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 TELECOMMUNICATION CONVENTIO~. DECEMBER 9, 1932. 23U7 ARTICLE ·1 Adherence oj Governments to the Regulations 'J'he government of a country signatory or adherent to the present er~r::"c:'o bh:~:: Convention may at any time adhere to one or more of the sets of tions. Regulations which it has not undertaken to observe, taking into ac- count the provisions of article 2, § 2. Such adherence shall be notified to the Bureau of the Union which shall inform the other governments concerned thereof. ARTICLE 5 Adherence to the Convention and to the Regulations by Oolonies, Pro- tectorates, Overseas Territories, or Territories under Sovereignty, Authority, or Mandate oj the Oontracting Governments § 1. Any contracting government may, at the time of its signature, its ratification, its adherence, or later, declare that its acceptance of the present Convention is valid for the whole or a group or a single one of its colonies, protectorates, overseas territories, or territories under sovereignty, authority, or mandate. § 2. The whole or a group or a single one of these colonies, protec- torates, overseas territories, or territories under sovereignty, authority, 01' mandate may, respectively, at any time, be the subject of a separate adherence. § 3. The present Convention shall not apply to colonies, protector- ates, overseas territories, or territories under sovereignty, authority. or mandate of a contracting government, unless statement to this effect is made by virtue of § 1 of the present article, or a separate adherence is made by virtue of § 2 above. § 4. The declarations of adherence, made by virtue of § 1 and § 2 of this article, shall be communicated through diplomatic channels to the government of the country on the territory of which was held the conference of plenipotentiaries, at which the present Convention was drawn up, and a copy thereof shall be transmitted by this govern- ment to each of the other contracting governments. § 5. The provisions of §§ 1 and 3 of this article shall also apply either to the acceptance of one or more of the sets of Regulations, or to the adherence to one or more of the sets of Regulations, within the terms of the provisions contained in article 2, § 2. Such acceptance or adherence shall be notified in conformity with the provisions of article 4. § 6. The provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall not apply to the colonies, protectorates, overseas territories, or territories under sovereignty, authority, or mandate which appear in the preamble of the present Convention. ARTICLE 6 Ratification oj the Oonvention § 1. The present Convention must be ratified by the signatory governments and the ratifications thereof must be deposited, as soon as possible, through diplomatic channels, in the archives of the govern- ~ent of the country which received the conference of plenipotentiaries ~lJlI(, I' ••:;(13. R.. tifkation.