headquarters, it shall be provided that, whenever the working capital fund is insufficient, such State shall grant advances. The amount of these advances and the conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject of separate agreements, in each case, between such State and the Organization. As long as it remains under the obligation to grant advances, such State shall have an ex officio seat on the Coordination Committee. (b) The State referred to in subparagraph (a) and the Organization shall each have the right to denounce the obligation to grant advances, by written notification. Denunciation shall take effect three years after the end of the year in which it has been notified. (10) The auditing of the accounts shall be effected by one or more Member States, or by external auditors, as provided in the financial regulations. They shall be designated, with their agreement, by the General Assembly. Article 12 Legal Capacity; Privileges and Immunities (1) The Organization shall enjoy on the territory of each Member State, in conformity with the laws of that State, such legal capacity as may be necessary for the fulfilment of the Organization's objectives and for the exercise of its functions. (2) The Organization shall conclude a headquarters agree ment with the Swiss Confederation and with any other State in which the headquarters may subsequently be located. (3) The Organization may conclude bilateral or multilat eral agreements with the other Member States with a view to the enjoyment by the Organization, its officials, and representatives of all Member States, of such privileges and immunities as may be necessary for the fulfilment of its objectives and for the exercise of its functions. (4) The Director General may negotiate and, after approval by the Coordination Committee, shall conclude and sign on behalf of the Organization the agreements referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3). Article 13 Relations with Other Organizations (1) The Organization shall, where appropriate, establish working relations and cooperate with other intergovernmental organizations. Any general agreement to such effect entered into with such organizations shall be concluded by the Director General after approval by the Coordination Committee. (2) The Organization may, on matters within its competence, make suitable arrangements for consultation and cooperation with international non-governmental organizations and, with the consent of the Governments concerned, with national organizations, governmental or non-governmental. Such arrangements shall be made by the Director General after approval by the Coordination Committee. Article 14 Becoming Party to the Convention (1) States referred to in Article 5 may become party to this Convention and Member of the Organization by: (i) signature without reservation as to ratification, or (ii) signature subject to ratification followed by the deposit of an instrument of ratification, or (iii) deposit of an instrument of accession. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Convention, a State party to the Paris Convention, the Berne Convention, or both Conventions, may become party to this Convention only if it concurrently ratifies or accedes to, or only after it has ratified or acceded to: either the Stockholm Act of the Paris Convention in its entirety or with only the limitation set forth in Article 20 (1) (b) (i) thereof, or the Stockholm Act of the Berne Convention in its entirety or with only the limitation set forth in Article 28 (1)(b)(i) thereof. (3) Instruments of ratification or accession shall be deposited with the Director General. Article 15 Entry into Force of the Convention (1) This Convention shall enter into force three months after ten States members of the Paris Union and seven States members of the Berne Union have taken action as provided in Article 14(1), it being understood that, if a State is a member of both Unions, it will be counted in both groups. On that date, this Convention shall enter into force also in respect of States which, not being members of either of the two Unions, have taken action as provided in Article 14 (1) three months or more prior to that date. (2) In respect to any other State, this Convention shall enter into force three months after the date on which such State takes action as provided in Article 14 (1). Article 16 No reservations to this Convention are permitted. Article 17 (1) Proposals for the amendment of this Convention may be initiated by any Member State, by the Coordination Committee, or by the Director General. Such proposals shall be communicated by the Director General to the Member States at least six months in advance of their consideration by the Conference. (2) Amendments shall be adopted by the Conference. Whenever amendments would affect the rights and obligations of States party to this Convention not members of any of the Unions, such States shall also vote. On all other amendments proposed, only States party to this Convention members of any Union shall vote. Amendments shall be adopted by a simple majority of the votes cast, provided that the Conference shall vote only on such proposals for amendments as have previously been adopted by the Assembly of the Paris Union and the Assembly of the Berne Union according to the rules applicable in each of them regarding the adoption of amendments to the administrative provisions of their respective Conventions. (3) Any amendment shall enter into force one month after written notifications of acceptance, effected in accordance with their respective constitutional processes, have been received by the Director General from three-fourths of the States Members of the Organization, entitled to vote on the proposal for amendment pursuant to paragraph (2), at the time the Conference adopted the amendment. Any amendments thus accepted shall bind all the States which are Members of the Organization at the time the amendment enters into force or which become Members at a subsequent date, provided that any amendment increasing the financial obligations of Member States shall bind only those States which have notified their acceptance of such amendment. Article 18 (1) Any Member State may denounce this Convention by notification addressed to the Director General. (2) Denunciation shall take effect six months after the day on which the Director General has received the notification. Article 19 The Director General shall notify the Governments of all Member States of: (i) the date of entry into force of the Convention, (ii) signatures and deposits of instruments of ratification or accession, (iii) acceptances of an amendment to this Convention, and the date upon which the amendment enters into force, (iv) denunciations of this Convention. Article 20 Final Provisions (1) (a) This Convention shall be signed in a single copy in English, French, Russian and Spanish, all texts being equally authentic, and shall be deposited with the Government of Sweden. (b) This Convention shall remain open for signature at Stockholm until January 13, 1968. (2) Official texts shall be established by the Director General, after consultation with the interested Governments, in German, Italian and Portuguese, and such other languages as the Conference may designate. (3) The Director General shall transmit two duly certified copies of this Convention and of each amendment adopted by the Conference to the Governments of the States members of the Paris or Berne Unions, to the Government of any other State when it accedes to this Convention, and, on request, to the Government of any other State. The copies of the signed text of the Convention transmitted to the Governments shall be certified by the Government of Sweden. (4) The Director General shall register this Convention with the Secretariat of the United Nations. Article 21 Transitional Provisions (1) Until the first Director General assumes office, references in this Convention to the International Bureau or to |