Attestation clause and concluding paragraph

IN WITNESS THEREOF, the undersigned, duly authorized, have signed this Convention on behalf of their respective Governments:

DONE at New York, this thirtieth day of March one thousand nine hundred and sixty one, in a single copy, which shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations, and of which certified true copies shall be transmitted to all the Members of the United Nations and to the other States referred to in article 40, paragraph 1.

Commentary

As the Legal Adviser to the Plenipotentiary Conference stated at a plenary session, the attestation clause refers to governments, not to States, because that has been the practice in instruments prepared under the auspices of the United Nations. 1

1 Records, vol. 1, p. 186.