Article VII
DISPUTES
(variant A)
1.
If there should arise between two or more Parties a dispute relating to the interpretation or application of this Convention, the said Parties shall consult together with a view to the settlement of the dispute by negotiation, investigation, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, recourse to regional bodies, judicial process or other peaceful means of their own choice.
2. Any such dispute which cannot be settled in the manner prescribed shall be referred, at the request of any one of the Parties to the dispute, to the International Court of Justice for decision.
(variant B)
1. Any dispute between two or more States Parties concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention which cannot be settled through negotiation shall, at the request of one of them, be submitted to arbitration. If within six months from the date of the request for arbitration the Parties are unable to agree on the organization of the arbitration, any one of those Parties may refer the dispute to the International Court of Justice by request in conformity with the Statute of the Court.
2.
Each State may, at the time of signature or ratification of this Convention or accession thereto, declare that it does not consider itself bound by paragraph 1 of this article. The other State Parties shall not be bound by paragraph 1 of this article with respect to any State Party having made such a reservation.
Any State Party having made a reservation in accordance with paragraph 2 of this article may at any time withdraw this reservation by notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
3.
Article VIII
NOTIFICATIONS
The Secretary-General shall notify to all the States referred to in paragraph 1 of article I:
(a)
(b)
(c)
Signatures, ratifications and accessions in accordance with article I;
The date upon which this Convention enters into force in accordance with article II;
Denunciations in accordance with article IV; and
(d) Declarations and notifications under articles III, IV and VII.
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