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3. Any State making a reservation in accordance with paragraph I of this article may at any
time withdraw such reservation by a communication to that effect addressed to the SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations.
4. Declarations made under article 40, paragraphs I and 2, of the Convention by a State Party
thereto which accedes to the present Protocol shall be deemed to apply in respect of the
present Protocol, unless upon accession a notification to the contrary is addressed by the State
Party concerned to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The provisions of article 40,
paragraphs 2 and 3, and of article 44, paragraph 3, of the Convention shall be deemed to
apply muratis mutandis to the present Protocol.
Article 8. Entry into Protocol
1. The present Protocol shall come into force on the day of deposit of the sixth instrument of
accession.
2. For each State acceding to the Protocol after the deposit of the sixth instrument of
accession, the Protocol shall come into force on the date of deposit by such State of its
instrument of accession.
Article 9. Denunciation
1. Any State Party hereto may denounce this Protocol at any time by a notification addressed
to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
2. Such denunciation shall take effect for the State Party concerned one year from the date on
which it is received by the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article 10. Notifications by the Secretary-General of the United Nations
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform the States referred to in article V
above of the date of entry into force, accessions, reservations and withdrawals of reservations
to and denunciations of the present Protocol, and of declarations and notifications relating
hereto .
Article 11. Deposit in the archives of the Secretariat of the United Nations
A copy of the present Protocol, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
texts are equally authentic, signed by the President of the General Assembly and by the
Secretary-General of the United Nations, shall be deposited in the archives of the Secretariat
of the United Nations. The Secretary-General will transmit certified copies thereof to all States
Members of the United Nations and to the other States referred to in article 5 above.