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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. 2. And each of the Members shall notify to the International Labour Office the action taken in respect of each of its colonies, pro- tectorates and possessions which are not fully self-governing. 2. Each Member which ratifies a Convention shall as soon as pos- sible after ratification communi- cate to the Director-General of the International Labour Office a dec- laration stating in respect of the territories other than those re- ferred to in paragraphs 4 and 5 below the extent to which it under- takes that the provisions of the Convention shall be applied and giving such particulars as may be prescribed by the Convention. 3. Each Member which has communicated a declaration in virtue of the preceding paragraph may from time to time, in accord- ance with the terms of the Con- vention, communicate a further declaration modifying the terms of any former declaration and stating the present position in respect of such territories. 4. Where the subject matter of the Convention is within the self-governing powers of any non- metropolitan territory the Mem- ber responsible for the internation- al relations of that territory shall bring the Convention to the notice of the Government of the territory as soon as possible with a view to the enactment of legislation or other action by such Government. Thereafter the Member, in agree- ment with the Government of the territory, may communicate to the Director-General of the Interna- tional Labour Office a declaration accepting the obligations of the Convention on behalf of such territory. 5. A declaration accepting the obligations of any Convention may be communicated to the Director-General of the Interna- tional Labour Office -

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