46 • AFRICAN YOUTH CHARTER Article 31: Amendment and Revision of the Charter 1. The present Charter may be amended or revised if any State Party makes a written request to that effect to the Chairperson of the Commission, provided that the proposed amendment is not submitted to the Assembly of the Union for consideration until all State Parties have been duly notified of it. 2. An amendment shall be approved by a simple majority of the States Parties. Such amendment shall come into force for each Member States that has ratified or acceded to it on the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification. Adopted during the Seventh Ordinary Session of the Conference of Heads of States and Government held on July 02 th 2006 in Banjul, THE GAMBIA.