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Final provisionsArticle 19.Saving clauseA. Negotiation textsAustria and Italy (A/AC.254/4/Add.1)First session: 19-29 January 1999“Article R“The provisions of this Protocol shall be without prejudice to the obligations ofStates Parties under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Statusof Refugees.”Notes by the Secretariat1. At the sixth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, it was agreed that various provisions,including article 5, paragraph 2, and portions of article 7 ter, would be revised andadded to the final provisions as a saving clause applicable to the entire protocol. Detailsof the text were deferred pending discussion of the final provisions.Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.1/Rev.5)Eighth session: 21 February-3 March 2000“Article 15 bis“Saving clause“Nothing in this Protocol shall affect the rights, obligations and responsibilitiesof States and individuals under international law, including international humanitarianlaw and international human rights law and, in particular, where applicable, the553