Speakers also reported on progress made towards ratification of or accession to the Protocol.

In accordance with article VIII, paragraph 2, of the Protocol, accession to the Protocol by any State that is not a contracting party to the unamended Convention shall have the effect of accession to the amended Convention, subject to the provisions of article XI of the Protocol.

f Czechoslovakia was a participant to the Convention and the Protocol by virtue of its accession to the Protocol on 5 March 1990.

In accordance with article X of the Protocol, ratification of or accession to the unamended Convention after the entry into force of the Protocol shall also constitute a ratification of or accession to the amended Convention if the State notifies the depositary accordingly.

2. This Protocol shall, after 16 January 2007, be open for accession by any non signatory State. Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations.

This Protocol shall, after 16 January 2007, be open for accession by any non signatory State.

This Protocol shall, after x x xxxx, be open for accession by any non signatory State.

2. For each State ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to this Protocol after the deposit of the twenty second instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, the Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.

For each State ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to this Protocol after the deposit of the twenty second instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, the Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.

For each State ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to this Protocol after the deposit of the twenty second instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, the Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.

c In accordance with its article VIII, paragraph 1, the Protocol is open for accession by all States.

Participation in the Convention by virtue of accession to the Protocol of 25 March 1972 or to the 1961 Convention after the entry into force of the Protocol Angola (26 October 2005)1

2. For each State ratifying the present Protocol or acceding to it after the deposit with the Secretary General of the United Nations of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession, the present Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of deposit of its own instrument of ratification or accession.

Legal clarity was crucial for the future implementation of the draft protocol in domestic courts and for universal accession to the instrument.

3. The present Protocol shall be open to accession by any State that has ratified or acceded to the Convention.

b The German Democratic Republic was a participant by virtue of its accession on 31 August 1989 to the Protocol of 11 April 1980.

The Covenant entered into force for the State party on 23 March 1976, the Optional Protocol on 1 January 1992 (accession).

Uruguay's accession to the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage and the Optional Protocol concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes was approved.

We emphasize the need for universal accession to the 1994 Convention and encourage States to consider rapidly becoming parties to this Protocol.

UNHCR agreed with the Board's recommendation to update and document its priorities for the promotion of accession to the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol.

UNHCR agreed with the Board's recommendation to update and document its priorities for the promotion of accession to the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol.

However, where a violation has continuing effect , the Committee has at times examined events that predate a state party's accession to the Optional Protocol.

Such experience could be constructive in the context of future discussions at the national level in the process of ratification of or accession to the Convention and the Protocol.

Mauritius deposited its instrument of accession to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf in August 2004.

This Protocol shall enter into force thirty days after twenty two instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession have been deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations.

This Protocol shall enter into force thirty days after twenty two instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession have been deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations.

The Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of deposit with the Secretary General of the United Nations of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession.

1. This Protocol shall enter into force thirty days after twenty two instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession have been deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations.

On 30 August 2005, the accession of Afghanistan to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, marked a significant step in the country's recovery.

5. The Secretary General of the United Nations shall inform all States that have signed the present Protocol or acceded to it of the deposit of each instrument of ratification or accession.

He emphasized the need for further compliance with the instruments and informed the Conference of progress made by Azerbaijan since the first session, including its accession to the Firearms Protocol.

1. Subject to the entry into force of the Convention, the present Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification or accession.

Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the depositary.

1. The present Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of deposit with the Secretary General of the United Nations of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession.

Accession.

Accession

The list of States that have ratified or acceded to the Protocol, together with the dates of ratification or accession and entry into force, is contained in annex IV to the present report.

3. This Convention is open to accession by all Member States of the United Nations. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary General.

1. The Subcommittee on Prevention shall consist of ten members. After the fiftieth ratification of or accession to the present Protocol, the number of the members of the Subcommittee on Prevention shall increase to twenty five.

Each State Party may, at the time of signature or ratification of the present Protocol or accession thereto, declare that it does not recognize the competence of the Committee provided for in articles 6 and 7.

The working group also agreed to suggest that the Seventeenth Meeting of the Parties should look into the funding need associated with the possible accession of new Parties to the Protocol over the period 2006 2008.

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

3. Encourages nuclear weapon States and States parties to the Treaty to continue to work constructively with a view to ensuring the early accession of the nuclear weapon States to the Protocol to the Treaty

Accession to WTO

12 Austria (accession) 25 September 2003, Oman (ratification) 12 March 2004, Denmark (accession) 16 November 2004, Mauritius (accession) 22 December 2004, Chile (ratification) 8 February 2005.