VIENNA CONVENTION ON CONSULAR RELATIONS Done at Vienna, on 24 April 1963 The states parties to the present convention, Recalling that consular relations have been established between peoples since anc

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. The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Article 77 Entry into force

1. The present Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the date of deposit of the twenty-second instrument of ratification or accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention after the deposit of the twenty-second instrument of ratification or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification or accession. Article 78 Notifications by the Secretary-General The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States belonging to any of

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1. a)of signatures to the present Convention and of the deposit of instruments of ratification or accession, in accordance with Articles 74, 75 and 76;
2. b)of the date on which the present Convention will enter into force, in accordance with Article 77. Article 79 Authentic texts The original of the present Convention, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall send certified copies thereof to all States belonging to any of

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. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, being duly authorised thereto by their respective Governments, have signed the present Convention. DONE AT VIENNA, this twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-three.