2. effect three months after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary-General. Denunciation shall be without prejudice to the continued application of the provisions of the present Protocol to any communication submitted under article 2 before the effective date of denunciation. Article 13 Irrespective of the notifications made under article 8, paragraph 5, of the present Protocol, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States referred to in article 48, paragraph I, of the Covenant of the following particulars: (a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions under article 8; (b) The date of the entry into force of the present Protocol under article 9 and the date of the entry into force of any amendments under article 11; (c) Denunciations under article 12. Article 14 1. 2. The present Protocol, of which the Chinese, 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 48 of the Covenant. 46