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Part Three. Article 21 563provision, see article 36 of the convention in part one and article 16 of the trafficking inpersons protocol in part two.3. The version of article 18 contained in document A/AC.254/4/Add.1/Rev.4remained unchanged in the intermediate draft of the protocol (A/AC.254/4/Add.1/Rev.5).Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.1/Rev.6)Eleventh session: 2-28 October 2000“Article 18“Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval and accession“1. This Protocol shall be open to all States for signature from 12 to 15December 2000 in Palermo, Italy, and thereafter at United Nations Headquarters inNew York until 12 December 2002.“2. This Protocol shall also be open for signature by regional economic integrationorganizations provided that at least one member State of such organizationhas signed this Protocol in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article.“3. This Protocol is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. Instrumentsof ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary-Generalof the United Nations. A regional economic integration organization may deposit itsinstrument of ratification, acceptance or approval if at least one of its member Stateshas done likewise. In that instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval, suchorganization shall declare the extent of its competence with respect to the mattersgoverned by this Protocol. Such organization shall also inform the depositary of anyrelevant modification in the extent of its competence.“4. This Protocol is open for accession by any State or any regional economicintegration organization of which at least one member State is a Party to thisProtocol. Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General ofthe United Nations. At the time of its accession, a regional economic integrationorganization shall declare the extent of its competence with respect to matters governedby this Protocol. Such organization shall also inform the depositary of any relevantmodification in the extent of its competence.”Notes by the Secretariat4. Following its approval, at its tenth session, of the text of the convention againsttransnational organized crime, and in particular the corresponding provision of the conventionon signature, ratification, acceptance, approval and accession, the Ad Hoc Committee,at its eleventh session, considered, finalized and approved article 18 without further amendment.(See the final text of the protocol, as included in the report of the Ad Hoc Committee(A/55/383, sect. IV, draft resolution, annex III), that was submitted to the General Assemblyfor adoption pursuant to resolution 54/126 of 17 December 1999.)