CHAPTER VI FINAL CLAUSES Article 33. Information on national legislation The Contracting States shall communicate to the Secretary-General of the United Nations the laws and regulations which they may adopt to ensure the application of this Convention. Article 34. Settlement of disputes Any dispute between Parties to this Convention relating to its interpretation or application, which cannot be settled by other means, shall be referred to the International Court of Justice at the request of any one of the parties to the dispute. Article 35. Signature, ratification and accession 1. This Convention shall be open for signature at the Headquarters of the United Nations until 31 December 1955. 2. It shall be open for signature on behalf of: (a) Any State Member of the United Nations; (b) Any other State invited to attend the United Nations Conference on the Status of Stateless Persons; and (c) Any State to which an invitation to sign or to accede may be addressed by the General Assembly of the United Nations. 1. It shall be ratified and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. 2. It shall be open for accession by the States referred to in paragraph 2 of this article. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Article 36. Territorial application clause 1. Any State may, at the time of signature, ratification or accession, declare that this Convention shall extend to all or any of the territories for the international relations of which it is responsible. Such a declaration shall take effect when the Convention enters into force for the State concerned. 2. At any time thereafter any such extension shall be made by notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and shall take effect as from the ninetieth day after the day of receipt by the Secretary-General of the United Nations of this notification, or as from the date of entry into force of the Convention for the State concerned, whichever is the later. 3. With respect to those territories to which this Convention is not extended at the time of signature, ratification or accession, each State concerned shall consider the possibility of taking the necessary steps in order to extend the application of this Convention to such territories, subject, where necessary for constitutional reasons, to the consent of the Governments of such territories. Small Changes ‫ ـ‬Big Gains: An Action Plan to Prevent and Reduce Statelessness in the Kyrgyz Republic 113