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to the Statute of the International Court of Justice, and by any other State yhibh»&as been invited by the General Assembly of the United Nations to become a Party to this Convention:

2 — This Convention is - subject to ratification. Instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of. the United Nations.

ARTICLE 18

1 — This Convention shall be open to accession by any State referred to in article 17, paragraph 1, of the Convention. -

2 — Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

ARTICLE 19

1 — This Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after date of the deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the tyenty-seventh instrument of ratification or instrument of accession.

2 — For each State ratifying this Convention or acceding to it after the deposit of the tyenty-seventh instrument of ratification, or instrument of accession, the Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of the deposit of its own instrument of ratification or instrument of accession.

ARTICICLE 20

1—The Secretary-General: of the United Nations shall receive and circulate to all States which are or may become Parties to this Convention réservations made by States at the time ratification or accession. Any State which objects to the reservation shall, within a period of ninety days from the date of the said communication, notify the Secretary-General. that it does not accept it.

2 — A reservation incompatible with the object and purpose of this Convention shall not be permitted, nor shall a reservation the effect of which would inhibit the operation of any of the bodies established by this Convention be allowed. A reservation shall be considered incompatible or inhibitive if at least two-thirds of the States Parties to this Convention object to it.

3 — Reservations may be withdrawn at any time by notification to this effect addressed to the Secretary-General. Such notification shall take effect on the date on which it is received.

ARTICLE 21

A State Party may denounce this Convention by written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Denunciation shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary-General.

ARTICLE 22

Any dispute between two or more States Parties with respect to the interprétation or application of this Convention, which is resettled by négociation

or by the procedures expressly provided for in this Convention, shall, at the request of any the parties to the dispute, be referred to the International Court of Justice for decision, unless the disputants agree to another mode of settlement.

ARTICLE 23

1 — A request for the revision of this Convention may be made at any time by any State Party means of a notification in writing addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

2 — The General Assembly of the United Nations shall decide upon the steps, if any, to be taken in respect of such a request.

ARTICLE 24

The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States referred to in article 17, paragraph 1, of this Convention of the following particulars:

a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions under

articles 17 and 18;

b) The date of entry into force of this Conven-

tion under article 19;

c) Communications and declarations received

under articles 14,20 and 23;

d) Denunciations under article 21.

ARTICLE 25

1 — This Convention, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations.

2 — The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit certified copies of this Convention to all States belonging to any of the categories mentioned in article 17, paragraph 1, of the Convention.

In faith whereof the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed the present Convention, opened for signature at New York, on the seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-six.

Convenção Internacional sobre a Eliminação de Todas as Formas de Discriminação Racial

Os Estados Partes na presente Convenção:

Considerando que a Carta das Nações Unidas se funda nos princípios da dignidade e da igualdade de todos os seres humanos e que todos os Estados Membros se obrigaram a agir, tanto conjunta como separadamente, com vista a atingir um dos fins das Nações Unidas, ou seja: desenvolver e encorajar o respeito universal e efectivo dos direitos do homem e das liberdades fundamentais para todos, sem distinção de raça, de sexo, de língua ou de religião;

Considerando que a Declaração Universal dos Direitos do Homem proclama que todos os seres humanos nascem livres e iguais em dignidade e em direitos, e que cada um pode prevalecer-se de todos os direitos e de todas as liberdades