Convention on the (INMARSAT)

Article 32. Signature and ratification

(1) This Convention shall remain open for signature in London until entry
into force and shall thereafter remain open for accession. All States may
become Parties to the Convention by:

(a) Signature not subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, or

(b) Signature subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, followed
by ratification, acceptance or approval, or

(c) Accession.

(2) Ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be effected by
the deposit of the appropriate instrument with the Depositary.

(3) On becoming a Party to this Convention, or at any time thereafter, a
State may declare, by written notification to the Depositary, to which
Registers of ships, to which aircraft operating under its authority, and
to which land earth stations under its jurisdiction, the Convention shall
apply.

(4) No State shall become a Party to this Convention until it has signed,
or the entity it has designated, has signed the Operating Agreement.
(5) Reservations cannot be made to this Convention or the Operating
Agreement.

Article 33. Entry into force

(1) This Convention shall enter into force sixty days after the date on
which States representing 95 per cent of the initial investment shares
have become Parties to the Convention.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if the Convention has not entered into
force within thirty-six months after the date it was opened for
signature, it shall not enter into force.

(3) For a State which deposits an instrument of ratification, acceptance,
approval or accession after the date on which the Convention has entered
into force, the ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall
take effect on the date of deposit.

Article 34. Amendments

(1) Amendments to this Convention may be proposed by any Party. Proposed
amendments shall be submitted to the Directorate, which shall inform the
other Parties and Signatories. Three months’ notice is required before
consideration of an amendment by the Council, which shall submit its
views to the Assembly within a period of six months from the date of
circulation of the amendment. The Assembly shall consider the amendment
not earlier than six months thereafter, taking into account any views
expressed by the Council. This period may, in any particular case, be
reduced by the Assembly by a substantive decision.

(2) If adopted by the Assembly, the amendment shall enter into force one
hundred and twenty days after the Depositary has received notices of
acceptance from two-thirds of those States which at the time of adoption
by the Assembly were Parties and represented at least two thirds of the
total investment shares. Upon entry into force, the amendment shall
become binding upon all Parties and Signatories, including those which
have not accepted it.

Article 35. Depositary

(1) The Depositary of this Convention shall be the Secretary-General of
the International Maritime Organization.

(2) The Depositary shall promptly inform all signatory and acceding
States and all Signatories of:

(a) Any signature of the Convention.
(b) The deposit of any instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval
or accession.
(c) The entry into force of the Convention.
(d) The adoption of any amendment to the Convention and its entry into
force.
(e) Any notification of withdrawal.
(f) Any suspension or termination.
(g) Other notifications and communications relating to the Convention.

(3) Upon entry into force of the Convention the Depositary shall transmit
a certified copy to the Secretariat of the United Nations for
registration and publication in accordance with Article 102 of the
Charter of the United Nations .

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, duly authorized by their respective
Governments, have signed this Convention.

DONE at London this third day of September one thousand nine hundred and
seventy-six in the English, French, Russian and Spanish languages, all
the texts being equally authentic, in a single original which shall be
deposited with the Depositary, who shall send a certified copy to the
Government of each of the States which were invited to attend the
International Conference on the Establishment of an International
Maritime Satellite System and to the Government of any other State which
signs or accedes to this Convention.

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