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Article 25.Depositary and languagesA. Negotiation textsAustria and Italy (A/AC.254/4/Add.1)First session: 19-29 January 1999“Article V“The original of this Protocol, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French,Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall send certified copies thereof to all States.”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 22“Languages and depositary“1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is designated depositary ofthe present Protocol.“2. The original of the present Protocol, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English,French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with theSecretary-General of the United Nations.“IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned plenipotentiaries, being duly authorizedthereto by their respective Governments, have signed the present Protocol.”Notes by the Secretariat2. The text of article 22 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 under573