A/RES/59/38 the deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. Article 31 Denunciation 1. Any State Party may denounce the present Convention by written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. 2. Denunciation shall take effect one year following the date on which notification is received by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The present Convention shall, however, continue to apply to any question of jurisdictional immunities of States or their property arising in a proceeding instituted against a State before a court of another State prior to the date on which the denunciation takes effect for any of the States concerned. 3. The denunciation shall not in any way affect the duty of any State Party to fulfil any obligation embodied in the present Convention to which it would be subject under international law independently of the present Convention. Article 32 Depositary and notifications 1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is designated the depositary of the present Convention. 2. As depositary of the present Convention, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States of the following: (a) signatures of the present Convention and the deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession or notifications of denunciation, in accordance with articles 29 and 31; (b) the date on which the present Convention will enter into force, in accordance with article 30; (c) any acts, notifications or communications relating to the present Convention. Article 33 Authentic texts The Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts of the present Convention are equally authentic. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this Convention opened for signature at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 17 January 2005. Annex to the Convention Understandings with respect to certain provisions of the Convention The present annex is for the purpose of setting out understandings relating to the provisions concerned. With respect to article 10 13