Vsaka pogodbenica, ki želi uveljavljati svoje pravice na podlagi določb člena 5 glede katerega koli ozemlja, za mednarodne odnose katerega je odgovorna, ali želi pooblastiti katero koli tako ozemlje, da postane del skupinske članice, ustanovljene na podlagi določb člena 6, lahko to stori z uradnim obvestilom v ta namen generalnemu sekretarju Združenih narodov bodisi v času deponiranja svojih listin o ratifikaciji, sprejemu, odobritvi, začasni uporabi ali pristopu bodisi kadarkoli pozneje.
Any Contracting Party which desires to exercise its rights under the provisions of Article 5 in respect of any of the territories for whose international relations it is responsible or which desires to authorize any such territory to become part of a Member group formed under the provisions of Article 6, may do so by making a notification to that effect to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, either at the time of the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval, provisional application or accession, or at any later time.