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Part One. Article 39 311of five years from the entry into force of this Convention” should be inserted in paragraph1. The same delegation also suggested the inclusion in paragraph 1 of the phrase “theConference of the Parties shall make every effort to achieve consensus on each amendment”.A two-thirds majority was proposed by Colombia. All these proposals were supportedby other delegations and finally approved. In addition, it was decided that thereferences to General Assembly approval mechanisms should be deleted and that the proposedamendment should be communicated to the States parties. The last amendments arereflected in the final text of the convention, as included in the report of the Ad HocCommittee (A/55/383, sect. IV, draft resolution, annex I), that was submitted to the GeneralAssembly for adoption pursuant to resolution 54/126 of 17 December 1999.B. Approved text adopted by the General Assembly(see resolution 55/25, annex I)Article 39Amendment1. After the expiry of five years from the entry into force of thisConvention, a State Party may propose an amendment and file it with theSecretary-General of the United Nations, who shall thereupon communicate theproposed amendment to the States Parties and to the Conference of the Parties tothe Convention for the purpose of considering and deciding on the proposal. TheConference of the Parties shall make every effort to achieve consensus on eachamendment. If all efforts at consensus have been exhausted and no agreement hasbeen reached, the amendment shall, as a last resort, require for its adoption a twothirdsmajority vote of the States Parties present and voting at the meeting of theConference of the Parties.2. Regional economic integration organizations, in matters within theircompetence, shall exercise their right to vote under this article with a number ofvotes equal to the number of their member States that are Parties to thisConvention. Such organizations shall not exercise their right to vote if their memberStates exercise theirs and vice versa.3. An amendment adopted in accordance with paragraph 1 of this articleis subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by States Parties.4. An amendment adopted in accordance with paragraph 1 of this articleshall enter into force in respect of a State Party ninety days after the date of thedeposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of an instrument of ratification,acceptance or approval of such amendment.5. When an amendment enters into force, it shall be binding on thoseStates Parties which have expressed their consent to be bound by it. Other StatesParties shall still be bound by the provisions of this Convention and any earlieramendments that they have ratified, accepted or approved.