CHARACTER SET modifier

Hi. Does anybody knows how it works the CHARACTER SET argument modifier?

As in the following example:

PROCEDURE My_Proc (Param IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS);  

What's intended using CHARACTER SET ANY_CS ?

> Thanks a lot in advance

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