A State Party to this Convention may at any time declare that it recognizes the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications in which a State Party claims that another State Party is not fulfilling its obligations under this Convention. The Committee shall not receive communications concerning a State Party which has not made such a declaration, nor communications from a State Party which has not made such a declaration.
本公约缔约国可在任何时候声明，承认委员会有权接受和审议一个缔约国声称另一缔约国未履行本公约义务的来文。委员会不接受涉及一个尚未作此声明的缔约国的来文，也不接受未作此声明的缔约国的来文。