1 Vsaka dr��ava, ki pred 31. decembrom 1996 ni bila pogodbenica konvencije in soglaša, da jo ta protokol zavezuje, preden začne veljati ali v petih letih po njegovem začetku veljavnosti, lahko s svojim soglasjem uradno obvesti generalnega sekretarja, da iz razlogov, navedenih v uradnem obvestilu, v prehodnem obdobju, ki ne bo daljše od obdobja iz četrtega odstavka, ne bo mogla upoštevati posebnih določb tega protokola, razen tistih iz drugega odstavka.
1 Any State that was not a Contracting Party to the Convention before 31 December 1996 and that expresses its consent to be bound by this Protocol prior to its entry into force or within five years after its entry into force may, at the time it expresses its consent, notify the Secretary-General that, for reasons described in the notification, it will not be able to comply with specific provisions of this Protocol other than those provided in paragraph 2, for a transitional period that shall not exceed that described in paragraph 4.