2005 Optional Protocol to the 1994 Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel

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Article 1 of this Protocol states that it shall be read and interpreted together with the 1994 Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel as a single instrument.

Therefore, Article 22 (Dispute Settlement) of the 1994 Convention of the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel applies to this Protocol.

“1. Any dispute between two or more States Parties concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention which is not settled by negotiation shall, at the request of one of them, be submitted to arbitration. If within six months from the date of the request for arbitration the parties are unable to agree on the organization of the arbitration, any one of those parties may refer the dispute to the International Court of Justice by application in conformity with the Statute of the Court.

2.Each State Party may at the time of signature, ratification, acceptance or approval of this Convention or accession thereto declare that it does not consider itself bound by all or part of paragraph 1. The other States Parties shall not be bound by paragraph 1 or the relevant part thereof with respect to any State Party which has made such a reservation.

3. Any State Party which has made a reservation in accordance with paragraph 2 may at any time withdraw that reservation by notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.”

Secretary-General of the United Nations

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19/08/2010

Article VI: Entry into Force

“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.

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, this Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.”

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1994 Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel

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United Nations Treaty Collection accessed on 01/06/2021

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