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1.
Each State Party may declare that it will use the right to make a
reservation regarding the application of this Convention, when signing or
depositing its instrument of ratification or accession, by means of a notification
in writing addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Reservations to articles 14, 16, 17 and article 48 paragraph 10 will not be
accepted.
Article 70. Revision of Annex 1
1.
Any State Party may propose amendments for the purposes of revising
the list of international legal instruments contained in Annex 1 to this
Convention.
2.
The Secretariat shall be obliged to monitor newly adopted international
legal instruments which may influence the scope of application of this
Convention and to submit proposed amendments to Annex 1 to the next session
of the Conference of the States Parties.
3.
Proposed amendments should pertain only to universal and regional
international legal instruments which have entered into force and are directly
related to international crime.
4.
The Secretary-General shall send draft amendments proposed in
accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article to the States Parties. If one third of
the total number of the States Parties which have ratified this Convention notify
the Secretary-General of their objections to the entry into force of the
amendment within six months from the day the draft amendment is sent, such
amendment shall not enter into force.
5.
If less than one third of the total number of the States Parties which have
ratified this Convention file their objections to the entry into force of the
amendment with the Secretary-General within six months from the day the draft
amendment was sent, such an amendment shall enter into force for the States
Parties not objecting to it thirty days after the six-month deadline for filing
objections.