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Article 16.Signature, ratification, acceptance,approval and accessionA. Negotiation textsFirst session: 19-29 January 1999United States of America (A/AC.254/4/Add.3)“Article 8“Signature, accession and ratification“1. This Protocol shall be open to all States for signature at [...] from [...] to[...] and thereafter at United Nations Headquarters in New York until [...].“2. This Protocol is subject to ratification. Instruments of ratification shall bedeposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.“3. This Protocol is subject to accession by any State. 1 Instruments of accessionshall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.”Second session: 8-12 March 1999Argentina and United States of America (A/AC.254/4/Add.3/Rev.1)“Article 17“Signature, accession and ratification“1. This Protocol shall be open for signature, by any State that has signed theConvention, at [...] from [...] to [...] and thereafter at United Nations Headquarters inNew York until [...].“2. This Protocol is subject to ratification. Instruments of ratification shall bedeposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.“3. This Protocol is subject to accession by any State that has signed oracceded to the Convention. Instruments of accession shall be deposited with theSecretary-General of the United Nations.”1States should consider whether States that are not parties to the convention will be allowed to be parties to the protocoland vice versa.427