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... If any of the crimes mentioned in article 1 is committed, the provisions of this
Convention shall apply to representatives of the State authority and private individuals
who, as principals or accomplices, participate in or who directly incite others to the
commission of any of those crimes, or who conspire to commit them, irrespective of the
degree of completion, and to representatives of the State authority who tolerate their
commission. ...
... The States Parties to the present Convention undertake to adopt all necessary domestic
measures, legislative or otherwise, with a view to making possible the extradition, in
accordance with international law, of the persons referred to in article 2 of this
Convention. ...
... The States Parties to the present Convention undertake to adopt, in accordance with
their respective constitutional processes, any legislative or other measures necessary to
ensure that statutory or other limitations shall not apply to the prosecution and
punishment of the crimes referred to in articles 1 and 2 of this Convention and that,
where they exist, such limitations shall be abolished. ...
... This Convention shall be open to accession by any State referred to in article 5.
Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United
Nations. ...
... 2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit certified copies of this
Convention to all States referred to in article 5. ...
... 3. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States referred to in
article 5 of the following particulars: ...
... (a) Signatures of this Convention, and instruments of ratification and accession
deposited under articles 5, 6 and 7 ...