Article XX Settlement of Disputes (a) All disputes arising between Parties or between EUTELSAT and a Party or Parties in connection with the interpretation or application of the Convention or of paragraph (c) of Article 15 or paragraph c) of Article 16 of the Operating Agreement shall be submitted to arbitration in accordance with Annex B to the Convention if not otherwise settled within one year of the time a party to the dispute has notified the other party of its intention to settle such a dispute amicably. Any similar dispute relating to the interpretation or application of the Convention or the Operating Agreement between one or more Parties on the one hand and one or more Signatories on the other hand may be submitted to arbitration under Annex B to the Convention, provided that the Party or Parties and the Signatory or Signatories in dispute agree. (b) All disputes arising in connection with the interpretation and application of the Convention or of paragraph (c) of Article 15 or of paragraph (c) of Article 16 of the Operating Agreement, between a Party and a State which has ceased to be a Party, or between EUTELSAT and a State which has ceased to be a Party, and which arise after the State has ceased to be a Party, shall be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the provisions of Annex B to the Convention if not otherwise settled within one year of the time a party to the dispute has notified the other party of its intention to settle such a dispute amicably, provided that the State which has ceased to be a Party so agrees. If a State ceases to be a Party or if a State or a telecommunications entity ceases to be a Signatory after a dispute to which it is a disputant has been submitted to arbitration under paragraph (a) of this Article, the arbitration shall be continued and concluded. (c) The settlement of all disputes arising in connection with the interpretation or application of agreements between EUTELSAT and any Party, other than the Convention or the Operating Agreement, shall be as provided for in the relevant agreement. In the absence of any provisions, such disputes, if not otherwise settled, may be submitted to arbitration under Annex B to the Convention if the disputants agree.