Article 51

NOTIFICATIONS

The Secretary-General shall notify to all the States referred to in paragraph 1 of article 40:

(a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions in accordance with article 40;

(b) The date upon which this Convention enters into force in accordance with article 41;

(c) Denunciations in accordance with article 46; and

(d) Declarations and notifications under articles 42, 43, 47, 49 and 50.

Commentary

1. Article 51 deals only with those notifications which the SecretaryGeneral has to make under the final clauses (articles 40 to 50) of the treaty. It does not refer to the communications which he has to make under the terms of the main body of the Convention, either on the basis of an express provision 1 or by implication 2 or on behalf of the Board 3 through the secretariat which he furnishes to that organ. 4

2. As regards the transmission of certified true copies, see below, the concluding paragraph of the Convention.

1 Article 3.

2 Article 18.

3 Articles 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21, 31, para. 1, subpara. (b).

4 Article 16.