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ARTICLE-1: DEFINITIONS     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) "consular post" means any consulate-general, consulate, vice-consulate or consular agency; ...


ARTICLE-4: ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONSULAR POST     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 4. The consent of the receiving State shall also be required if a consulate-general or a consulate desires to open a vice-consulate or a consular agency in a locality other than that in which it is itself established. ...


ARTICLE-9: CLASSES OF HEADS OF CONSULAR POSTS     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) consuls-general; ...


ARTICLE-11: THE CONSULAR COMMISSION OR NOTIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The head of a consular post shall be provided by the sending State with a document, in the form of a commission or similar instrument, made out for each appointment, certifying his capacity and showing, as a general rule, his full name, his category and class, the consular district and the seat of the consular post. ...


ARTICLE-15: TEMPORARY EXERCISE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE HEAD OF A CONSULAR POST     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. The full name of the acting head of post shall be notified either by the diplomatic mission of the sending State or, if that State has no such mission in the receiving State, by the head of the consular post, or, if he is unable to do so, by any competent authority of the sending State, to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the receiving State or to the authority designated by that Ministry. As a general rule, this notification shall be given in advance. The receiving State may make the admission as acting head of post of a person who is neither a diplomatic agent nor a consular officer of the sending State in the receiving State conditional on its consent. ...


ARTICLE-58: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO FACILITIES, PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES     [go to this ARTICLE]
... GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO FACILITIES, PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES ...


ARTICLE-74: SIGNATURE     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The present Convention shall be open for signature by all States Members of the United Nations or of any of the specialized agencies or Parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice, and by any other State invited by the General Assembly of the United Nations to become a Party to the Convention, as follows until 31 October 1963 at the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria and subsequently, until 31 March 1964, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. ...


ARTICLE-75: RATIFICATION     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The present Convention is subject to ratification. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...


ARTICLE-76: ACCESSION     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The present Convention shall remain open for accession by any State belonging to any of the four categories mentioned in Article 74. The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...


ARTICLE-77: ENTRY INTO FORCE     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The present Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the date of deposit of the twenty-second instrument of ratification or accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...


ARTICLE-78: NOTIFICATIONS BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL     [go to this ARTICLE]
... NOTIFICATIONS BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ...
... The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States belonging to any of the four categories mentioned in Article 74: ...


ARTICLE-79: AUTHENTIC TEXTS     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The original of the present Convention, of which the 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 belonging to any of the four categories mentioned in Article 74. ...