3. Article — — Arhīvu neaizskaramība — tiek grozīts šādi:

1. (1)) Unless it has expressly waived immunity in a particular case, the Organization shall, within the scope of its official activities, have immunity from jurisdiction except in respect of:
2. (2)) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), no action shall be brought in the courts of Parties to the Protocol against the Organization by Parties to the Convention or persons acting for or deriving claims from any of them, relating to rights and obligations under the Convention.
3. (3)) The property and assets of the Organization, wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall be immune from any search, restraint, requisition, seizure, confiscation, expropriation, sequestration or execution, whether by executive, administrative or judicial action, except in respect of:
4. (1)) The word "INMARSAT", wherever appearing, is deleted and replaced by the words "the Organization".
5. (2)) Paragraphs (3) and (8) are deleted.
6. (3)) The remaining paragraphs are re-numbered (1) to (6), respectively.
7. (1)) In paragraphs (1) and (2), the word "INMARSAT", wherever appearing, is deleted and replaced by the words "the Organization".
8. (2)) Paragraph (3) is deleted and replaced by the following text:
9. (3)) Provided that staff members are covered by the Organization's social security scheme, the Organization and its staff members shall be exempt from all compulsory contributions to national social security schemes. This exemption does not preclude any voluntary participation in a national social security scheme in accordance with the law of the Party to the Protocol concerned; neither does it oblige a Party to the Protocol to make payments of benefits under social security schemes to staff members who are exempt under the provisions of this paragraph.
10. (1)) The privileges, exemptions and immunities provided for in this Protocol are not granted for the personal benefit of individuals but for the efficient performance of their official functions.
11. (2)) If, in the view of the authorities listed below, privileges and immunities are likely to impede the course of justice, and in all cases where they may be waived without prejudice to the purposes for which they have been accorded, these authorities have the right and duty to waive such privileges and immunities:
12. (1)) This Amending Agreement shall be open for signature at the Headquarters of the Organization from 15 April 1999 to 31 December 1999.
13. (2)) All Parties to the Convention, other than the Headquarters Party, may become Parties to this Amending Agreement by:
14. (3)) Ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be effected by the deposit of the appropriate instrument with the Depositary.
15. (4)) A State which is a Party to this Amending Agreement but is not a Party to the Protocol shall be bound by the provisions of the Protocol as amended by this Amending Agreement in relation to other Parties hereto, but shall not be bound by the provisions of the Protocol in relation to States Parties only to the Protocol.
16. (5)) Reservations to this Amending Agreement may be made in accordance with international law.
17. (1)) For a State which has fulfilled the requirements of paragraph (2) of Article XXIII after the date of entry into force of this Amending Agreement, this Amending Agreement shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of signature or of the deposit of such instrument with the Depositary respectively.
18. (2)) Any State which becomes a Party to the Protocol after the entry into force of this Amending Agreement pursuant to Article XXIV shall, failing an expression of a different intention by that State:
19. (1)) The Director of the Organization shall be the Depositary of this Amending Agreement.
20. (2)) The Depositary shall, in particular, promptly notify all Parties to the Convention of
21. (3)) Upon entry into force of this Amending Agreement, the Depositary shall transmit a certified copy of the original to the Secretariat of the United Nations for registration and publication in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.