제16163호                            관                  보                2006. 1. 3. (화요일)

 Article IV                                            present Protocol may accede to it at any
 (Article 30 amended)                                  time.
 Amendment of the Constitution                     2 Member countries which are party to the
1 To be adopted, proposals submitted to                Acts renewed by Congress but which have
 Congress and relating to this Constitution            not signed them shall accede thereto as

 must be approved by at least two thirds of            soon as possible.

 the member countries of the Union having          3 Instruments of accession relating to the

 the right to vote.                                    cases set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall

2 Amendments adopted by a Congress shall               be sent to the Director-General of the

 form the subject of an additional protocol            International Bureau, who shall notify the
                                                       Governments of the member countries of
 and,   unless    that   Congress     decides
                                                       their deposit.
 otherwise, shall enter into force at the same
                                                       Article VII
 time as the Acts renewed in the course of
                                                       Entry into force and duration of the
 the same Congress. They shall be ratified
                                                       Additional Protocol to the Constitution of
 as soon as possible by member countries
                                                       the Universal Postal Union
 and the instruments of such ratification
                                                   This Additional Protocol shall come into force
 shall be dealt with in accordance with the
                                                   on 1 January 2006 and shall remain in force
 procedure laid down in article 26.
                                                   for an indefinite period.
 Article V
                                                   In witness whereof the plenipotentiaries of the
 (Article 31 amended)
                                                   Governments of the member countries have
 Amendment of the General Regulations, the
                                                   drawn up this Additional Protocol, which shall
 Convention and the Agreements
                                                   have the same force and the same validity as
1 The General Regulations, the Convention
                                                   if its provisions were inserted in the text of
 and the Agreements shall define the               the Constitution itself, and they have signed it
 conditions to be fulfilled for the approval of    in a single original which shall be deposited
 proposals which concern them.                     with the Director-General of the International
2 The Convention and the Agreements shall          Bureau. A copy thereof shall be delivered to
 enter into force simultaneously and shall         each party by the International Bureau of the
 have the same duration. As from the day           Universal Postal Union.
 fixed by Congress for the entry into force of     Done at Bucharest, 5 October 2004.
 these Acts, the corresponding Acts of the
 preceding Congress shall be abrogated.                2004년 10 월 2 일에 서명하여 2006년 1월 1일
 Article VI                                        에 대한민국에 대하여 발효하는“만국우편협약 및
 Accession to the Additional Protocol and to       최종의정서”를 이에 고시합니다.
 the other Acts of the Union                               2006년 1 월 3 일
1 Member countries which have not signed the                               외교통상부장관

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