International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations in the United States

Article 29

1. After this Convention has been in force for five years, any
Contracting State may, by notification addressed to the Secretary-
General of the United Nations, request that a conference be convened for
the purpose of revising the Convention. The Secretary-General shall
notify all Contracting State of this request. If, a period of six months
following the date of notification by the Secretary-General of the United
Nations, not less than one half of the Contracting States notify him of
their concurrence with the request, the Secretary-General shall inform
the Director-General of the International Labour Office, the
Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization and the Director of the Bureau of the International
Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, who shall
convene a revision conference in co-operation with the Intergovernmental
Committee provided for in Article 32.

2. The adoption of any revision of this Convention shall require an
affirmative vote by two-thirds of the States attending the revision
conference, provided that this majority includes two-thirds of the States
which, at the time of the revision conference, are parties to the
Convention.

3. In the event of adoption of a Convention revising this this Convention
in whole or in part, and unless the revising Convention provides
otherwise:

(a) this Convention shall cease to be open to ratification, acceptance
or accession as from the date of entry into force of the revising
Convention;
(b) this Convention shall remain in force as regards relations between
or with Contracting States which have not become parties to the
revising Convention.

Article 30

Any dispute which may arise between two or more Contracting States
concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention and which
is not settled by negotiation shall, at the request of any one of the
parties to the dispute, be referred to the International Court of Justice
for decision, unless they agree to another mode of settlement.

Article 31

Without prejudice to the provision of paragraph 3 of Article 5, paragraph
2 of Article 6, paragraph 1 of Article 16 and Article 17, no reservations
may be made to this Convention.

Article 32

1. An Intergovernmental Committee is hereby established with the
following duties:

(a) to study questions concerning the application and operation of this
Convention; and
(b) to collect proposals and to prepare documentation for possible
revision of this Convention.

2. The Committee shall consist of representatives of the Contracting
States, chosen with due regard to equitable geographical distribution.
The number of members shall be six if there are twelve Contracting States
or less, nine if there are thirteen to eighteen Contracting States and
twelve if there are more than eighteen Contracting States.

3. The Committee shall be constituted twelve months after the Convention
comes into force by an election organised among the Contracting States,
each of which shall have one vote, by the Director-General of the
International Labour Office, the Director- General of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Director of the
Bureau of the International Union for the Protection of Literary and
Artistic Works, in accordance with rules previously approved by a
majority of all Contracting States.

4. The Committee shall elect its Chairman and officers. It shall
establish its own rules of procedure. These rules shall in particular
provide for the future operation of the committee and for a method of
selecting its members for the future in such a way to ensure rotation
among the various Contracting States.

5. Officials of the International Labour Office, the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Bureau of the
International Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works,
designated by the Directors-General and the Director thereof, shall
constitute the Secretariat of the Committee.

6. Meetings of the Committee, which shall be convened whenever a majority
of its members deems it necessary, shall be held successively at the
headquarters of the International Labour Office, the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Bureau of the
International Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.

7. Expenses of members of the Committee shall be borne by their
respective Governments.

Article 33

1. The present Convention is drawn up in English, French and Spanish, the
three texts being equally authentic.

2. In addition, official texts of the present Convention shall be drawn
up in German, Italian and Portuguese.

Article 34

1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall notify the States
invited to the Conference referred to in Article 23 and every State
Member of the United Nations, as well as the Director-General of the
International Labour Office, the Director-General of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Director of the
Bureau of the International Union for the Protection of Literary and
Artistic Works:

(a) of the deposit of each instrument of ratification, acceptance or
accession;
(b) of the date of entry into force of the Convention;
(c) of all notifications, declarations or communications provided for
in this Convention;
(d) if any of the situations referred to in paragraph 4 and 5 of
Article 28 arise.

2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall also notify the
Director-General of the International Labour Office, the Director-General
of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
and the Director of the Bureau of the International Union for the
Protection of Literary and Artistic Works of the requests communicated to
him in accordance with Article 29, as well as of any communication
received from the Contracting States concerning the revision of the
Convention.