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Notes on Article 18

158. The provisions of Article 18, which relate to the deposit of the original of the Treaty (paragraph (1)), the transmission of certified copies of the Treaty to States and Intergovernmental Organizations eligible to become party to the Treaty (paragraph (2)), the registration of the Treaty with the Secretariat of the United Nations (paragraph (3)) and the transmission of copies of any amendments to the Treaty to the Contracting Parties and, on request, to any other State or Intergovernmental Organization (paragraph (4)), are self-explanatory.