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 63 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-TELECOMMUNICATIONS-OCT. 2, 1947 Article 21 Denunciation of the Convention 1. Each Member and Associate Member which has ratified, or acceded to, this Convention shall have the right to denounce it by a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Union by diplo- matic channel through the intermediary of the Government of the country of the seat of the Union. The Secretary General shall advise the other Members and Associate Members thereof. 2. This denunciation shall take effect at the expiration of a period of one year from the day of the receipt of notification of it by the Secretary General. Article 22 Denunciation of the Convention on Behalf of Countries or Territories for Whose Foreign Relations Members of the Union are responsible 1. The application of this Convention to a country, territory or group of territories in accordance with Article 18 may be terminated at any time, and such country, territory or group of territories, if it is an Associate Member, ceases upon termination to be such. 2. The declarations of denunciation contemplated in the above para- graph shall be notified in conformity with the conditions set out in paragraph 1 of Article 21; they shall take effect in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of that article. Article 23 Abrogation of earlier Conventions and Regulations This Convention and the Regulations annexed thereto shall abrogate and replace, in relations between the Contracting Governments, the International Telegraph Conventions of Paris (1865),[l] of Vienna (1868),[ 2] of Rome (1872),[ 3 ] of St. Petersbourg (1875),[ 4] and the Regulations annexed to them and also the International Radiotele- graph Conventions of Berlin (1906), of London (1912) and of Wash- ington (1927) and the Regulations annexed to them, and the Interna- tional Telecommunication Convention of Madrid (1932), the Radio Regulations and the Additional Radio Regulations of Cairo (1938). Article 24 Relations with non-contracting States 1. Each Member and Associate Member reserves to itself and to the recognized private operating agencies the right to fix the conditions 'British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 56, p. 294. Ibid., voL 59, p. 322. 'Ibid., voL 66, p. 975. 'League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 57, p. 212. 37 Stat. 1565; 38 Stat. 1672. 45 Stat. 2760. 49 Stat. 2391. 54 Stat. 1417. 1439

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