ARTICLE 14.3 RESERVATIONS No reservations shall be made in respect of any provisions of this Protocol. ARTICLE 14.4 DENUNCIATION 1. This Protocol may be denounced by any Member State at any time. 2. Denunciation shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of denunciation with the Executive Secretary, which shall take effect six months after the date of receipt of such instrument. 3. Within the period of six months following the date of receipt of an instrument of denunciation, the Member State which has deposited such instrument shall continue to comply with the provisions of this Protocol and shall continue to be bound by its obligations. 4. The Executive Secretary shall inform all signatory States of any denunciation of this Protocol. ARTICLE 14.5 AMENDMENT OF PROTOCOL AND ANNEXES AND INCLUSION OF ANNEXES 1. Any Member State or the SATCC-TU may propose an amendment to this Protocol, an amendment of an existing annex or the inclusion of a new annex to this Protocol. 2. A proposal contemplated in paragraph 1 shall be transmitted to the SATCC-TU which shall table such amendment at the next meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials. 3. The Committee of Senior Officials may request a sub-sectoral committee to submit a recommendation with regard to such proposal. 4. The Committee of Senior Officials shall submit a recommendation with regard to such proposal to the Committee of Ministers, noting the differing views of the Member States in the event of a lack of consensus. 5. The Committee of Ministers shall strive to reach consensus with regard to the proposal. In the case of a proposal to amend this Protocol, the Committee of Ministers shall, once consensus is achieved, transmit the proposal to the Secretariat which shall, in turn, submit the proposal to the Council. The Council shall approve the proposal by a unanimous decision. 6. In the case of a proposal to amend an existing annex or include a new annex to this Protocol the Committee of Ministers shall approve the proposal by a unanimous decision. ARTICLE 14.6 NON-COMPLIANCE 1. A Member State which anticipates a failure to comply with an implementation obligation, must timeously obtain a derogation from the appropriate sub-sectoral committee. Such derogation shall be of a temporary nature and may not be repeated.