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... 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, ...
... 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, ...


... Any Contracting Party may call upon the competent organs of the United Nations to take such action under the Charter of the United Nations as they consider appropriate for the prevention and suppression of acts of genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article 3. ...
... Any Contracting Party may call upon the competent organs of the United Nations to take such action under the Charter of the United Nations as they consider appropriate for the prevention and suppression of acts of genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article 3. ...


... 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. ...
... 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. ...


... 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. ...


... 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. ...


... Denunciation shall be effected by a written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...


... 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: ...
... 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: ...


... The original of the present Convention shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations. ...
... A certified copy of the Convention shall be transmitted to each Member of the United Nations and to each of the non-member States contemplated in article 11. ...


... The present Convention shall be registered by the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the date of its coming into force. ...