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Article 18.AmendmentA. Negotiation TextsRolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.3/Rev.5)Sixth session: 6-17 December 1999“Article 18“Amendment“1. A State Party may propose an amendment and file it with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Secretary-General shall thereupon communicatethe proposed amendment to the States Parties, with a request that they indicatewhether they favour a conference of States Parties for the purpose of considering andvoting upon the proposals. In the event that, within four months from the date ofsuch communication, at least one third of the States favour such a conference, theSecretary-General shall convene the conference under the auspices of the UnitedNations. Any amendment adopted by a majority of States Parties present and votingat the conference shall be submitted to the General Assembly of the United Nationsfor approval.“2. An amendment adopted in accordance with paragraph 1 of the present articleshall enter into force when it has been approved by the General Assembly of theUnited Nations and accepted by a two-thirds majority of the States Parties.“3. When an amendment enters into force, it shall be binding on those StatesParties which have accepted it, other States Parties still being bound by the provisionsof the present Protocol and any earlier amendments that they have accepted.”Notes by the Secretariat1. The text of article 18 is identical to the text of the corresponding provision of thedraft convention and is reproduced in accordance with a decision made by the Ad HocCommittee at its sixth session and without prejudice to its content, which was still undernegotiation. Only necessary editorial changes have been made to the text. For issues relatedto this provision, see article 39 of the convention in part one.2. The version of article 18 contained in document A/AC.254/4/Add.3/Rev.5remained unchanged in the intermediate draft of the protocol (A/AC.254/4/Add.3/Rev.6).435