for arbitration the Parties are unable to agree on the organization of the arbitration, any one
of those Parties may refer the dispute to the International Court of Justice by request in
conformity with the Statute of the Court.
2. Each State Party may at the time of signature or ratification of the present Convention or
accession thereto declare that it does not consider itself bound by paragraph 1 of the present
article. The other States Parties shall not be bound by that paragraph with respect to any
State Party that has made such a declaration.
3. Any State Party that has made a declaration in accordance with paragraph 2 of the present
article may at any time withdraw that declaration by notification to the Secretary-General
of the United Nations.
Article 93
1. The present Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and
Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the
United Nations.
2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit certified copies of the present
Convention to all States.
In witness whereof the undersigned plenipotentiaries, being duly authorized thereto by
their respective Governments, have signed the present Convention.
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