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PREAMBLE     [go to this PREAMBLE]
... Having considered the declaration made by the General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 96 (I) dated 11 December 1946 that genocide is a crime under international law, contrary to the spirit and aims of the United Nations and condemned by the civilized world, ...


ARTICLE-11     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The present Convention shall be open until 31 December 1949 for signature on behalf of any Member of the United Nations and of any nonmember State to which an invitation to sign has been addressed by the General Assembly. ...
... The present Convention shall be ratified, and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...
... After 1 January 1950, the present Convention may be acceded to on behalf of any Member of the United Nations and of any non-member State which has received an invitation as aforesaid. Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...


ARTICLE-12     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Any Contracting Party may at any time, by notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, extend the application of the present Convention to all or any of the territories for the conduct of whose foreign relations that Contracting Party is responsible. ...


ARTICLE-13     [go to this ARTICLE]
... On the day when the first twenty instruments of ratification or accession have been deposited, the Secretary-General shall draw up a proces-verbal and transmit a copy thereof to each Member of the United Nations and to each of the non-member States contemplated in article 11. ...


ARTICLE-14     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Denunciation shall be effected by a written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...


ARTICLE-16     [go to this ARTICLE]
... A request for the revision of the present Convention may be made at any time by any Contracting Party by means of a notification in writing addressed to the Secretary-General. ...
... The General Assembly shall decide upon the steps, if any, to be taken in respect of such request. ...


ARTICLE-17     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall notify all Members of the United Nations and the non-member States contemplated in article 11 of the following: ...


ARTICLE-19     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The present Convention shall be registered by the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the date of its coming into force. ...