Section 88p. 88

PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME II

1. In the relations between Powers which are bound by

the Conventions of The Hague concerning the Laws and

Customs of War on Land (IV) and concerning Naval

Bombardment in Time of War (IX), whether those of 29

July, 1899 or those of 18 October, 1907, and which are

Parties to the present Convention, this last Convention

shall

be

supplementary

to

the

aforementioned

Convention (IX) and to the Regulations annexed to the

aforementioned Convention (IV) and shall substitute for

the emblem described in Article 5 of the aforementioned

Convention (IX) the emblem described in Article 16 of the

present

Convention,

in

cases

in

which

the

present

Convention and the Regulations for its execution provide

for the use of this distinctive emblem.

2. In the relations between Powers which are bound by

the Washington Pact of 15 April, 1935 for the Protection of

Artistic

and

Scientific

Institutions

and

of

Historic

Monuments (Roerich Pact) and which are Parties to the

present

Convention,

the

latter

Convention

shall

be

supplementary to the Roerich Pact and shall substitute

for the distinguishing flag described in Article III of the

Pact the emblem defined in Article 16 of the present

Convention, in cases in which the present Convention

and the Regulations for its execution provide for the use

of this distinctive emblem.

ARTICLE 37

Denunciation

1.

Each

High

Contracting

Party

may

denounce the

present Convention, on its own behalf, or on behalf of any

territory for whose international relations it is responsible.

2. The denunciation shall be notified by an instrument in

writing, deposited with the Director-General of the United

Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

3. The denunciation shall take effect one year after the

receipt of the instrument of denunciation. However, if on

the expiry of this period, the denouncing Party is involved

in an armed conflict, the denunciation shall not take until

the

end

of

hostilities,

or

until

the

operations

of

repatriating cultural property are completed, whichever is

the later.

ARTICLE 38

Notifications

The Director-General of the United Nations Educational,

Scientific and Cultural Organization shall inform the

States referred to in Articles 30 and 32, as well as the

United Nations, of the deposit of all the instruments of

ratification,

accession

or

acceptance provided for in

Articles

31,

32 and 39 and of the notifications and

denunciations provided for respectively in Articles 35, 37

and 39.

ARTICLE 39

Revision of the Convention and of the Regulations for its

Execution

Any High Contracting Party may propose amendments to

the

present

Convention

or

the

Regulations

for

its

execution. The text of any proposed amendment shall be

communicated to the Director-General of the United

Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

who shall transmit it to each High Contracting Party with

the request that such Party reply within four months

stating whether it:

(a) desires that a Conference be convened to consider the

proposed amendment;

(b) favours the acceptance of the proposed amendment

without a Conference; or

(c) favours the rejection of the proposed amendment

without a Conference.

2. The Director-General shall transmit the replies, received

under paragraph 1 of the present Article, to all High

Contracting Parties.

3. If all the High Contracting Parties which have, within

the

prescribed

time-limit,

stated

their

views to the

Director-General

of

the

United

Nations

Educational,

Scientific

and

Cultural

Organization,

pursuant

to

paragraph 1 (b) of this Article, inform him that they favour

acceptance of the amendment without a Conference,

notification

of

their decision shall be made by the

Director-General

in

accordance

with

Article

38.

The

amendment shall become effective for all the High

Contracting Parties on the expiry of ninety days from the

date of such notification.

4. The Director-General shall convene a Conference of the

High

Contracting

Parties

to

consider

the

proposed

amendment if requested to do so by more than one-third

of the High Contracting Parties.

5. Amendments to the Convention or to the Regulations

for its execution, dealt with under the provisions of the

preceding paragraph, shall enter into force only after they

have been unanimously adopted by the High Contracting

Parties represented at the Conference and accepted by

each of the High Contracting Parties.

6.

Acceptance

by

the

High

Contracting

Parties

of

amendments to the Convention or to the Regulations for

its

execution,

which

have

been

adopted

by

the

Conference mentioned in paragraphs 4 and 5, shall be

effected by the deposit of a formal instrument with the

Director-General

of

the

United

Nations

Educational,

Scientific and Cultural Organization.

7. After the entry into force of amendments to the present

Convention or to the Regulations for its execution, only

the text of the Convention or of the Regulations for its

execution

thus

amended

shall

remain

open

for

ratification or accession.

ARTICLE 40

Registration

In accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United

Nations, the present Convention shall be registered with

the Secretariat of the United Nations at the request of the

Director-General

of

the

United

Nations

Educational,

Scientific and Cultural Organization.

IN FAITH WHEREOF the undersigned, duly authorized,

have signed the present Convention.

DONE at THE HAGUE, this fourteenth day of May, 1954 in

a single copy which shall be deposited in the archives of

the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Organization, and certified true copies of which shall be

delivered to all the States referred to in Articles 30 and 32

as well as to the United Nations.

REGULATIONS FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE

CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF

CULTURAL PROPERTY IN THE EVENT OF

ARMED CONFLICT

CHAPTER I Control

ARTICLE 1

International List of Persons

On

the

entry

into

force

of

the

Convention,

the

Director-General

of

the

United

Nations

Educational,

Scientific and Cultural Organization shall compile an

international list consisting of all persons nominated by

the High Contracting Parties as qualified to carry out the

functions of Commissioner-General for Cultural Property.

On the initiative of the Director-General of the United

Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization,

this list shall be periodically revised on the basis of

requests formulated by the High Contracting Parties.

ARTICLE 2

Organization of Control

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