1. Each
State Party may, at the
time of
signature or
ratification of the present
Protocol or
accession thereto,
declare that it does not recognize the
competence of the
Committee provided for in
articles 8 and
9.
2. Any
State Party having made a
declaration in
accordance with paragraph 1 of the present
article may, at any
time,
withdraw this
declaration by
notification to the
Secretary-General.