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ARTICLE 52 -
Ratification, Acceptance or Approval
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1 This
Constitution and the Convention shall be
simultaneously ratified, accepted or approved by
any signatory Member State, in accordance with
its constitutional rules, in one single
instrument. This instrument shall be deposited,
in as short a time as possible, with the
Secretary-General. The Secretary-General shall
notify the Member States of each deposit of any
such instrument. |
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2 1) During
a period of two years from the date of entry
into force of this Constitution and the
Convention, a signatory Member State, even
though it may not have deposited an instrument
of ratification, acceptance or approval, in
accordance with No. 208 above, shall enjoy the
rights conferred on Member States in Nos. 25 to
28 of this Constitution. |
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2) From the
end of a period of two years from the date of
entry into force of this Constitution and the
Convention, a signatory Member State which has
not deposited an instrument of ratification,
acceptance or approval, in accordance with No.
208 above, shall no longer be entitled to vote
at any conference of the Union, at any session
of the Council, at any meeting of any of the
Sectors of the Union, or during any consultation
by correspondence conducted in accordance with
the provisions of this Constitution and of the
Convention until it has so deposited such an
instrument. Its rights, other than voting
rights, shall not be affected. |
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3 After the
entry into force of this Constitution and the
Convention in accordance with Article 58 of this
Constitution, an instrument of ratification,
acceptance or approval, shall become effective
on the date of its deposit with the
Secretary-General. |
ARTICLE 53
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Accession
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1 A Member
State which is not a signatory to this
Constitution and the Convention, or, subject to
the provisions of Article 2 of this
Constitution, any other State referred to in
that Article, may accede to this Constitution
and the Convention at any time. Such accession
shall be made simultaneously in the form of one
single instrument covering both this
Constitution and the Convention. |
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2 The
instrument of accession shall be deposited with
the Secretary-General, who shall notify the
Member States of each deposit of any such
instrument when it is received and shall forward
to each of them a certified copy thereof. |
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3 After the
entry into force of this Constitution and the
Convention in accordance with Article 58 of this
Constitution, an instrument of accession shall
become effective on the date of its deposit with
the Secretary-General, unless otherwise
specified therein. |
ARTICLE 54 -
Administrative Regulations
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1 The Administrative Regulations, as specified
in Article 4 of this Constitution, are binding
international instruments and shall be subject
to the provisions of this Constitution and the
Convention. |
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2 Ratification, acceptance or approval of this
Constitution and the Convention, or accession to
these instruments, in accordance with Articles
52 and 53 of this Constitution, shall also
constitute consent to be bound by the
Administrative Regulations adopted by competent
world conferences prior to the date of signature
of this Constitution and the Convention. Such
consent is subject to any reservation made at
the time of signature of the Administrative
Regulations or revisions thereof to the extent
that the reservation is maintained at the time
of deposit of the instrument of ratification,
acceptance, approval or accession. |
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2 bis) The
Administrative Regulations referred to in No.
216 above shall remain in force, subject to such
revisions as may be adopted in application of
Nos. 89 and 146 of this Constitution and brought
into force. Any revision of the Administrative
Regulations, either partial or complete, shall
enter into force on the date or dates specified
therein only for the Member States which, prior
to such date or dates, have notified the
Secretary-General of their consent to be bound
by that revision. |
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(SUP) |
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3 bis) A Member State shall notify its consent
to be bound by a partial or complete revision of
the Administrative Regulations by depositing
with the Secretary-General an instrument of
ratification, acceptance or approval of that
revision or of accession thereto or by notifying
the Secretary-General of its consent to be bound
by that revision. |
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3 ter) Any Member State may also notify the
Secretary-General that its ratification,
acceptance or approval of, or accession to,
amendments to this Constitution or the
Convention in accordance with Article 55 of the
Constitution or Article 42 of the Convention
shall constitute consent to be bound by any
revision of the Administrative Regulations,
either partial or complete, adopted by a
competent conference prior to the signature of
the said amendments to this Constitution or to
the Convention. |
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3 quater) The notification referred to in No.
217B above shall be given at the time of the
deposit by the Member State of its instrument of
ratification, acceptance or approval of, or
accession to, the amendments to this
Constitution or to the Convention. |
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3 penter) Any revision
of the Administrative Regulations shall apply
provisionally, as from the date of entry into
force of the revision, in respect of any Member
State that has signed the revision and has not
notified the Secretary-General of its consent to
be bound in accordance with Nos. 217A and 217B
above. Such provisional application only takes
effect if the Member State in question did not
oppose it at the time of signature of the
revision. |
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4 Such provisional application shall continue
for a Member State until it notifies the
Secretary-General of its decision concerning its
consent to be bound by any such revision. |
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5 bis) If a Member
State fails to notify the Secretary-General of
its decision concerning its consent to be bound
under No. 218 above within thirty-six months
following the date or dates of entry into force
of the revision, that Member State shall be
deemed to have consented to be bound by that
revision. |
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5 ter) Any provisional
application within the meaning of No. 217D or
any consent to be bound within the meaning of
No. 221A shall be subject to any reservation as
may have been made by the Member State concerned
at the time of signature of the revision. Any
consent to be bound within the meaning of
Nos. 216A, 217A, 217B and 218 above shall be
subject to any reservation as may have been made
by the Member State concerned at the time of
signature of the Administrative Regulations or
revision thereto, provided that it maintains the
reservation when notifying the Secretary-General
of its consent to be bound. |
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7 The Secretary-General shall inform Member
States promptly of any notification received
pursuant to this Article. |
ARTICLE 55 -
Provisions for Amending this Constitution
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1 Any Member
State may propose any amendment to this
Constitution. Any such proposal shall, in order
to ensure its timely transmission to, and
consideration by, all the Member States, reach
the Secretary-General not later than eight
months prior to the opening date fixed for the
plenipotentiary conference. The
Secretary-General shall, as soon as possible,
but not later than six months prior to the
latter date, publish any such proposal for the
information of all the Member States. |
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2 Any
proposed modification to any amendment submitted
in accordance with No. 224 above may, however,
be submitted at any time by a Member State or by
its delegation at the plenipotentiary
conference. |
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3 The quorum
required at any Plenary Meeting of the
Plenipotentiary Conference for consideration of
any proposal for amending this Constitution or
modification thereto shall consist of more than
one half of the delegations accredited to the
Plenipotentiary Conference. |
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4 To be
adopted, any proposed modification to a proposed
amendment as well as the proposal as a whole,
whether or not modified, shall be approved, at a
Plenary Meeting, by at least two-thirds of the
delegations accredited to the Plenipotentiary
Conference which have the right to vote. |
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5 Unless
specified otherwise in the preceding paragraphs
of this Article, which shall prevail, the
General Rules of conferences, assemblies and
meetings of the Union shall apply. |
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6 Any
amendments to this Constitution adopted by a
plenipotentiary conference shall, as a whole and
in the form of one single amending instrument,
enter into force at a date fixed by the
conference between Member States having
deposited before that date their instrument of
ratification, acceptance or approval of, or
accession to, both this Constitution and the
amending instrument. Ratification, acceptance or
approval of, or accession to, only a part of
such an amending instrument shall be excluded. |
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7 The
Secretary-General shall notify all Member States
of the deposit of each instrument of
ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. |
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8 After
entry into force of any such amending
instrument, ratification, acceptance, approval
or accession in accordance with Articles 52 and
53 of this Constitution shall apply to the
Constitution as amended. |
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9 After
entry into force of any such amending
instrument, the Secretary-General shall register
it with the Secretariat of the United Nations,
in accordance with the provisions of Article 102
of the Charter of the United Nations. No. 241 of
this Constitution shall also apply to any such
amending instrument. |
ARTICLE 56 -
Settlement of Disputes
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1 Member
States may settle their disputes on questions
relating to the interpretation or application of
this Constitution, of the Convention or of the
Administrative Regulations by negotiation,
through diplomatic channels, or according to
procedures established by bilateral or
multilateral treaties concluded between them for
the settlement of international disputes, or by
any other method mutually agreed upon. |
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2 If none of
these methods of settlement is adopted, any
Member State party to a dispute may have
recourse to arbitration in accordance with the
procedure defined in the Convention. |
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3 The
Optional Protocol on the Compulsory Settlement
of Disputes Relating to this Constitution, to
the Convention, and to the Administrative
Regulations shall be applicable as between
Member States parties to that Protocol. |
ARTICLE 57 -
Denunciation of this Constitution and the Convention
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1 Each
Member State which has ratified, accepted,
approved or acceded to this Constitution and the
Convention shall have the right to denounce
them. In such a case, this Constitution and the
Convention shall be denounced simultaneously in
one single instrument, by a notification
addressed to the Secretary-General. Upon receipt
of such notification, the Secretary-General
shall advise the other Member States thereof. |
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2 Such
denunciation shall take effect at the expiration
of a period of one year from the date of receipt
of its notification by the Secretary-General. |
ARTICLE 58 -
Entry into Force and Related Matters
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1 This
Constitution and the Convention, adopted by the
Additional Plenipotentiary Conference (Geneva,
1992), shall enter into force on 1 July 1994
between Member States having deposited before
that date their instrument of ratification,
acceptance, approval or accession. |
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2 Upon the
date of entry into force specified in No. 238
above, this Constitution and the Convention
shall, as between Parties thereto, abrogate and
replace the International Telecommunication
Convention (Nairobi, 1982). |
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3 In
accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of
the Charter of the United Nations, the
Secretary-General of the Union shall register
this Constitution and the Convention with the
Secretariat of the United Nations. |
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4 The
original of this Constitution and the Convention
drawn up in the Arabic, Chinese, English,
French, Russian and Spanish languages shall
remain deposited in the archives of the Union.
The Secretary-General shall forward, in the
languages requested, a certified true copy to
each of the signatory Member States. |
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5 In the
event of any discrepancy among the various
language versions of this Constitution and the
Convention, the French text shall prevail. |
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