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1^o Unanimity of votes if they involve the addition of new stipulations or any modification of the stipulations of the present Article or of Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 18, 27, 28, and 29;

2^o Two-thirds of the votes if they involve a modification of the stipulations of the Convention other than those of Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 18, 26, 27, 28, and 29;

3^o Simply an absolute majority, if they affect the interpretation of the stipulations of the Convention, except in the case of dispute contemplated by the foregoing Article 23.

4. Resolutions duly adopted are sanctioned in the first two cases, by a diplomatic declaration, which the Government of the Swiss Confederation is charged with the duty of preparing and transmitting to all the Governments of the contracting countries, and in the third case by a simple notification from the International Bureau to all the Administrations of the Union.

5. No modification or resolution adopted is binding until at least three months after its notification.

Article 27

Protectorates and colonies included in the Union

For the application of the foregoing Articles 22, 25 and 26, the following are considered as forming a single country or Administration, as the case may be:

1^o The German Protectorates of Africa;

2^o The German Protectorates of Asia and Australasia;

3^o The Empire of British India;

4^o The Dominion of Canada;

5^o The Commonwealth of Australia with British New Guinea;

6^o The whole of the British Colonies and Protectorates of South Africa;

7^o The whole of all the other British Colonies;

8^o The whole of the Island possessions of the United States of America, comprising at present the islands of Hawaii, the Philippine islands and the islands of Porto-Rico and of Guam;

9^o The whole of the Danish Colonies;

10^o The whole of the Spanish Colonies;

11^o Algeria;

12^o The French Colonies and Protectorates in Indo-China;

13^o The whole of the other French Colonies;

14^o The whole of the Italian Colonies;

15^o The whole of the Dutch Colonies;

16^o The Portuguese Colonies of Africa;

17^o The whole of the other Portuguese Colonies.