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Article 19.DenunciationA. Negotiation textsRolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.3/Rev.5)Sixth session: 6-17 December 1999“Article 19“Denunciation“A State Party may denounce the present Protocol by written notification to theSecretary-General of the United Nations. Denunciation becomes effective one yearafter the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary-General.”Notes by the Secretariat1. The text of article 19 is identical to the text of the corresponding provision ofthe draft 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 issuesrelated to this provision, see article 40 of the convention in part one.2. The version of article 19 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).Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.3/Rev.7)Eleventh session: 2-28 October 2000“Article 19“Denunciation“1. A State Party may denounce this Protocol by written notification to theSecretary-General of the United Nations. Such denunciation shall become effectiveone year after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary-General.“2. A regional economic integration organization shall cease to be a Party tothis Protocol when all of its member States have denounced it.”439