8. 截至 2021 年 3 月 4 日，即委员会第七十八届会议闭幕之日，《公约》已有 189个缔约国，《任择议定书》则有 114 个缔约国。共有 80 个国家接受了《公约》关于委员会会议时间的第二十条第 1 款的修正案。修正案生效的条件是《公约》三分之二的缔约国(目前是 126 个缔约国)向秘书长交存接受书。
8. As at 4 March 2021, the closing date of the seventy-eighth session of the Committee, there were 189 States parties to the Convention and 114 States parties to the Optional Protocol. A total of 80 States had accepted the amendment to article 20 (1) of the Convention concerning the meeting time of the Committee. To bring the amendment into force, two thirds of the States parties to the Co nvention (currently 126 States parties) must deposit their instruments of acceptance with the Secretary-General.