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Section 36 The final text of each annex shall be that approved by the specialized agency in question in accordance with its constitutional procedure. A copy of the annex as approved by each specialized agency shall be transmitted by the agency in question to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and shall thereupon replace the draft referred to in Section 35. Section 37 The present Convention becomes applicable to each specialized agency when it has transmitted to the Secretary-General of the United Nations the final text of the relevant annex and has informed him that it accepts the standard clauses, as modified by this annex and undertakes to give effect to Sections 8, 18, 22, 23, 24, 31, 32, 42 and 45 (subject to any modification of Section 32 which may be made in the final text of the annex, to the extent necessary to accord with the constitutional instrument of the agency) and any provisions of the annex placing obligations on the agency. The Secretary-General shall communicate to all members of the United Nations and other States members of the specialized agencies certified copies of all annexes transmitted to him under this Section and of revised annexes transmitted under Section 38. Section 38 If, after the transmission of a final annex under Section 36, any specialized agency approves any amendments thereto in accordance with its constitutional procedure, a revised annex shall be transmitted by it to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Section 39 1. The provisions of this Convention shall in no way limit or prejudice the privileges and immunities which have been or may hereafter be accorded by any State to any specialized agency by reason of the location in the territory of that State of its headquarters or regional offices. 2. This Convention shall not be deemed to prevent the conclusion between any State party thereto and any specialized agency of supplemental agreement adjusting the provisions of this Convention or extending or curtailing the privileges and immunities thereby granted. Section 40 It is understood that the standard clauses as modified by the final text of an annex sent by a specialized agency to the Secretary-General of the United Nations under Section 36 (or any revised annex sent under Section 38) will be consistent with the provisions of the constitutional instrument then in force of the agency in question, and that if any amendment to that instrument is necessary for the purpose of making the constitutional instrument so consistent, such amendment will have been brought into force in accordance with the constitutional procedure of that agency before the final (or revised) annex is transmitted. The Convention shall not itself operate so as to abrogate, or derogate from, any provisions of the constitutional instrument of any specialized agency or any rights or obligations which the agency may otherwise have or acquire. Article XI. —Final Provisions Section 41 Accession to this Convention by a member of the United Nations and (subject to Section 42) by any State member of a specialized agency shall be effected by deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, which shall take effect on the date of its deposit. Section 42 Each specialized agency shall communicate the text of this Convention together with the relevant annexes to those of its members which are not members of the United Nations and shall invite them to accede thereto in respect of that agency by depositing an instrument of accession to this Convention in respect thereof either with the Secretary-General of the United Nations or with the Executive Head of the specialized agency. Section 43 Each State party to this Convention shall indicate in its instrument of accession the specialized agency or agencies in respect of which it undertakes to apply the provisions of this Convention. Each State party to this Convention may by a subsequent written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations undertake to apply the provisions of this Convention to one or more further specialized agencies. This notification shall take effect on the date of its receipt by the SecretaryGeneral.

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