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... Aware of the general lack of information and knowledge regarding biological diversity and of the urgent need to develop scientific, technical and institutional capacities to provide the basic understanding upon which to plan and implement appropriate measures, ...
ARTICLE-6: General Measures for Conservation and Sustainable Use [go to this ARTICLE]
ARTICLE-41: Depositary [go to this ARTICLE]
... The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall assume the functions of Depositary of this Convention and any protocols. ...
ARTICLE-42: Authentic texts [go to this ARTICLE]
... The original of this Convention, 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. ...
ARTICLE-Annex_II-Part_1: Arbitration [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. If the President of the arbitral tribunal has not been designated within two months of the appointment of the second arbitrator, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall, at the request of a party, designate the President within a further two-month period. ...
... 2. If one of the parties to the dispute does not appoint an arbitrator within two months of receipt of the request, the other party may inform the Secretary-General who shall make the designation within a further two-month period. ...
ARTICLE-Annex_II-Part_2: Conciliation [go to this ARTICLE]
... If any appointments by the parties are not made within two months of the date of the request to create a conciliation commission, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall, if asked to do so by the party that made the request, make those appointments within a further two-month period. ...
... If a President of the conciliation commission has not been chosen within two months of the last of the members of the commission being appointed, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall, if asked to do so by a party, designate a President within a further two-month period. ...