A/HRC/15/25 Article 39 Report of the Committee The Committee shall report annually, through the Secretary-General, to the General Assembly of the United Nations on its activities and may make further suggestions and general recommendations based on the examination of the reports and information received from the States parties. Such suggestions and general recommendations shall be reported to the General Assembly, together with comments, if any, from States parties. Part VI. Final provisions Article 40 Signature This Convention is open for signature by all Member States and by intergovernmental organizations at United Nations Headquarters in New York as of [...]. Article 41 Consent to be bound 1. The present Convention shall be subject to ratification or accession by signatory States and to formal confirmation by signatory intergovernmental organizations. It shall be open to accession by any State or intergovernmental organization which has not signed the Convention. 2. PMSCs and their professional associations as well as other non-State actors can communicate their support to this Convention, by writing to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Article 42 Intergovernmental organizations 1. Intergovernmental organizations shall declare, in their instruments of formal confirmation or accession, the extent of their competence with respect to matters governed by the present Convention. Subsequently, they shall inform the depositary of any substantial modification in the extent of their competence. 2. References to “States parties” in the present Convention shall apply to such organizations within the limits of their competence. 3. Intergovernmental organizations, in matters within their competence, may exercise their right to vote in the Meeting of States Parties. Article 43 Entry into force 1. This Convention shall enter into force on the [...] day after the date of deposit to the United Nations Secretary-General of the [...] instrument of ratification, acceptance, GE.10-15155 41