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(4) However, the preceding paragraph may in no way be understood as implying the recognition or tacit acceptance by a Contracting State of the factual situation concerning a territory to which this Convention is made applicable by another Contracting State by virtue of the said paragraph.

Article 12
Denunciation of the Convention

(1) Any Contracting State may denounce this Convention, on its own behalf or on behalf of any of the territories referred to in Article 11, paragraph (3), by written notification addressed to the Secretary–General of the United Nations.

(2) Denunciation shall take effect twelve months after the date on which the Secretary–General of the United Nations has received the notification.

Article 13
Languages and Notifications

(1) This Convention shall be signed in a single copy in English, French, Russian and Spanish, the four texts being equally authentic.

(2) Official texts shall be established by the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization, after consultation with the interested Governments, in the Arabic, Dutch, German, Italian and Portuguese languages.

(3) The Secretary–General of the United Nations shall notify the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization, the Director–General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Director–General of the International Labour Office of:

(a) signatures to this Convention;

(b) the deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance or accession;

(c) the date of entry into force of this Convention;

(d) any declaration notified pursuant to Article 11, paragraph (3);

(e) the receipt of notifications of denunciation.

(4) The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization shall inform the States referred to in Article 9, paragraph (1), of the notifications received pursuant to the preceding paragraph and of any declarations made under Article 7, paragraph (4). He shall also notify the Director–General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Director–General of the International Labour Office of such declarations.

(5) The Secretary–General of the United Nations shall transmit two certified copies of this Convention to the States referred to in Article 9, paragraph (1).

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1 This Table of Contents is added for the convenience of the reader. It does not appear in the original text of the Convention.

2 Articles have been given titles to facilitate their identification. There are no titles in the signed text.