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Any amendment to the Statutes for the Global Water Partnership Network and the Global Water Partnership Organisation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 17 of the Statutes. Provided that the amendment has been adopted by the Network Meeting, it shall enter into force one year after the decision of the Meeting of the Sponsoring Partners to adopt the amendment, unless one third of the Sponsoring Partners within nine months of the said decision notify the Depositary of their objection to the amendment. The Depositary shall inform the Partners and the Sponsoring Partners of the date of entry into force of the amendment or of the fact that the amendment will not enter into force, as may be the case.