Article 20: Ratification (1) Each Arab State shall ratify the agreement with respect to the establishment of the corporation according to its own constitutional system. The ratification documents shall be lodged with the League of the Arab States which shall prepare minutes of acknowledgement of the ratification document of each member and notify all Arab States thereof. (2) An Arab State which is not a signatory to this agreement may join it and its application document shall be lodged in accordance with procedures stipulated in Clause 1 of this Article.