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Part Three. Article 19 555C. Interpretative notesThe interpretative notes on article 19 of the protocol approved by the AdHoc Committee and contained in its report on the work of its first to eleventhsessions (see A/55/383/Add.1, paras. 117 and 118) are as follows:(a) The protocol does not cover the status of refugees.(b) This protocol is without prejudice to the existing rights, obligations orresponsibilities of States parties under other international instruments, such as thosereferred to in this article. Rights, obligations and responsibilities under anotherinstrument are determined by the terms of that instrument and whether the Stateconcerned is a party to it, not by this protocol. Therefore, any State that becomesa party to this protocol but is not a party to another international instrumentreferred to in the protocol would not become subject to any right, obligation orresponsibility under that other instrument.