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TREATIES Nations and the non-member States mentioned in article 28." In paragraphs 6 and 7 of article 11, "the Secretary-General of the United Nations" shall be substi- tuted for "the Secretary-General". In articles 14, 20, 21, 23, 26, 31, 32 and 33, "the Secretary-General of the United Nations" shall be substituted for "the Secretary- General of the League of Nations". In article 21 for the words "by the Advisory Committee on Traf- fic in Opium and Other Danger- ous Drugs" shall be substituted the words "by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs of the Eco- nomic and Social Council". For the second paragraph of article 25, the following paragraph shall be substituted: "In case there is no such agreement in force between the Parties, the dispute shall be referred to arbitration or ju- dicial settlement. In the ab- sence of agreement on the choice of another tribunal, the dispute shall, at the request of any one of the Parties, be referred to the International Court of Justice, if all the Parties to the dispute are Parties to the Statute, and, if any of the Parties to the dis- pute is not a Party to the Stat- ute, to an arbitral tribunal con- stituted in accordance with the Hague Convention of 18 October 1907 for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes." For the last paragraph of article 26, the following paragraph shall be substituted: "The Secretary-General shall communicate to all Members of the United Nations or non- member States mentioned in article 28 all declarations and notices received in virtue of the present article." Article 28 shall read as follows: "The present Convention is subject to ratification. As from 1 January 1947, the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall notify their receipt to all the Members of the United Nations and to the non-member States to which the Secretary-General has communicated a copy of the Convention." Article 29 shall read as follows: "The present Convention may be acceded to on behalf of any Member of the United Nations or any non-member State men- tioned in article 28. The in- struments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary- General of the United Nations, who shall notify their receipt to all the Members of the United Nations and to the non-member States mentioned in article 28." In the first paragraph of article 32, the last sentence shall read as follows: "Each denunciation shall op- erate only as regards the High Contracting Party on whose behalf it has been deposited." The second paragraph of article 32 shall read as follows: "The Secretary-General shall notify all the Members of the United Nations and non-mem - ber States mentioned in article 28 of any denunciation received." In the third paragraph of article 32, the words "High Contracting Parties" shall replace the words "Members of the League and non- 2254 [61 STAT.