The States
Parties to the present Protocol,
Considering
that under the Slavery Convention signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926
(hereinafter called "the Convention") the League of Nations was
invested with certain duties and functions, and
Considering that it is expedient that these duties and functions
should be continued by the United Nations,
Have
agreed as follows:
Article 1
The
States Parties to the present Protocol undertake that as between themselves
they will, in accordance with the provisions of the Protocol, attribute full
legal force and effect to and duly apply the amendments to the Convention set
forth in the annex to the Protocol.
Article 2
1.
The present Protocol shall be open for signature or acceptance by any of the
States Parties to the Convention to which the Secretary-General has
communicated for this purpose a copy of the Protocol.
2. States may become Parties to the present Protocol by:
(a) Signature without reservation as to acceptance;
(b) Signature with reservation as to acceptance, followed
by acceptance;
(c) Acceptance.
3.
Acceptance shall be effected by the deposit of a formal instrument with the
Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article 3
1.
The present Protocol shall come into force on the date on which two States
shall have become Parties thereto, and shall thereafter come into force in
respect of each State upon the date on which it becomes a Party to the
Protocol.
2. The amendments set forth in the annex to the present
Protocol shall come into force when twenty-three States shall have become
Parties to the Protocol, and consequently any State becoming a Party to the
Convention, after the amendments thereto have come into force, shall become a
Party to the Convention as so amended.
Article 4
In
accordance with paragraph I of Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations
and the regulations pursuant thereto adopted by the General Assembly, the
Secretary-General of the United Nations is authorized to effect registration of
the present Protocol and of the amendments made in the Convention by the Protocol
on the respective dates of their entry into force and to publish the Protocol
and the amended text of the Convention as soon as possible after registration.
Article 5
The
present Protocol, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts
are equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations
Secretariat. The texts of the Convention to be amended in accordance with the
annex being authentic in the English and French languages only, the English and
French texts of the annex shall be equally authentic, and the Chinese, Russian
and Spanish texts shall be translations. The Secretary-General shall prepare
certified copies of the Protocol, including the annex, for communication to
States Parties to the Convention, as well as to all other States Members of the
United Nations. He shall likewise prepare for communication to States including
States not Members of the United Nations, upon the entry into force of the
amendments as provided in article III, certified copies of the Convention as so
amended.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto by their
respective Governments, signed the present Protocol on the date appearing
opposite their respective signatures.
DONE at the
Headquarters of the United Nations, New York, this seventh day of December one
thousand nine hundred and fifty-three.
Annex to the Protocol
amending the Slavery Convention signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926
In article 7
"the Secretary-General of the United Nations" shall be substituted
for "the Secretary-General of the League of Nations".
In article 8
"the International Court of Justice" shall be substituted for the
"Permanent Court of International Justice", and "the Statute of
the International Court of Justice" shall be substituted for"the
Protocol of December 16th, 1920, relating to the Permanent Court of
International Justice".
In the first and
second paragraphs of article 10 "the United Nations" shall be
substituted for "the League of Nations".
The last three
paragraphs of article 11 shall be deleted and the following substituted:
"The present
Convention shall be open to accession by all States, including States which are
not Members of the United Nations, to which the Secretary-General of the United
Nations shall have communicated a certified copy of the Convention.
"Accession shall
be effected by the deposit of a formal instrument with the Secretary-General of
the United Nations, who shall give notice thereof to all States Parties to the
Convention and to all other States contemplated in the present article,
informing them of the date on which each such instrument of accession was
received in deposit."
In article 12
"the United Nations" shall be substituted for "the League of
Nations".