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Article 24.DenunciationA. Negotiation textsAustria and Italy (A/AC.254/4/Add.1)First session: 19-29 January 1999“Article U“1. Any State Party may withdraw from this Protocol by written notificationto the Secretary-General of the United Nations.“2. Withdrawal shall take effect twelve months after the date on which notificationis received by the Secretary-General of the United Nations.”Notes by the Secretariat1. The version of this article contained in document A/AC.254/4/Add.1 remainedunchanged in the intermediate drafts of the protocol (A/AC.254/4/Add.1/Revs.1-3).Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.1/Rev.4)Sixth session: 6-17 December 1999“Article 21“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 Secretariat2. The text of article 21 is identical to the text of the corresponding provision of thedraft convention and is reproduced in accordance with a decision made by the Ad HocCommittee at its sixth session, without prejudice to its content, which was still under negotiation.Only necessary editorial changes were made to the text. For issues related to thisprovision, see article 40 of the convention in part one and article 19 of the trafficking inpersons protocol in part two.571