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CHAPTER V Final provisions

Article 33 Signature and entry into force

1 — This Convention shall be open for signature with the Government of Sweden by the CSCE participating States until 31 March 1993. It shall be subject to ratification.

2 — The CSCE participating States which have not signed this Convention may subsequently accede thereto.

3 — This Convention shall enter into force two months after the date of deposit of the twelfth instrument of ratification or accession.

4 — For every State which ratifies or accedes to this Convention after the deposit of the twelfth instrument of ratification or accession, the Convention shall'enter into force two months after its instrument of ratification or accession has been deposited.

5 — The Government of Sweden shall serve as depositary of this Convention.

Article 34 Reservations

This Convention may not be the subject of any reservation that it does not expressly authorize.

Article 35 Amendments

1 — Amendments to this Convention must be adopted in accordance with the following paragraphs.

2 — Amendments to this Convention may be proposed by any State party thereto, and shall be communicated by the depositary to thé CSCE Secretariat for transmission to the CSCE participating States.

3 — If the CSCE Council adopts the proposed text of the amendment, the text shall be forwarded by the depositary to States parties to this Convention for acceptance in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements.

4 — Any such amendment shall come into force on the thirtieth day after all States parties to this Convention have informed the depositary of their acceptance thereof.

Article 36 Denunciation

1 — Any State party to this Convention may, at any time, denounce this Convention by means of a notification addressed to the depositary.

2 — Such denunciation shall become effective one year after the date of receipt of the notification by the depositary.

3 — This Convention shall, however, continue to apply for the denouncing party with respect to proceedings which are under way at the time the denunciation enters into force. Such proceedings shall be pursued to their conclusion.

Article 37 Notifications and communications

The notifications and communications to be made by the depositary shall be transmitted to the registrar and to the CSCE Secretariat for further transmission to the CSCE participating States.

Article 38 Non-parties

In conformity with international law, it is confirmed that nothing in this Convention shall be interpreted to establish any obligations or commitments for CSCE participating States that are not parties to this Convention if not expressly provided for and expressly accepted by such States in writing.

Article 39 Transitional provisions

1 — The Court shall proceed, within.four months of the entry into force of this Convention, to elect the Bureau, to adopt its rules and to appoint the registrar in accordance with the provisions of articles 7,. 9 and 11. The host government of the Court shall, in co-operation with the depositary, make the arrangements required.

2 — Until a registrar is appointed, the duties of the registrar under article 3, paragraph 5, and article 4, paragraph 7, shall be performed by the depositary.

Done at Stockholm, in the English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish languages, all six language versions being equally authentic, on 15th December 1992.

CONVENÇÃO RELATIVA À CONCILIAÇÃO E ARBITRAGEM NO QUADRO DA CSCE

Os Estados Partes na presente Convenção, participantes na Conferência sobre Segurança e Cooperação na Europa:

Conscientes da obrigação de, resolverem os seus litígios de forma pacífica, conforme previsto nos artigos 2.°, n.° 3, e 33° da Carta das Nações Unidas;

Reafirmando o seu compromisso solene na reso- . lução dos seus litígios através de meios pacíficos e a sua decisão de porem em prática mecanismos que regulem os litígios entre os Estados participantes;

Sublinhando que, de modo algum, tencionam afectar a competência de quaisquer instituições ou mecanismos já existentes, nomeadamente o Tribunal Internacional de Justiça, o Tribunal Europeu dos Direitos do Homem, o Tribunal de Justiça das Comunidades Europeias e o Tribunal Permanente de Arbitragem;

Relembrando que a aplicação integral de todos os princípios e compromissos assumidos no quadro da CSCE constitui, por si só, um elemento essencial na prevenção de litígios entre os.Estados participantes na CSCE;

Desejosos de consolidar e reforçar os compromissos constantes, nomeadamente, do relatório sobre a Reunião de Peritos para a Resolução'