SECTION 39 — Signature, ratification and accession
1. This Convention shall be opened for signature at Geneva on 28 July 1951 and shall thereafter be
deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. It shall be open for signature at the
European Office of the United Nations from 28 July to 31 August 1951 and shall be re-opened for
signature at the Headquarters of the United Nations from 17 September 1951 to 31 December 1952.
2. This Convention shall be open for signature on behalf of all States Members of the United Nations,
and also on behalf of any other State invited to attend the Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the
Status of Refugees and Stateless Persons or to which an invitation to sign will have been addressed by
the General Assembly. It shall be ratified and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the
Secretary-General of the United Nations.
3. This Convention shall be open from 28 July 1951 for accession by the States referred to in
paragraph 2 of this article. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession
with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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In force from 28-07-1951
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