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ARTICLE-8: Facilitation and clarification of compliance     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 12. Without prejudice to the sovereignty of the requested State Party, the fact-finding mission may bring into the territory of the requested State Party the necessary equipment which shall be used exclusively for gathering information on the alleged compliance issue. Prior to its arrival, the mission will advise the requested State Party of the equipment that it intends to utilize in the course of its fact-finding mission. ...


ARTICLE-20: Duration and withdrawal     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Each State Party shall, in exercising its national sovereignty, have the right to withdraw from this Convention. It shall give notice of such withdrawal to all other States Parties, to the Depositary and to the United Nations Security Council. Such inst rument of withdrawal shall include a full explanation of the reasons motivating this withdrawal. ...