Article 68
(1) This Convention shall be subject to ratification,
acceptance or approval by the signatory States in accordance with their respective
constitutional procedures.
(2) This Convention shall enter into force 30 days after
the date of deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval.
It shall enter into force for each State which subsequently deposits its instrument of
ratification, acceptance or approval 30 days after the date of such deposit.
Article 69
Each Contracting State shall take such legislative or other
measures as may be necessary for making the provisions of this Convention effective in its
territories.
Article 70
This Convention shall apply to all territories for whose
international relations a Contracting State is responsible, except those which are
excluded by such State by written notice to the depositary of this Convention either at
the time of ratification, acceptance or approval or subsequently.
Article 71
Any Contracting State may denounce this Convention by
written notice to the depositary of this Convention. The denunciation shall take effect
six months after receipt of such notice.
Article 72
Notice by a Contracting State pursuant to Articles 70 or 71
shall not affect the rights or obligations under this Convention of that State or of any
of its constituent subdivisions or agencies or of any national of that State arising out
of consent to the jurisdiction of the Centre given by one of them before such notice was
received by the depositary.
Article 73
Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval of this
Convention and of amendments thereto shall be deposited with the Bank which shall act as
the depositary of this Convention. The depositary shall transmit certified copies of this
Convention to States members of the Bank and to any other State invited to sign the
Convention.
Article 74
The depositary shall register this Convention with the
Secretariat of the United Nations in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the
United Nations and the Regulations thereunder adopted by the General Assembly.