Rządowy projekt ustawy o ratyfikacji Międzynarodowej Konwencji w sprawie zwalczania aktów terroryzmu jądrowego, przyjętej przez Zgromadzenie Ogólne Narodów Zjednoczonych dnia 13 kwietnia 2005 r.

international organizations as necessary, to ensure effective implementation of
this Convention.

Article 21


The States Parties shall carry out their obligations under this Convention
in a manner consistent with the principles of sovereign equality and territorial
integrity of States and that of non-intervention in the domestic affairs of other
States.

Article 22


Nothing in this Convention entitles a State Party to undertake in the
territory of another State Party the exercise of jurisdiction and performance of
functions which are exclusively reserved for the authorities of that other State
Party by its national law.

Article 23

1.
Any dispute between two or more States Parties concerning the
interpretation or application of this Convention which cannot be settled
through negotiation within a reasonable time shall, at the request of one of
them, be submitted to arbitration. If, within six months of the date of the
request for arbitration, the parties are unable to agree on the organization of
the arbitration, any one of those parties may refer the dispute to the
International Court of Justice, by application, in conformity with the Statute of
the Court.
2.
Each State may, at the time of signature, ratification, acceptance or
approval of this Convent ion or accession thereto, declare that it does not
consider itself bound by paragraph 1 of the present article. The other States
Parties shall not be bound by paragraph 1 with respect to any State Party which
has made such a reservation.
3.
Any State which has made a reservation in accordance with paragraph 2
of the present article may at any time withdraw that reservation by notification
to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Article 24

1.
This Convention shall be open for signature by all State s from 14
September 2005 until 31 December 2006 at United Nations Headquarters in
New York.
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2.
This Convention is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. The
instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the
Secretary-General of the United Nations.
3.
This Convention shall be open to accession by any State. The
instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the
United Nations.

Article 25

1.
This Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the
date of the deposit of the twenty-second instrument of ratification, acceptance,
approval or accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
2.
For each State ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to the
Convention after the deposit of the twenty-second instrument of ratification,
acceptance, approval or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on the
thirtieth day after deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification,
acceptance, approval or accession.

Article 26

1.
A State Party may propose an amendment to this Convention. The
proposed amendment shall be submitted to the depositary, who circulates it
immediately to all States Parties.
2.
If the majority of the States Parties request the depositary to convene a
conference to consider the proposed amendments, the depositary shall invite
all States Parties to attend such a conference to begin no sooner than three
months after the invitations are issued.
3.
The conference shall make every effort to ens ure amendments are
adopted by consensus. Should this not be possible, amendments shall be
adopted by a two-thirds majority of all States Parties. Any amendment adopted
at the conference shall be promptly circulated by the depositary to all States
Parties.
4.
The amendment adopted pursuant to paragraph 3 of the present article
shall enter into force for each State Party that deposits its instrument of
ratification, acceptance, accession or approval of the amendment on the
thirtieth day after the date on whic h two thirds of the States Parties have
deposited their relevant instrument. Thereafter, the amendment shall enter into
force for any State Party on the thirtieth day after the date on which that State
deposits its relevant instrument.

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Article 27

1.
Any State Party may denounce this Convention by written notification
to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
2.
Denunciation shall take effect one year following the date on which
notification is received by the Secretary-General of the United Nations .

Article 28


The original of this Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English,
French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited
with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall send certified
copies thereof to all States.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized
thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this Convention, opened
for signature at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 14 September
2005.

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