4. concerned, for the enhanced implementation of the rights contained in the Covenant, thus contributing to building national capacities in the area of economic, social and cultural rights in the context of the present Protocol. The provisions of the present article are without prejudice to the obligations of each State Party to fulfil its obligations under the Covenant. 3. 4. Article 18 Entry into force 1. Article 15 Annual report The Committee shall include in its annual report a summary of its activities under the present Protocol. 2. Article 16 Dissemination and information Each State Party undertakes to make widely known and to disseminate the Covenant and the present Protocol and to facilitate access to information about the views and recommendations of the Committee, in particular, on matters involving that State Party, and to do so in accessible formats for persons with disabilities. Article 17 Signature, ratification and accession 1. 2.  he present Protocol is open for signature by any T State that has signed, ratified or acceded to the Covenant. The present Protocol is subject to ratification by any State that has ratified or acceded to the Covenant. Instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. 34  he present Protocol shall be open to accession by T any State that has ratified or acceded to the Covenant. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.  he present Protocol shall enter into force three T months after the date of the deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the tenth instrument of ratification or accession. For each State ratifying or acceding to the present Protocol, after the deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification or accession, the Protocol shall enter into force three months after the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification or accession. Article 19 Amendments 1.  ny State Party may propose an amendment to A the present Protocol and submit it to the SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations. The Secretary-General shall communicate any proposed amendments to States Parties, with a request to be notified whether they favour a meeting of States Parties for the purpose of considering and deciding upon the proposals. In the event that, within four months from the date of such communication, at least one third of the States Parties favour such a meeting, the Secretary-General shall convene the meeting under the auspices of the United Nations. Any amendment adopted by a 35