce the present Convention, not earlier than five years after
the Convention has entered into force for the State concerned, by means of a notification in
writing addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
2. Such denunciation shall become effective on the first day of the month following the
expiration of a period of twelve months after the date of the receipt of the notification by the
Secretary-General of the United Nations.
3. Such a denunciation shall not have the effect of releasing the State Party from its
obligations under the present Convention in regard to any act or omission which occurs
prior to the date at which the denunciation becomes effective, nor shall denunciation
prejudice in any way the continued consideration of any matter which is already under
consideration by the Committee prior to the date at which the denunciation becomes
effective.
4. Following the date at which the denunciation of a State Party becomes effective, the
Committee shall not commence consideration of any new matter regarding that State.
Article 90
1. After five years from the entry into force of the Convention a request for the revision of
the 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. The Secretary-General
shall thereupon communicate any proposed amendments to the States Parties with a request
that they notify him whether they favour a conference of States Parties for the purpose of
considering and voting upon the proposals. In the event that within four months from the
date of such communication at least one third of the States Parties favours such a conference,
the Secretary-General shall convene the conference under the auspices of the United
Nations. Any amendment adopted by a majority of the States Parties present and voting
shall be submitted to the General Assembly for approval.
2. Amendments shall come into force when they have been approved by the General
Assembly of the United Nations and accepted by a two-thirds majority of the States Parties
in accordance with their respective constitutional processes.
3. When amendments come into force, they shall be binding on those States Parties that
have accepted them, other States Parties still being bound by the provisions of the present
Convention and any earlier amendment that they have accepted.
Article 91
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 signature, 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 92
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1. Any dispute between two or more States Parties concerning the interpretation or
application of the present Convention that 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