Article X IMPLEMENTATION The State Parties to the Convention shall adopt, in accordance with their respective Constitutions, the legislative and other measures necessary to ensure the implementation of the Convention. Article XI HIGHER MEASURES The measures provided for in the Convention are without prejudice to higher measures of enforcement and protection accorded by relevant national laws and international agreements. Article XII SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION The Convention shall be open for signature by the Member States of SAARC at the Eleventh SAARC Summit at Kathmandu and thereafter, at the SAARC Secretariat at Kathmandu. It shall be subject to ratification. The Instruments of Ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General. Article XIII ENTRY INTO FORCE This Convention shall enter into force on the fifteenth day following the day of the deposit of the seventh Instrument of Ratification with the Secretary-General. Article XIV DEPOSITORY The Secretary-General shall be the depository of this Convention and shall notify the Member States of signatures to this Convention and all deposits of Instruments of Ratification. The Secretary-General shall transmit certified copies of such instruments to each Member State. The Secretary-General shall also inform Member States of the date on which this Convention will have entered into force in accordance with Article XIII. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this Convention. 61