Regional economic integration organizations may vote as a bloc unless a single member wishes to vote separately, in which case all members must vote separately. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall be the Depositary of this Protocol. Since the Treaty itself precludes reservations, the language of the Treaty would likely prevail in the event of dispute. However, the Untied Nations has not had enforcement capability in the past. Any Party may withdraw from this Protocol after three years by giving written notification to the Depositary.
Withdrawal takes effect one year from date of receipt of notification.
Withdrawal from the Convention constitutes automatic withdrawal from the Protocol. This Protocol shall be considered equally authentic when the text is deposited in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish, with the Depositary. Done at Kyoto this tenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven.