Article 24

(1) States members of the International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property which have not signed this Agreement may accede thereto.

(2) Such accessions shall be notified through diplomatic channels to the Director General*, and by the latter to the Governments of all contracting States.
 

* “Director General” is defined by Article 1 of the Complementary Act of Stockholm (1967) as the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization.