The instruments of ratification and those relating to acts of formal confirmation shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article 84
Accession
1. The present Convention shall remain open for accession by any State, by Namibia, represented
by the United Nations Council for Namibia, and by any international organization which has the
capacity to conclude treaties.
2.An instrument of accession of an international organization shall contain a declaration that it has the capacity to conclude treaties.
3.The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article 85
Entry into force
1. The present Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the date of deposit of the thirty-fifth instrument of ratification or accession by States or by Namibia, represented by the United Nations Council for Namibia.
2.For each State or for Namibia, represented by the United Nations Council for Namibia, ratifying or acceding to the Convention after the condition specified in paragraph 1 has been fulfilled, the Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after deposit by such State or by Namibia of its instrument of ratification or accession.
3.For each international organization depositing an instrument relating to an act of formal confirmation or an instrument of accession, the Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after such deposit, or at the date the Convention enters into force pursuant to paragraph 1, whichever is later.
Article 86
Authentic texts
The original of the present Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian
and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, being duly authorized by their respective Governments, and duly authorized representatives of the United Nations Council for Namibia and of international organizations have signed the present Convention.
DONE at Vienna, this twenty-first day of March one thousand nine hundred and eighty-six.
