b) The Committee urges the Government to sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention and to deposit as soon as possible its instrument of acceptance of the amendment of article 20, paragraph 1, of the Convention on the time of meetings of the Committee.
b) 委员会敦促马尔代夫政府签署并批准《公约》任择议定书，并在委员会开会时尽快交存其接受《公约》第20条第1款修正案的文书。