specific type of “random time”: a random variable whose value is interpreted as the time at which a given stochastic process exhibits a certain behavior of interest
However, nothing can stop time or technology, and that is why the Convention provided for the opening of an amendment process 10 years after the Convention’s entry into force.
That is a weaker condition than the one appearing in the paragraph above, but is strong enough to serve in some of the proofs in which stopping times are used.