(1) This Convention shall be open for signature
by any State at the Headquarters of the Organization from 1 February
2002 to 31 December 2002 and shall thereafter remain open for accession
by any State.
(2) States may become Parties to this Convention
by:
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(a) signature not subject to ratification, acceptance,
or approval; or
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(b) signature subject to ratification, acceptance,
or approval, followed by ratification, acceptance, or approval; or
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(c) accession.
(3) Ratification, acceptance, approval, or accession
shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument to that effect with
the Secretary-General.
(4) If a State comprises two or more territorial
units in which different systems of law are applicable in relation
to matters dealt with in this Convention, it may at the time of signature,
ratification, acceptance, approval, or accession declare that this
Convention shall extend to all its territorial units or only to one
or more of them and may modify this declaration by submitting another
declaration at any time.
(5) Any such declaration shall be notified to
the Secretary-General and shall state expressly the territorial units
to which this Convention applies.