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Article 18
Relation to other agreements
The provisions of this
Convention do not prejudice
the conventions or other international agreements to which the Contracting States are parties.
Article 19
Parties to the Convention
1. This Convention shall be open for signature to any
state at the headquarters of the Organization from
197 to
open for accession.
197 and subsequently it shall be
2. Any state may become a party to this Convention by: a) signing it without a reservation as to ratification, acceptance or approval; or
b) signing it with a reservation as to ratification, acceptance or approval with subsequent ratification, acceptance or approval; or
c) acceding to it.
3. Ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be effected by deposit of an appropriate instrument with the Secretary-General of the Organization, who shall act as depositary of this Convention and who, in particular, shall inform all signatory and acceding states of each signature or deposit of each instrument of ratification, acceptance, appro- val or accession thereto.