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Article 21.Signature, ratification, acceptance,approval and accessionA. Negotiation textsAustria and Italy (A/AC.254/4/Add.1)First session: 19-29 January 1999“Article S“1. This Protocol is open for signature to all States until [...] at the Headquartersof the United Nations in New York.“2. This Protocol is subject to ratification. The instruments of ratification shallbe deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.“3. This Protocol is open for accession by any State. The instruments of accessionshall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.”Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.1/Rev.1)Fourth session: 28 June-9 July 1999“Article 17“Signature, accession, ratification and entry into force“1. This Protocol shall be open for signature, by any State that has signed theConvention, at United Nations Headquarters in New York until [...]. Thereafter, itshall be open for accession by any State Party to the Convention.“2. This Protocol shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval.Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with theSecretary-General of the United Nations.“3. This Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the dateof deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accessionwith the Secretary-General of the United Nations. In the event that the depositof the twentieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession occursprior to the entry into force of the Convention, this Protocol shall not enter into forceuntil the entry into force of the Convention.”561