Speakers also reported on progress made towards ratification of or accession to the Protocol.

Speakers also reported on progress made towards ratification of or accession to the Protocol.

In accordance with article X of the Protocol, ratification of or accession to the unamended Convention after the entry into force of the Protocol shall also constitute a ratification of or accession to the amended Convention if the State notifies the depositary accordingly.

2. This Protocol shall, after 16 January 2007, be open for accession by any non signatory State. Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations.

This Protocol shall, after 16 January 2007, be open for accession by any non signatory State.

This Protocol shall, after x x xxxx, be open for accession by any non signatory State.

This Protocol shall, after 16 January 2007, be open for accession by any non signatory State.

2. For each State ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to this Protocol after the deposit of the twenty second instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, the Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.

For each State ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to this Protocol after the deposit of the twenty second instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, the Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.

For each State ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to this Protocol after the deposit of the twenty second instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, the Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.

Participation in the Convention by virtue of accession to the Protocol of 25 March 1972 or to the 1961 Convention after the entry into force of the Protocol Angola (26 October 2005)1

2. For each State ratifying the present Protocol or acceding to it after the deposit with the Secretary General of the United Nations of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession, the present Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of deposit of its own instrument of ratification or accession.

Legal clarity was crucial for the future implementation of the draft protocol in domestic courts and for universal accession to the instrument.

3. The present Protocol shall be open to accession by any State that has ratified or acceded to the Convention.

The Covenant entered into force for the State party on 23 March 1976, the Optional Protocol on 1 January 1992 (accession).

Uruguay's accession to the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage and the Optional Protocol concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes was approved.

We emphasize the need for universal accession to the 1994 Convention and encourage States to consider rapidly becoming parties to this Protocol.

UNHCR agreed with the Board's recommendation to update and document its priorities for the promotion of accession to the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol.

UNHCR agreed with the Board's recommendation to update and document its priorities for the promotion of accession to the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol.

However, where a violation has continuing effect , the Committee has at times examined events that predate a state party's accession to the Optional Protocol.

Action The COP MOP will be invited to take note of the information contained in the document and invite Parties intending to become a Party to the Kyoto Protocol to expedite their ratification of, or accession to, the Kyoto Protocol.

Mauritius deposited its instrument of accession to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf in August 2004.

They must make compliance measures more effective, including through universal accession to the Model Additional Protocol to the Treaty as the new standard for verification.

This Protocol shall enter into force thirty days after twenty two instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession have been deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations.

This Protocol shall enter into force thirty days after twenty two instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession have been deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations.

This Protocol shall enter into force thirty days after twenty two instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession have been deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations.

1. This Protocol shall enter into force thirty days after twenty two instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession have been deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations.

On 30 August 2005, the accession of Afghanistan to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, marked a significant step in the country's recovery.

Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the depositary.

Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the depositary.

Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the depositary.

Accession

Accession.

Accession

5. The Secretary General of the United Nations shall inform all States that have signed the present Protocol or acceded to it of the deposit of each instrument of ratification or accession.

He emphasized the need for further compliance with the instruments and informed the Conference of progress made by Azerbaijan since the first session, including its accession to the Firearms Protocol.

1. Subject to the entry into force of the Convention, the present Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification or accession.

1. The present Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of deposit with the Secretary General of the United Nations of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession.

3. This Convention is open to accession by all Member States of the United Nations. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary General.

The list of States that have ratified or acceded to the Protocol, together with the dates of ratification or accession and entry into force, is contained in annex IV to the present report.

Albania joined the Geneva Protocol on 20 December 1989, banning chemical and biological weapons and deposited its accession to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty on 23 April 2003.

Accession to WTO

1. The Subcommittee on Prevention shall consist of ten members. After the fiftieth ratification of or accession to the present Protocol, the number of the members of the Subcommittee on Prevention shall increase to twenty five.

4. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary General of the United Nations.

Each State Party may, at the time of signature or ratification of the present Protocol or accession thereto, declare that it does not recognize the competence of the Committee provided for in articles 6 and 7.