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... Desiring to implement the principle of equality of rights for men and women contained in the Charter of the United Nations, ...
... Recognizing that everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country directly or indirectly through freely chosen representatives, and has the right to equal access to public service in his country, and desiring to equalize the status of men and women in the enjoyment and exercise of political rights, in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ...


... 1. This Convention shall be open for signature on behalf of any Member of the United Nations and also on behalf of any other State to which an invitation has been addressed by the General Assembly. ...
... 2. This Convention shall be ratified and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...


... 2. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...


... 1. Any State may denounce this Convention by written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Denunciation shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary General. ...


... The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall notify all Members of the United Nations and the non-member States contemplated in paragraph I of article 4 of this Convention of the following: ...
... The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall notify all Members of the United Nations and the non-member States contemplated in paragraph I of article 4 of this Convention of the following: ...


... 1. This Convention, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts shall be equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations. ...
... 2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit a certified copy to all Members of the United Nations and to the non-member States contemplated in paragraph I of article 4. ...
... 2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit a certified copy to all Members of the United Nations and to the non-member States contemplated in paragraph I of article 4. ...