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... A claim for compensation for damage shall be presented to a launching State through
diplomatic channels. If a State does not maintain diplomatic relations with the launching
State concerned, it may request another State to present its claim to that launching State
or otherwise represent its interests under this Convention. It may also present its claim
through the Secretary-General of the United Nations, provided the claimant State and the
launching State are both Members of the United Nations. ...
... 2. If no agreement is reached on the choice of the Chairman within four months of the
request for the establishment of the Commission, either party may request the
Secretary-General of the United Nations to appoint the Chairman within a further period of
two months. ...
... 4. The Commission shall make its decision or award public. It shall deliver a certified
copy of its decision or award to each of the parties and to the Secretary-General of the
United Nations. ...
... Ten years after the entry into force of this Convention, the question of the review of
this Convention shall be included in the provisional agenda of the United Nations General
Assembly in order to consider, in the light of past application of the Convention, whether
it requires revision. However, at any time after the Convention has been in force for five
years, and at the request of one third of the States Parties to the Convention, and with
the concurrence of the majority of the States Parties, a conference of the States Parties
shall be convened to review this Convention. ...