{"id":3608,"date":"2012-09-03T11:18:01","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T18:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sociedades-limitadas-colombia.com\/?p=2345"},"modified":"2012-09-03T11:18:01","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T18:18:01","slug":"united-nations-convention-to-combat-desertification-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawin.org\/united-nations-convention-to-combat-desertification-7\/","title":{"rendered":"United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification<\/a> <\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

Article 27<\/p>\n

Measures to resolve questions on implementation<\/p>\n

The Conference of the Parties shall consider and adopt procedures and
\ninstitutional mechanisms for the resolution of questions that may arise with
\nregard to the implementation of the Convention.<\/p>\n

Article 28<\/p>\n

Settlement of Disputes<\/a><\/p>\n

1. Parties shall settle any dispute between them concerning the
\ninterpretation or application of the Convention through negotiation or other
\npeaceful means of their own choice.<\/p>\n

2. When ratifying, accepting, approving, or acceding to the
\nConvention, or at any time thereafter, a Party which is not a regional
\neconomic integration organization may declare in a written instrument
\nsubmitted to the Depositary that, in respect of any dispute concerning the
\ninterpretation or application of the Convention, it recognizes one or both of
\nthe following means of dispute settlement as compulsory in relation to any
\nParty accepting the same obligation:<\/p>\n

(a) arbitration in accordance with procedures adopted by the
\nConference of the Parties in an annex as soon as practicable;<\/p>\n

(b) submission of the dispute to the International Court of Justice<\/a> .<\/p>\n

3. A Party which is a regional economic integration organization may
\nmake a declaration with like effect in relation to arbitration in accordance
\nwith the procedure referred to in paragraph 2 (a).<\/p>\n

4. A declaration made pursuant to paragraph 2 shall remain in force
\nuntil it expires in accordance with its terms or until three months after
\nwritten notice of its revocation has been deposited with the Depositary.<\/p>\n

5. The expiry of a declaration, a notice of revocation or a new
\ndeclaration shall not in any way affect proceedings pending before an arbitral
\ntribunal or the International Court of Justice<\/a> unless the Parties to the
\ndispute otherwise agree.<\/p>\n

6. If the Parties to a dispute have not accepted the same or any
\nprocedure pursuant to paragraph 2 and if they have not been able to settle
\ntheir dispute within twelve months following notification by one Party to
\nanother that a dispute exists between them, the dispute shall be submitted to
\nconciliation at the request of any Party to the dispute, in accordance with
\nprocedures adopted by the Conference of the Parties in an annex as soon as
\npracticable.<\/p>\n

Article 29<\/p>\n

Status of annexes<\/p>\n

1. Annexes form an integral part of the Convention and, unless
\nexpressly provided otherwise, a reference to the Convention also constitutes a
\nreference to its annexes.<\/p>\n

2. The Parties shall interpret the provisions of the annexes in a
\nmanner that is in conformity with their rights and obligations under the
\narticles of this Convention.<\/p>\n

Article 30<\/p>\n

Amendments to the Convention<\/p>\n

1. Any Party may propose amendments to the Convention.<\/p>\n

2. Amendments to the Convention shall be adopted at an ordinary
\nsession of the Conference of the Parties. The text of any proposed amendment
\nshall be communicated to the Parties by the Permanent Secretariat at least six
\nmonths before the meeting at which it is proposed for adoption. The Permanent
\nSecretariat shall also communicate proposed amendments to the signatories to
\nthe Convention.<\/p>\n

3. The Parties shall make every effort to reach agreement on any
\nproposed amendment to the Convention by consensus. If all efforts at
\nconsensus have been exhausted and no agreement reached, the amendment shall,
\nas a last resort, be adopted by a two-thirds majority vote of the Parties
\npresent and voting at the meeting. The adopted amendment shall be
\ncommunicated by the Permanent Secretariat to the Depositary, who shall
\ncirculate it to all Parties for their ratification, acceptance, approval or
\naccession.<\/p>\n

4. Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession in
\nrespect of an amendment shall be deposited with the Depositary. An amendment
\nadopted pursuant to paragraph 3 shall enter into force for those Parties
\nhaving accepted it on the ninetieth day after the date of receipt by the
\nDepositary of an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession
\nby at least two thirds of the Parties to the Convention which were Parties at
\nthe time of the adoption of the amendment.<\/p>\n

5. The amendment shall enter into force for any other Party on the
\nninetieth day after the date on which that Party deposits with the Depositary
\nits instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval of, or accession to the
\nsaid amendment.<\/p>\n

6. For the purposes of this article and article 31, “Parties present
\nand voting”means Parties present and casting an affirmative or negative vote.<\/p>\n

Article 31<\/p>\n

Adoption and amendment of annexes<\/p>\n

1. Any additional annex to the Convention and any amendment to an
\nannex shall be proposed and adopted in accordance with the procedure for
\namendment of the Convention set forth in article 30, provided that, in
\nadopting an additional regional implementation annex or amendment to any
\nregional implementation annex, the majority provided for in that article shall
\ninclude a two-thirds majority vote of the Parties of the region concerned
\npresent and voting. The adoption or amendment of an annex shall be
\ncommunicated by the Depositary to all Parties.<\/p>\n

2. An annex, other than an additional regional implementation annex,
\nor an amendment to an annex, other than an amendment to any regional
\nimplementation annex, that has been adopted in accordance with paragraph 1,
\nshall enter into force for all Parties to the Convention six months after the
\ndate of communication by the Depositary to such Parties of the adoption of
\nsuch annex or amendment, except for those Parties that have notified the
\nDepositary in writing within that period of their non-acceptance of such annex
\nor amendment. Such annex or amendment shall enter into force for Parties
\nwhich withdraw their notification of non-acceptance on the ninetieth day after
\nthe date on which withdrawal of such notification has been received by the
\nDepositary.<\/p>\n

3. An additional regional implementation annex or amendment to any
\nregional implementation annex that has been adopted in accordance with
\nparagraph 1, shall enter into force for all Parties to the Convention six
\nmonths after the date of the communication by the Depositary to such Parties
\nof the adoption of such annex or amendment, except with respect to:<\/p>\n

(a) any Party that has notified the Depositary in writing, within such
\nsix month period, of its non-acceptance of that additional regional
\nimplementation annex or of the amendment to the regional implementation annex,
\nin which case such annex or amendment shall enter into force for Parties which
\nwithdraw their notification of non-acceptance on the ninetieth day after the
\ndate on which withdrawal of such notification has been received by the
\nDepositary; and<\/p>\n

(b) any Party that has made a declaration with respect to additional
\nregional implementation annexes or amendments to regional implementation
\nannexes in accordance with article 34, paragraph 4, in which case any such
\nannex or amendment shall enter into force for such a Party on the ninetieth
\nday after the date of deposit with the Depositary of its instrument of
\nratification, acceptance, approval or accession with respect to such annex or
\namendment.<\/p>\n

4. If the adoption of an annex or an amendment to an annex involves
\nan amendment to the Convention, that annex or amendment to an annex shall not
\nenter into force until such time as the amendment to the Convention enters
\ninto force.<\/p>\n

Article 32<\/p>\n

Right to vote<\/p>\n

1. Except as provided for in paragraph 2, each Party to the
\nConvention shall have one vote.<\/p>\n

2. Regional economic integration organizations, in matters within
\ntheir competence, shall exercise their right to vote with a number of votes
\nequal to the number of their member States that are Parties to the Convention.
\nSuch an organization shall not exercise its right to vote if any of its member
\nStates exercises its right, and vice versa.<\/p>\n

PART VI<\/p>\n

FINAL PROVISIONS<\/p>\n

Article 33<\/p>\n

Signature<\/p>\n

This Convention shall be opened for signature at Paris, on 14-15
\nOctober 1994, by States Members of the United Nations or any of its
\nspecialized agencies or that are Parties to the Statute of the International
\nCourt of Justice and by regional economic integration organizations. It shall
\nremain open for signature, thereafter, at the United Nations Headquarters in
\nNew York until 13 October 1995.<\/p>\n

Article 34<\/p>\n

Ratification, acceptance, approval and accession<\/p>\n

1. The Convention shall be subject to ratification, acceptance,
\napproval or accession by States and by regional economic integration
\norganizations. It shall be open for accession from the day after the date on
\nwhich the Convention is closed for signature. Instruments of ratification,
\nacceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited with the Depositary.<\/p>\n

2. Any regional economic integration organization which becomes a
\nParty to the Convention without any of its member States being a Party to the
\nConvention shall be bound by all the obligations under the Convention. Where
\none or more member States of such an organization are also Party to the
\nConvention, the organization and its member States shall decide on their
\nrespective responsibilities for the performance of their obligations under the
\nConvention. In such cases, the organization and the member States shall not be
\nentitled to exercise rights under the Convention concurrently.<\/p>\n

3. In their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or
\naccession, regional economic integration organizations shall declare the
\nextent of their competence with respect to the matters governed by the
\nConvention. They shall also promptly inform the Depositary, who shall in turn
\ninform the Parties, of any substantial modification in the extent of their
\ncompetence.<\/p>\n

4. In its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or
\naccession, any Party may declare that, with respect to it, any additional
\nregional implementation annex or any amendment to any regional implementation
\nannex shall enter into force only upon the deposit of its instrument of
\nratification, acceptance, approval or accession with respect thereto.<\/p>\n

Article 35<\/p>\n

Interim arrangements<\/p>\n

The secretariat functions referred to in article 23 will be carried out
\non an interim basis by the secretariat established by the General Assembly of
\nthe United Nations in its resolution 47\/188 of 22 December 1992, until the
\ncompletion of the first session of the Conference of the Parties.<\/p>\n

Article 36<\/p>\n

Entry into force<\/p>\n

1. The Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after
\nthe date of deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification, acceptance,
\napproval or accession.<\/p>\n

2. For each State or regional economic integration organization
\nratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to the Convention after the
\ndeposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or
\naccession, the Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after
\nthe date of deposit by such State or regional economic integration
\norganization of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or
\naccession.<\/p>\n

3. For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2, any instrument deposited
\nby a regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as
\nadditional to those deposited by States members of the organization.<\/p>\n

Article 37<\/p>\n

Reservations<\/p>\n

No reservations may be made to this Convention.<\/p>\n

Article 38<\/p>\n

Withdrawal<\/p>\n

1. At any time after three years from the date on which the
\nConvention has entered into force for a Party, that Party may withdraw from
\nthe Convention by giving written notification to the Depositary.<\/p>\n

2. Any such withdrawal shall take effect upon expiry of one year from
\nthe date of receipt by the Depositary of the notification of withdrawal, or on
\nsuch later date as may be specified in the notification of withdrawal.<\/p>\n

Article 39<\/p>\n

Depositary<\/p>\n

The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall be the Depositary of
\nthe Convention.<\/p>\n

Article 40<\/p>\n

Authentic texts<\/p>\n

The original of the present Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese,
\nEnglish, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be
\ndeposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.<\/p>\n

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized to that
\neffect, have signed the present Convention.<\/p>\n

DONE AT Paris, this 17th day of June one thousand nine hundred and
\nninety-four.<\/p>\n

\n

Conclusion<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Notes<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
\n

See Also<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
\n

References and Further Reading<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
\n

About the Author\/s and Reviewer\/s<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

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