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(b) Acceptance shall be effected by the deposit of a formal instrument with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Article 80 This Constitution shall come into force when twenty-six Members of the United Nations have become parties to it in accordance with the provisions of Article 79. Article 81 In accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, the Secretary-General of the United Nations will register this Constitution when it has been signed without reservation as to approval on behalf of one State or upon deposit of the first instrument of acceptance. Article 82 The Secretary-General of the United Nations will inform States parties to this Constitution of the date when it has come into force. He will also inform them of the dates when other States have become parties to this Constitution. In faith whereof the undersigned representatives having been duly authorized for that purpose, sign this Constitution. Done in the City of New York this twenty-second day of July, 1946, in a single copy in the Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish languages, each text being equally authentic. The original texts shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations. The Secretary-General of the United Nations will send certified copies to each of the Governments represented at the Conference.