As I said in my opening remarks, so far, 40 state parties to the convention have expressed their opinion on the interpretation of article 21. Of that number, 38 have said that it is very clear that article 21 is not an exception to the provisions under article 1.
So far, a number of states have passed national legislation and more states have made interpretative declarations on article 21. The vast majority of states, the consensus, feel that article 21 of the convention is not an exception.
It does not override the prohibitions of article 1.