2.
majority of two thirds of the States Parties present
and voting shall be submitted by the SecretaryGeneral to the General Assembly for approval and
thereafter to all States Parties for acceptance.
An amendment adopted and approved in
accordance with paragraph 1 of the present article
shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the
number of instruments of acceptance deposited
reaches two thirds of the number of States Parties at
the date of adoption of the amendment. Thereafter,
the amendment shall enter into force for any State
Party on the thirtieth day following the deposit of its
own instrument of acceptance. An amendment shall
be binding only on those States Parties which have
accepted it.
Article 20
Denunciation
1.
2.
ny State Party may denounce the present Protocol
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at any time by written notification addressed
to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Denunciation shall take effect six months after the
date of receipt of the notification by the SecretaryGeneral.
Denunciation shall be without prejudice to the
continued application of the provisions of the present
Protocol to any communication submitted under
articles 2 and 10 or to any procedure initiated under
article 11 before the effective date of denunciation.
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Article 21
Notification by the Secretary-General
1.
he Secretary-General of the United Nations shall
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notify all States referred to in article 26, paragraph 1,
of the Covenant of the following particulars:
(a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions under
the present Protocol;
(b) The date of entry into force of the present
Protocol and of any amendment under article 19;
(c) Any denunciation under article 20.
Article 22
Official languages
1.
2.
he present Protocol, of which the Arabic, Chinese,
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English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are
equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives
of the United Nations.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall
transmit certified copies of the present Protocol to all
States referred to in article 26 of the Covenant.
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