2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the present Protocol, after the

deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification or accession, the Protocol shall

enter into force three months after the date of the deposit of its instrument of

ratification or accession.

Article 19

Amendments

1. Any State Party may propose an amendment to the present Protocol and

submit it to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Secretary-

General shall communicate any proposed amendments to States Parties,

with a request to be notified whether they favour a meeting of States Parties

for the purpose of considering and deciding upon the proposals. In the event

that, within four months from the date of such communication, at least one

third of the States Parties favour such a meeting, the Secretary-General shall

convene the meeting under the auspices of the United Nations. Any

amendment adopted by a majority of two thirds of the States Parties present

and voting shall be submitted by the Secretary-General to the General

Assembly for approval and thereafter to all States Parties for acceptance.

2. An amendment adopted and approved in accordance with paragraph 1 of

the present article shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the number

of instruments of acceptance deposited reaches two thirds of the number of

States Parties at the date of adoption of the amendment. Thereafter, the

amendment shall enter into force for any State Party on the thirtieth day

following the deposit of its own instrument of acceptance. An amendment

shall be binding only on those States Parties which have accepted it.

Article 20

Denunciation

1. Any State Party may denounce the present Protocol at any time by written

notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Denunciation shall take effect six months after the date of receipt of the

notification by the Secretary-General.

2. Denunciation shall be without prejudice to the continued application of

the provisions of the present Protocol to any communication submitted

II SÉRIE-A — NÚMERO 5__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

14