(1) A State may at the
time of signing, ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to the
present Convention declare that it does not accept any one or all
of Annexes III, IV and V (hereinafter referred to as "Optional Annexes")
of the present Convention. Subject to the above, Parties to the Convention
shall be bound by any Annex in its entirety.
(2) A State which has
declared that it is not bound by an Optional Annex may at any time
accept such Annex by depositing with the Organization an instrument
of the kind referred to in article 13(2).
(3) A State which makes
a declaration under paragraph (1) of the present article in respect
of an Optional Annex and which has not subsequently accepted that
Annex in accordance with paragraph (2) of the present article shall
not be under any obligation nor entitled to claim any privileges under
the present Convention in respect of matters related to such Annex
and all references to Parties in the present Convention shall not
include that State in so far as matters related to such Annex are
concerned.
(4) The Organization
shall inform the States which have signed or acceded to the present
Convention of any declaration under the present article as well as
the receipt of any instrument deposited in accordance with the provisions
of paragraph (2) of the present article.