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Id	Agreement Name	Label	Provision
184	Additional Protocol Concerning Compensation For Loss And Damage And For The Works To Be Carried Out By Finland In Connection With The Implementation Of The Agreement Concerning The Regulation Of Lake Inari By Means Of The Kaitakoski Hydroelectric Power Station And Dam	Pre.1	The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the Government of Norway and the Government of Finland,
184	Additional Protocol Concerning Compensation For Loss And Damage And For The Works To Be Carried Out By Finland In Connection With The Implementation Of The Agreement Concerning The Regulation Of Lake Inari By Means Of The Kaitakoski Hydroelectric Power Station And Dam	Pre.2	Considering that, when they come into operation, the Kaitakoski hydro-electric power station and dam will serve as the control installation for Lake Inari in place of the Niskakoski dam, and
184	Additional Protocol Concerning Compensation For Loss And Damage And For The Works To Be Carried Out By Finland In Connection With The Implementation Of The Agreement Concerning The Regulation Of Lake Inari By Means Of The Kaitakoski Hydroelectric Power Station And Dam	Pre.3	Desiring to serve in the best possible manner the interests of all three Parties in the regulation of Lake Inari,
184	Additional Protocol Concerning Compensation For Loss And Damage And For The Works To Be Carried Out By Finland In Connection With The Implementation Of The Agreement Concerning The Regulation Of Lake Inari By Means Of The Kaitakoski Hydroelectric Power Station And Dam	Pre.4	Have decided to conclude, this Agreement and have for this purpose appointed as their plenipotentiaries:
184	Additional Protocol Concerning Compensation For Loss And Damage And For The Works To Be Carried Out By Finland In Connection With The Implementation Of The Agreement Concerning The Regulation Of Lake Inari By Means Of The Kaitakoski Hydroelectric Power Station And Dam	Pre.5	The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Dmitry Grigorevich Kotilevsky, Chief Engineer of the Central Power Board under the State Planning Committee of the USSR;
184	Additional Protocol Concerning Compensation For Loss And Damage And For The Works To Be Carried Out By Finland In Connection With The Implementation Of The Agreement Concerning The Regulation Of Lake Inari By Means Of The Kaitakoski Hydroelectric Power Station And Dam	Pre.6	The Government of Norway: Hans-Christian Boehlke, Chief of Division in the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
184	Additional Protocol Concerning Compensation For Loss And Damage And For The Works To Be Carried Out By Finland In Connection With The Implementation Of The Agreement Concerning The Regulation Of Lake Inari By Means Of The Kaitakoski Hydroelectric Power Station And Dam	Pre.7	The Government of Finland: Soini Palasto, Consul-General, Adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
184	Additional Protocol Concerning Compensation For Loss And Damage And For The Works To Be Carried Out By Finland In Connection With The Implementation Of The Agreement Concerning The Regulation Of Lake Inari By Means Of The Kaitakoski Hydroelectric Power Station And Dam	Pre.8	who, having exhibited their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows:
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.1	His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia etc. and Apostolic King of Hungary, in the name of his Highness Prince Lichtenstein as well; His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia, in the name of the German Empire; His Majesty the King of the Belgians; His Majesty the King of Spain, and, in his name, Her Majesty the Queen-Regent of the Kingdom; the President of the French Republic; His Majesty the King of the Hellenes; His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxemburg; His Highness the Prince of Monaco; His Majesty the King of Portugal and Algarbia; His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, in the name of Sweden; and the Federal Council of Switzerland, considering the adoption by the various States of an uniform procedure concerning the protection of birds useful to agriculture, have determined to make a Convention and have appointed as their respective plenipotentiaries for this purpose the following gentlemen:
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.2	On behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia etc., and Apostolic King of Hungary:
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.3	His Excellency Count WOLKENSTEIN-TROSTBURG, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the President of the French Republic;
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.4	On behalf of His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia:
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.5	His Serene Highness Prince RADOLIN, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the President of the French Republic;
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.6	On behalf of His Majesty the King of the Belgians:
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.7	Baron D'ANETHAN, Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the President of the French Republic;
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.8	On behalf of His Majesty the King of Spain and, in his name, Her Majesty the Queen-Regent of that Kingdom:
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.9	His Excellency the Marquis DE LEON Y CASTILLO del Muni, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the President of the French Republic;
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.10	On behalf of The President of the French Republic:
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.11	His Excellency THEOPHILUS DELCASSÉ, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Foreign Minister;
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.12	On behalf of His Majesty the King of the Hellenes,
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.13	M. N. DELYANNIS, Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the President of the French Republic;
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.14	On behalf of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxemburg:
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.15	M. VANNERUS, Chargé d'affaires at Paris;
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.16	On behalf of His Highness the Prince of Monaco:
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.17	M. I. P. DEPELLEY, Chargé d'affaires at Paris;
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.18	On behalf of His Majesty the King of Portugal and Algarbia:
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.19	M. T. DE SOUZA, Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the President of the French Republic;
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.20	On behalf of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, in the name of Sweden:
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.21	M. H. ÅKERMAN, Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the President of the French Republic; and the
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.22	On behalf of the Swiss Federal Council:
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.23	M. CHARLES LARDY, Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the President of the Republic of France:
2595	Convention For The Protection Of Birds Useful To Agriculture	Pre.24	The said plenipotentiaries, after an intercommunication of their powers of attorney found good and sufficient, agreed upon the following clauses:
2597	Convention Respecting Measures For The Preservation And Protection Of The Fur Seals In The North Pacific Ocean	Pre.1	His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, the United States of America, His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, and His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, being desirous of adopting effective means for the preservation and protection of the fur seals which frequent the waters of the North Pacific Ocean, have resolved to conclude a Convention for the purpose, and to that end have named as their Plenipotentiaries:
2597	Convention Respecting Measures For The Preservation And Protection Of The Fur Seals In The North Pacific Ocean	Pre.2	[Names of plenipotentiaries not listed here.]
2597	Convention Respecting Measures For The Preservation And Protection Of The Fur Seals In The North Pacific Ocean	Pre.3	Who, after having communicated to one another their respective full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon the following Articles:
2598	Treaty Concerning The Archipelago Of Spitsbergen	Pre.1	The President of the United States of America; His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India; His Majesty the King of Denmark; the President of the French Republic; His Majesty the King of Italy; His Majesty the Emperor of Japan; His Majesty the King of Norway; Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands; His Majesty the King of Sweden,
2598	Treaty Concerning The Archipelago Of Spitsbergen	Pre.2	DESIROUS, while recognising the sovereignty of Norway over the Archipelago of Spitsbergen, including Bear Island, of seeing these territories provided with an equitable regime, in order to assure their development and peaceful utilisation,
2598	Treaty Concerning The Archipelago Of Spitsbergen	Pre.3	HAVE APPOINTED as their respective Plenipotentiaries with a view to concluding a Treaty to this effect:
2598	Treaty Concerning The Archipelago Of Spitsbergen	Pre.4	[Names of plenipotentiaries not reproduced here.]
2598	Treaty Concerning The Archipelago Of Spitsbergen	Pre.5	Who, having communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows:
2599	Convention concerning the Organisation of Combat against Locusts	Pre.1	Who have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries:
2599	Convention concerning the Organisation of Combat against Locusts	Pre.2	[Names of plenipotentiaries not listed here.]
2599	Convention concerning the Organisation of Combat against Locusts	Pre.3	The undersigned, Plenipotentiaries of the Governments of the countries enumerated above, having met in conference at Rome, at the Palace of the International Institute of Agriculture, have agreed on the following provisions:
2602	International Agreement For The Creation Of An International Office For Dealing With Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.1	The Governments of the Argentine Republic, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Luxemburg, Morocco, Mexico, Principality of Monaco, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Roumania, Siam, Sweden, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia and of Tunis, having considered that it would be advantageous to organise the International Office for dealing with the Contagious Diseases of Animals as contemplated by the International Conference for the Study of Contagious Diseases of Animals on 27 May 1921, have decided to conclude an agreement to this effect and have agreed as follows:
2608	Convention Between Denmark, Norway And Sweden Concerning The Preservation Of Plaice In The Skagerak, Kattegat And Sound	Pre.1	HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF DENMARK AND ICELAND, HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF NORWAY
2608	Convention Between Denmark, Norway And Sweden Concerning The Preservation Of Plaice In The Skagerak, Kattegat And Sound	Pre.2	and HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SWEDEN, having agreed to conclude a Convention between Denmark, Norway and Sweden, concerning the preservation of plaice in the Skagerak, Kattegat and Sound, have appointed for that purpose as their Plenipotentiaries:
2608	Convention Between Denmark, Norway And Sweden Concerning The Preservation Of Plaice In The Skagerak, Kattegat And Sound	Pre.3	HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF DENMARK AND ICELAND:
2608	Convention Between Denmark, Norway And Sweden Concerning The Preservation Of Plaice In The Skagerak, Kattegat And Sound	Pre.4	Count Eduard Vilhelm Sophus Christian REVENTLOW, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Stockholm;
2608	Convention Between Denmark, Norway And Sweden Concerning The Preservation Of Plaice In The Skagerak, Kattegat And Sound	Pre.5	HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF NORWAY:
2608	Convention Between Denmark, Norway And Sweden Concerning The Preservation Of Plaice In The Skagerak, Kattegat And Sound	Pre.6	M. Johan Herman WOLLEBÆK, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Stockholm;
2608	Convention Between Denmark, Norway And Sweden Concerning The Preservation Of Plaice In The Skagerak, Kattegat And Sound	Pre.7	HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SWEDEN:
2608	Convention Between Denmark, Norway And Sweden Concerning The Preservation Of Plaice In The Skagerak, Kattegat And Sound	Pre.8	H. E. M. Rickard Johannes SANDLER, Minister for Foreign Affairs;
2608	Convention Between Denmark, Norway And Sweden Concerning The Preservation Of Plaice In The Skagerak, Kattegat And Sound	Pre.9	Who, having received full powers for the purpose, have agreed on the following provisions:
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.1	THE FEDERAL PRESIDENT OF AUSTRIA; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BULGARIANS; THE PRESIDENT OF THE SPANISH REPUBLIC; THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE HELLENES; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF ITALY; THE PRESIDENT OF THE LATVIAN REPUBLIC; HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS; THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF ROUMANIA; THE SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL; THE PRESIDENT OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLIC; THE PRESIDENT OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC; THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS,
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.2	Being convinced that an unceasing and increasingly effective campaign against contagious diseases of animals can only be successfully prosecuted by concerted action by the countries concerned;
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.3	Recognising unanimously, moreover, that, in any action intended to facilitate international trade in live-stock and animal products, the first item in the programme must be the improvement of veterinary health conditions by every possible means, including closer and more frequent international co-operation;
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.4	Have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries:
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.5	THE FEDERAL PRESIDENT OF AUSTRIA:
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.6	M. Emerich PFLÜGL, Permanent Representative accredited to the League of Nations, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.7	HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS:
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.8	M. Paul VAN ZEELAND, Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade.
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.9	HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BULGARIANS:
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.10	M. Nicolas ANTONOFF, Permanent Delegate accredited to the League of Nations, Minister Plenipotentiary.
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.11	THE PRESIDENT OF THE SPANISH REPUBLIC:
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.12	M. Julio LÓPEZ OLIVÁN, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Federal Council.
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.13	THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC:
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.14	Dr. V. DROUIN, Head of the Veterinary Service at the Ministry of Agriculture.
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.15	HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE HELLENES:
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.16	M. Raoul BIBICA-ROSETTI, Permanent Delegate accredited to the League of Nations, Minister Plenipotentiary.
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.17	HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF ITALY:
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.18	Professor C. BISANTI, Veterinary Inspector-General at the Ministry of the Interior.
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.19	THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA:
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.20	M. Jules FELDMANS, Permanent Delegate accredited to the League of Nations, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Federal Council.
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.21	HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS:
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.22	Ridder C. VAN RAPPARD, Permanent Delegate accredited to the League of Nations, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Federal Council.
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.23	THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND:
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.24	M. Titus KOMARNICKI, Permanent Delegate accredited to the League of Nations, Minister Plenipotentiary.
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.25	HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF ROUMANIA:
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.26	M. Constantin ANTONIADE, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the League of Nations.
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.27	THE SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL:
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.28	Dr. G. FLÜCKIGER, Director of the Federal Veterinary Office.
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.29	THE PRESIDENT OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLIC:
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.30	M. Rodolphe KÜNZL-JIZERSKÝ, Permanent Delegate accredited to the League of Nations, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Federal Council.
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.31	THE PRESIDENT OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC:
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.32	M. Cemal HÜSNÜ TARÂY, Permanent Delegate accredited to the League of Nations, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Federal Council.
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.33	THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS:
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.34	Vladimir POTEMKINE, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the President of the French Republic.
2610	International Convention For The Campaign Against Contagious Diseases Of Animals	Pre.35	Who, having communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following provisions:
2612	International Agreement For The Regulation Of Whaling	Pre.1	The Governments of the Union of South Africa, the United States of America, the Argentine Republic, the Commonwealth of Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Irish Free State, New Zealand and Norway, desiring to secure the prosperity of the whaling industry and, for that purpose, to maintain the stock of whales, have agreed as follows:
2613	Convention Between Denmark, Norway And Sweden Concerning The Preservation Of Plaice And Dab In The Skagerrak, Kattegat And Sound	Pre.1	HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF DENMARK AND ICELAND, HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF NORWAY, and HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SWEDEN, having agreed to conclude a Convention between Denmark, Norway and Sweden concerning the preservation of plaice and dab in the Skagerrak, Kattegat and Sound, have appointed for that purpose as their Plenipotentiaries :
2613	Convention Between Denmark, Norway And Sweden Concerning The Preservation Of Plaice And Dab In The Skagerrak, Kattegat And Sound	Pre.2	HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF DENMARK AND ICELAND :
2613	Convention Between Denmark, Norway And Sweden Concerning The Preservation Of Plaice And Dab In The Skagerrak, Kattegat And Sound	Pre.3	M. Henrik Louis Hans KAUFFMANN, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Oslo ;
2613	Convention Between Denmark, Norway And Sweden Concerning The Preservation Of Plaice And Dab In The Skagerrak, Kattegat And Sound	Pre.4	HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF NORWAY :
2613	Convention Between Denmark, Norway And Sweden Concerning The Preservation Of Plaice And Dab In The Skagerrak, Kattegat And Sound	Pre.5	M. Halvdan KOHT, Minister for Foreign Affairs ;
2613	Convention Between Denmark, Norway And Sweden Concerning The Preservation Of Plaice And Dab In The Skagerrak, Kattegat And Sound	Pre.6	HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SWEDEN :
2613	Convention Between Denmark, Norway And Sweden Concerning The Preservation Of Plaice And Dab In The Skagerrak, Kattegat And Sound	Pre.7	M. Torvald Magnusson HÖJER, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Oslo ;
2613	Convention Between Denmark, Norway And Sweden Concerning The Preservation Of Plaice And Dab In The Skagerrak, Kattegat And Sound	Pre.8	Who, having received full powers for the purpose, have agreed on the following Articles :
2615	Convention On Nature Protection And Wildlife Preservation In The Western Hemisphere	Pre.1	Preamble
2615	Convention On Nature Protection And Wildlife Preservation In The Western Hemisphere	Pre.2	The Governments of the American Republics, wishing to protect and preserve in their natural habitat representatives of all species and genera of their native flora and fauna, including migratory birds, in sufficient numbers and over areas extensive enough to assure them from becoming extinct through any agency within man's control; and
2615	Convention On Nature Protection And Wildlife Preservation In The Western Hemisphere	Pre.3	Wishing to protect and preserve scenery of extraordinary beauty, unusual and striking geologic formations, regions and natural objects of aesthetic, historic or scientific value, and areas characterized by primitive conditions in those cases covered by this Convention; and
2615	Convention On Nature Protection And Wildlife Preservation In The Western Hemisphere	Pre.4	Wishing to conclude a convention on the protection of nature and the preservation of flora and fauna to effectuate the foregoing purposes have agreed upon the following Articles:
2617	Constitution Of The Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations	Pre.1	Preamble
2617	Constitution Of The Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations	Pre.2	The Nations accepting this Constitution, being determined to promote the common welfare by furthering separate and collective action on their part for the purpose of: raising levels of nutrition and standards of living of the peoples under their respective jurisdictions;
2617	Constitution Of The Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations	Pre.3	securing improvements in the efficiency of the production and distribution of all food and agricultural products;
2617	Constitution Of The Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations	Pre.4	bettering the condition of rural populations;
2617	Constitution Of The Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations	Pre.5	and thus contributing towards an expanding world economy and ensuring humanity's freedom from hunger;
2617	Constitution Of The Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations	Pre.6	hereby establish the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, hereinafter referred to as the "Organization" through which the Members will report to one another on the measures taken and the progress achieved in the field of action set forth above.
2621	International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling	Pre.1	The Governments whose duly authorised representatives have subscribed hereto,
2621	International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling	Pre.2	Recognizing the interest of the nations of the world in safeguarding for future generations the great natural resources represented by the whale stocks;
2621	International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling	Pre.3	Considering that the history of whaling has seen over-fishing of one area after another and of one species of whale after another to such a degree that it is essential to protect all species of whales from further over-fishing;
2621	International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling	Pre.4	Recognizing that the whale stocks are susceptible of natural increases if whaling is properly regulated, and that increases in the size of whale stocks will permit increases in the number of whales which may be captured without endangering these natural resources;
2621	International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling	Pre.5	Recognizing that it is in the common interest to achieve the optimum level of whale stocks as rapidly as possible without causing widespread economic and nutritional distress;
2621	International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling	Pre.6	Recognizing that in the course of achieving these objectives, whaling operations should be confined to those species best able to sustain exploitation in order to give an interval for recovery to certain species of whales now depleted in numbers;
2621	International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling	Pre.7	Desiring to establish a system of international regulation for the whale fisheries to ensure proper and effective conservation and development of whale stocks on the basis of the principles embodied in the provisions of the International Agreement for the Regulation of Whaling, signed in London on 8th June, 1937, and the protocols to that Agreement signed in London on 24th June, 1938, and 26th November, 1945; and
2621	International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling	Pre.8	Having decided to conclude a convention to provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry;
2621	International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling	Pre.9	Have agreed as follows:-
2624	Agreement For The Establishment Of The Indo-Pacific Fisheries Commission	Pre.1	THE GOVERNMENTS of Burma, China, France, India, the Netherlands, the Republic of the Philippines, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, having a mutual interest in the development and proper utilization of the living aquatic resources of the Indo-Pacific areas, and desiring to further the attainment of these ends through international cooperation by the establishment of an Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council agree as follows:
2625	International Convention For The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries	Pre.1	The Governments whose duly authorized representatives have subscribed hereto, sharing a substantial interest in the conservation of the fishery resources of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, have resolved to conclude a convention for the investigation, protection and conservation of the fisheries of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, in order to make possible the maintenance of a maximum sustained catch from those fisheries and to that end have, through their duly authorized representatives, agreed as follows :
2626	International Convention For The Permanent Control Of Outbreak Areas Of The Red Locust	Pre.1	The Governments of Belgium, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Union of South Africa and Southern Rhodesia, wishing to improve and extend the International Organisation provisionally established to carry out the recommendations of the 5th International Anti-Locust Conference held at Brussels on 1st September, 1938, with a view to preventing outbreaks of the Red Locust, and considering that the time has come to give effect to the suggestions made by experts of the countries primarily concerned at their meetings at Lusaka in September, 1945, and June, 1947, have agreed as follows:
2627	Convention For The Establishment Of An Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission	Pre.1	The United States of America and the Republic of Costa Rica considering their mutual interest in maintaining the populations of yellowfin and skipjack tuna and of other kinds of fish taken by tuna fishing vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean which by reason of continued use have come to be of common concern and desiring to co-operate in the gathering and interpretation of factual information to facilitate maintaining the populations of these fishes at a level which will permit maximum sustained catches year after year, have agreed to conclude a Convention for these purposes and to that end have named as their Plenipotentiaries: who, having communicated to each other their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed as follows:
2633	International Convention For The Protection Of Birds	Pre.1	The Governments signatory to this Convention,
2633	International Convention For The Protection Of Birds	Pre.2	Realizing the danger of extermination which threatens certain species of birds and concerned about the numerical decrease in other species, particularly migratory species; and
2633	International Convention For The Protection Of Birds	Pre.3	Considering that, in the interests of science, the protection of nature and the economy of each nation, all birds should as a matter of principle be protected;
2633	International Convention For The Protection Of Birds	Pre.4	Have recognized the need to amend the International Convention for the Protection of Birds useful to Agriculture, signed in Paris on 19 March 1902, and have agreed on the following provisions:
2638	Agreement Concerning Measures For The Protection Of The Stocks Of Deep Sea Prawns (Pandalus Borealis), European Lobsters (Homarus Vulgaris), Norway Lobsters (Nephrops Norvegicus) And Crabs (Cancer Pagurus)	Pre.1	The Governments of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, being desirous of concluding an agreement relating to measures for the protection of stocks of deep-sea prawns (Pandalus borealis), European lobsters (Homarus vulgaris), Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) and crabs (Cancer pagurus), have agreed as follows:
2639	International Convention For The High Seas Fisheries Of The North Pacific Ocean	Pre.1	The Governments of the United States of America, Canada and Japan, whose respective duly accredited representatives have subscribed hereto,
2639	International Convention For The High Seas Fisheries Of The North Pacific Ocean	Pre.2	Acting as sovereign nations in the light of their rights under the principles of international law and custom to exploit the fishery resources of the high seas, and
2639	International Convention For The High Seas Fisheries Of The North Pacific Ocean	Pre.3	Believing that it will best serve the common interest of mankind, as well as the interests of the Contracting Parties, to ensure the maximum sustained productivity of the fishery resources of the North Pacific Ocean, and that each of the Parties should assume an obligation, on a free and equal footing, to encourage the conservation of such resources, and
2639	International Convention For The High Seas Fisheries Of The North Pacific Ocean	Pre.4	Recognizing that in view of these considerations it is highly desirable (1) to establish an International Commission, representing the three Parties hereto, to promote and co-ordinate the scientific studies necessary to ascertain the conservation measures required to secure the maximum sustained productivity of the fisheries of joint interest to the Contracting Parties and to recommend such measures to such Parties and (2) that each Party carry such conservation recommendations, and provide for necessary restraints on its own nationals and fishing vessels.
2639	International Convention For The High Seas Fisheries Of The North Pacific Ocean	Pre.5	Thereafter agree as follows:
2652	Phytosanitary Convention For Africa South Of The Sahara	Pre.1	The Governments of the Kingdom of Belgium, the French Republic, the Republic of Portugal, the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, the Union of South Africa and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:
2652	Phytosanitary Convention For Africa South Of The Sahara	Pre.2	Considering that all possible steps should be taken:
2652	Phytosanitary Convention For Africa South Of The Sahara	Pre.3.a	(a) to prevent the introduction of diseases, insect pests and other enemies of plants into any part of Africa south of the Sahara;
2652	Phytosanitary Convention For Africa South Of The Sahara	Pre.4.b	(b) to eradicate or control them in so far as they are present in the area;
2652	Phytosanitary Convention For Africa South Of The Sahara	Pre.5.c	(c) and to prevent their spread;
2652	Phytosanitary Convention For Africa South Of The Sahara	Pre.6	Having regard to the need for full co-operation to this end with the Commission for Technical Co-operation in Africa South of the Sahara;
2652	Phytosanitary Convention For Africa South Of The Sahara	Pre.7	Recognising the usefulness of the co-operation provided for in the International Plant Protection Convention signed at Rome on December 6, 1951 [2] and the need for the co-ordination of activities in this field;
2652	Phytosanitary Convention For Africa South Of The Sahara	Pre.8	Have agreed as follows:
2663	Plant Protection Agreement For The Asia And Pacific Region	Pre.1	THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS, desiring to prevent, through concerted action, the introduction into and spread within the South East Asia and Pacific Region of destructive plant diseases and pests, have concluded the following Agreement, which is a supplementary agreement under Article III of the International Plant Protection Convention of 1951:
2663	Plant Protection Agreement For The Asia And Pacific Region	Art.4	Article IV
2663	Plant Protection Agreement For The Asia And Pacific Region	Art.4.1x	In view of the importance of the Hevea rubber industry in the Region, and of the danger of introducing the destructive South American leaf blight (Dothidella ulei) of the Hevea rubber tree, the Contracting Governments shall take the measures specified in Appendix B to this Agreement. Appendix B to this Agreement may be modified by a decision of the Committee taken unanimously.
2668	Interim Convention On Conservation Of North Pacific Fur Seals	Pre.1	The Governments of Canada, Japan, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the United States of America,
2668	Interim Convention On Conservation Of North Pacific Fur Seals	Pre.2	DESIRING to take effective measures towards achieving the maximum sustainable productivity of the fur seal resources of the North Pacific Ocean so that the fur seal populations can be brought to and maintained at the levels which will provide the greatest harvest year after year, with due regard to their relation to the productivity of other living marine resources of the area,
2668	Interim Convention On Conservation Of North Pacific Fur Seals	Pre.3	RECOGNIZING that in order to determine such measures it is necessary to conduct adequate scientific research on the said resources, and
2668	Interim Convention On Conservation Of North Pacific Fur Seals	Pre.4	DESIRING to provide for international cooperation in achieving these objectives,
2668	Interim Convention On Conservation Of North Pacific Fur Seals	Pre.5	Agree as follows:
2671	Convention Concerning Fishing In The Waters Of The Danube	Pre.1	The Governments of the Romanian People's Republic, the People's Republic of Bulgaria, the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,
2671	Convention Concerning Fishing In The Waters Of The Danube	Pre.2	Having a common interest in the rational utilization and expansion of the stocks of fish in the river Danube,
2671	Convention Concerning Fishing In The Waters Of The Danube	Pre.3	Recognizing the need for co-operation in working out a scientific basis for intensive augmentation of the stock of fish and the regulation of fishing,
2671	Convention Concerning Fishing In The Waters Of The Danube	Pre.4	Have decided to conclude this Convention and have for this purpose appointed as their plenipotentiaries:
2671	Convention Concerning Fishing In The Waters Of The Danube	Pre.5	The Government of the Romanian People's Republic: Constantin Teodoru, Deputy Minister of the Consumer Goods Industry;
2671	Convention Concerning Fishing In The Waters Of The Danube	Pre.6	The Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria: Lalyu Ganchev, First Deputy Minister of the Food Industry;
2671	Convention Concerning Fishing In The Waters Of The Danube	Pre.7	The Government of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia: Nikola Dzuverovic, member of the Executive Council of the People's Republic of Serbia;
2671	Convention Concerning Fishing In The Waters Of The Danube	Pre.8	The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Aleksandr Akimovich Ishkov, Minister of the USSR;
2671	Convention Concerning Fishing In The Waters Of The Danube	Pre.9	who, having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows:
2672	Convention On The Continental Shelf	Pre.1	THE STATES PARTIES TO THIS CONVENTION
2672	Convention On The Continental Shelf	Pre.2	HAVE AGREED as follows:
2675	Convention On Fishing And Conservation Of The Living Resources Of The High Seas	Pre.1	THE STATES PARTIES TO THIS CONVENTION,
2675	Convention On Fishing And Conservation Of The Living Resources Of The High Seas	Pre.2	CONSIDERING that the development of modern techniques for the exploitation of the living resources of the sea, increasing man's ability to meet the need of the world's expanding population for food, has exposed some of these resources to the danger of being over-exploited,
2675	Convention On Fishing And Conservation Of The Living Resources Of The High Seas	Pre.3	CONSIDERING ALSO that the nature of the problems involved in the conservation of the living resources of the high seas is such that there is a clear necessity that they be solved, whenever possible, on the basis of international co-operation through the concerted action of all the States concerned,
2675	Convention On Fishing And Conservation Of The Living Resources Of The High Seas	Pre.4	HAVE AGREED as follows:
2683	Convention Concerning Fishing In The Black Sea	Pre.1	The Governments of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, the Romanian People's Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,
2683	Convention Concerning Fishing In The Black Sea	Pre.2	Having a common interest in the rational utilization of the fishery resources of the Black Sea and in the development of marine fishing,
2683	Convention Concerning Fishing In The Black Sea	Pre.3	Have decided to conclude this Convention and have for this purpose appointed as their plenipotentiaries:
2683	Convention Concerning Fishing In The Black Sea	Pre.4	The Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria: Lalyu Ganchev, Deputy Minister for Trade;
2683	Convention Concerning Fishing In The Black Sea	Pre.5	The Government of the Romanian People's Republic: Constantin Teodoru, Deputy Minister for the Consumer Goods Industry;
2683	Convention Concerning Fishing In The Black Sea	Pre.6	The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Yury Kondratyevich Prikhodov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the U.S.S.R. in the People's Republic of Bulgaria;
2683	Convention Concerning Fishing In The Black Sea	Pre.7	who, having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows:
2688	Antarctic Treaty	Pre.1	The Governments of Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, the French Republic, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, the Union of South Africa, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America,
2688	Antarctic Treaty	Pre.2	Recognizing that it is in the interest of all mankind that Antarctica shall continue for ever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and shall not become the scene or object of international discord;
2688	Antarctic Treaty	Pre.3	Acknowledging the substantial contributions to scientific knowledge resulting from international cooperation in scientific investigation in Antarctica;
2688	Antarctic Treaty	Pre.4	Convinced that the establishment of a firm foundation for the continuation and development of such cooperation on the basis of freedom of scientific investigation in Antarctica as applied during the International Geophysical Year accords with the interests of science and the progress of all mankind;
2688	Antarctic Treaty	Pre.5	Convinced also that a treaty ensuring the use of Antarctica for peaceful purposes only and the continuance of international harmony in Antarctica will further the purposes and principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations;
2688	Antarctic Treaty	Pre.6	Have agreed as follows:
2690	Agreement Concerning Cooperation In The Quarantine Of Plants And Their Protection Against Pests And Diseases	Pre.1	The Contracting Parties,
2690	Agreement Concerning Cooperation In The Quarantine Of Plants And Their Protection Against Pests And Diseases	Pre.2	Considering the danger presented by the diseases and pests of agricultural plants and by weeds to the national economy of all countries,
2690	Agreement Concerning Cooperation In The Quarantine Of Plants And Their Protection Against Pests And Diseases	Pre.3	Desirous of expanding co-operation in the quarantine of plants and their protection from pests, diseases and weeds and of co-ordinating measures in regard to quarantine and the control of pests and diseases of agricultural plants and the control of weeds,
2690	Agreement Concerning Cooperation In The Quarantine Of Plants And Their Protection Against Pests And Diseases	Pre.4	With a view to the mutual protection of their territories against the importation of quarantinable pests, diseases and weeds and to developing economic and trade relations between their countries,
2690	Agreement Concerning Cooperation In The Quarantine Of Plants And Their Protection Against Pests And Diseases	Pre.5	Having decided to conclude an Agreement for this purpose, have hereby agreed as follows:
2719	Protocol Of Signature To The Agreement Concerning The International Commission For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Pollution	Pre.1	The Governments of the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Swiss Confederation,
2719	Protocol Of Signature To The Agreement Concerning The International Commission For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Pollution	Pre.2	Anxious to assure the quality of the waters of the Rhine by attempting to prevent further pollution and to improve the present state,
2719	Protocol Of Signature To The Agreement Concerning The International Commission For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Pollution	Pre.3	Convinced of the urgency of this mission,
2719	Protocol Of Signature To The Agreement Concerning The International Commission For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Pollution	Pre.4	Wishing to strengthen the collaboration between the signatory Governments already existing since 1950 in this matter,
2719	Protocol Of Signature To The Agreement Concerning The International Commission For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Pollution	Pre.5	Have agreed to the following:
2721	Convention On Civil Liability For Nuclear Damage	Pre.1	THE CONTRACTING PARTIES,
2721	Convention On Civil Liability For Nuclear Damage	Pre.2	HAVING RECOGNIZED the desirability of establishing some minimum standards to provide financial protection against damage resulting from certain peaceful uses of nuclear energy,
2721	Convention On Civil Liability For Nuclear Damage	Pre.3	BELIEVING that a convention on civil liability for nuclear damage would also contribute to the development of friendly relations among nations, irrespective of their differing constitutional and social systems,
2721	Convention On Civil Liability For Nuclear Damage	Pre.4	HAVE DECIDED to conclude a convention for such purposes, and thereto have agreed as follows -
2728	Nordic Mutual Emergency Assistance Agreement In Connection With Radiation Accidents	Pre.1	The Contracting Parties, desiring to assist each other to the extent possible in the event of an incident involving damage from ionizing radiation, and desiring to establish in advance the terms upon which a Contracting State requesting assistance (hereinafter referred to as the "Requesting State") may use the assistance provided by another Contracting State or by the International Atomic Energy Agency (hereinafter referred to as the "Assisting Party"), have agreed as follows:
2729	Act Regarding Navigation And Economic Cooperation Between The States Of The Niger Basin	Pre.1	The Federal Republic of Cameroon, the Republic of Chad, the Republic of Dahomey, the Republic of Guinea, the Republic of the Ivory Coast, the Republic of Mali, the Republic of Niger, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Republic of Upper Volta,
2729	Act Regarding Navigation And Economic Cooperation Between The States Of The Niger Basin	Pre.2	CONSIDERING their attainment of independence and the need for regulating by new agreement the question of the utilisation of the River Niger, its tributaries and sub-tributaries of which they are the riparian States;
2729	Act Regarding Navigation And Economic Cooperation Between The States Of The Niger Basin	Pre.3	DESIROUS of developing close co-operation for the judicious exploitation of the resources of the River Niger basin as well as to guarantee the freedom of navigation on the River, its tributaries and sub-tributaries and to ensure equality of treatment to those who use it;
2729	Act Regarding Navigation And Economic Cooperation Between The States Of The Niger Basin	Pre.4	CONSIDERING that, in the wake of technical progress, several of the riparian States have already drawn up plans for hydraulic developments such as irrigation, water supply, hydro-electric installations, civil works, soil and river basin improvement, and also plans for dealing with the problems of water pollution, exploitation of fishery resources, the improvement of agricultural practices and industrial development of the basin;
2729	Act Regarding Navigation And Economic Cooperation Between The States Of The Niger Basin	Pre.5	CONSIDERING that the schemes planned in each State are likely to affect the regime of the River and the use of its water by other riparian States;
2729	Act Regarding Navigation And Economic Cooperation Between The States Of The Niger Basin	Pre.6	CONSIDERING the need to establish a joint institution to increase co-operation amongst the States interested in common projects concerned with the basin of the River Niger and to ensure the maintenance and application of the agreed major principles;
2729	Act Regarding Navigation And Economic Cooperation Between The States Of The Niger Basin	Pre.7	SOLEMNLY AFFIRM the following principles which will govern the measures of co-operation for the purpose of achieving the objectives of the present Act and declare that:
2736	Indus Basin Development Fund (Supplemental) Agreement	Pre.1	WHEREAS on 19 September 1960, Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Bank entered into The Indus Basin Development Fund Agreement, 1960 (being hereinafter called the "1960 Agreement" and the parties thereto being hereinafter collectively called the "Parties") providing for the creation and administration of, and contributions to, the Indus Basin Development Fund (hereinafter called the "Fund");
2736	Indus Basin Development Fund (Supplemental) Agreement	Pre.2	AND WHEREAS in the 1960 Agreement the Parties agreed to make certain contributions to the Fund on the terms and conditions therein set forth;
2736	Indus Basin Development Fund (Supplemental) Agreement	Pre.3	AND WHEREAS the Parties have agreed to make additional contributions to the Fund on the terms and conditions and for the purposes hereinafter in this Agreement set forth;
2736	Indus Basin Development Fund (Supplemental) Agreement	Pre.4	NOW THEREFORE, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
2741	Convention For The International Council For The Exploration Of The Sea	Pre.1	PREAMBLE
2741	Convention For The International Council For The Exploration Of The Sea	Pre.2	The Governments of the State Parties to this Convention
2741	Convention For The International Council For The Exploration Of The Sea	Pre.3	Having participated in the work of the International Council for the Explorations of the Sea, which was established at Copenhagen in 1902 as a result of conferences held in Stockholm in 1899 and in Christiania in 1901 and entrusted with the task of carrying out a programmed of international investigation of the sea
2741	Convention For The International Council For The Exploration Of The Sea	Pre.4	Desiring to provide a new constitution for the aforesaid Council with a view to facilitating the implementation of its programmed
2741	Convention For The International Council For The Exploration Of The Sea	Pre.5	Have agreed as follows:
2742	Agreement Concerning The Niger River Commission And The Navigation And Transport On The River Niger	Pre.1	The Contracting Parties
2742	Agreement Concerning The Niger River Commission And The Navigation And Transport On The River Niger	Pre.2	Having adopted at the Conference of the Riparian States of the River Niger, its tributaries and sub-tributaries, held at Niamey from the 24th to the 26th October, 1963, an Act regarding the navigation and economic co-operation between the States of the River Niger Basin,
2742	Agreement Concerning The Niger River Commission And The Navigation And Transport On The River Niger	Pre.3	Desirous of giving effect to Article 5 of the said Act, by which they have undertaken to establish an Inter-Governmental Organization entrusted with the fostering, the promotion and the co-ordination of studies and programmes relating to the utilization and development of the resources of the River Niger Basin,
2742	Agreement Concerning The Niger River Commission And The Navigation And Transport On The River Niger	Pre.4	Desirous of specifying some questions relating to navigation and transportation on the River,
2742	Agreement Concerning The Niger River Commission And The Navigation And Transport On The River Niger	Pre.5	Have agreed as follows:
2742	Agreement Concerning The Niger River Commission And The Navigation And Transport On The River Niger	Sect.1	CHAPTER I RIVER NIGER COMMISSION
2751	International Convention For The Conservation Of Atlantic Tunas	Pre.1	The Government whose duly authorized representatives have subscribed hereto, considering their mutual interest in the populations of tuna and tuna-like fishes found in the Atlantic Ocean, and desiring to co-operate in maintaining the populations of these fishes at levels which will permit the maximum sustainable catch for food and other purposes, resolve to conclude a Convention for the conservation of the resources of tuna and tuna-like fishes of the Atlantic Ocean, and to that end agree as follows:
2757	Convention On The International Hydrographic Organization	Pre.1	The Governments Parties to this Convention,
2757	Convention On The International Hydrographic Organization	Pre.2	CONSIDERING that the International Hydrographic Bureau was established in June 1921 to contribute to making navigation easier and safer throughout the world by improving nautical charts and documents;
2757	Convention On The International Hydrographic Organization	Pre.3	DESIRING to pursue on an intergovernmental basis their cooperation in hydrography;
2757	Convention On The International Hydrographic Organization	Pre.4	HAVE AGREED as follows :
2758	Convention On The Conduct Of Fishing Operations In The North Atlantic	Pre.1	The Governments of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, the Polish People's Republic, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America,
2758	Convention On The Conduct Of Fishing Operations In The North Atlantic	Pre.2	Desiring to ensure good order and conduct on the fishing grounds in the North Atlantic area;
2758	Convention On The Conduct Of Fishing Operations In The North Atlantic	Pre.3	Have agreed as follows:
2760	Phytosanitary Convention For Africa	Pre.1	We the Heads of African State and Government of the Organization of African Unity:
2760	Phytosanitary Convention For Africa	Pre.2	Considering that all possible steps should be taken -
2760	Phytosanitary Convention For Africa	Pre.3.a	(a) to prevent the introduction of diseases, insect pests, and other enemies of plants into any part of Africa;
2760	Phytosanitary Convention For Africa	Pre.4.b	(b) to eradicate or control them in so far as they are present in the area; and
2760	Phytosanitary Convention For Africa	Pre.5.c	(c) to prevent their spread to other territories within the area.
2760	Phytosanitary Convention For Africa	Pre.6	Considering further that the former Commission for Technical co-operation in Africa has been integrated into the Organization of African Unity (hereinafter referred to as "OAU") and that Phyto- sanitary convention for Africa South of the Sahara, done at London on July 29, 1954, as amended in 1961, should be remodeled and expanded to meet the requirements of the African States;
2760	Phytosanitary Convention For Africa	Pre.7	Recognizing that the co-operation amongst the African States in controlling pests and Diseases of Plants and Plant products and in preventing their introduction and spread across national boundaries would be a vital contribution towards the realization of stronger solidarity amongst their peoples;
2760	Phytosanitary Convention For Africa	Pre.8	Recognizing further the usefulness of the international co- operation provided for in the International Plant Protection Convention signed at Rome on December 6th, 1951, and the need for co-ordination of activities in this field;
2760	Phytosanitary Convention For Africa	Pre.9	Resolved to reinforce the links between our States by establishing and strengthening common institutions;
2760	Phytosanitary Convention For Africa	Pre.10	Have agreed as follows:
2768	Agreement For The Establishment For Arab Centre For The Studies Of Dry And Barren Land	Pre.1	The Governments of
2768	Agreement For The Establishment For Arab Centre For The Studies Of Dry And Barren Land	Pre.2	The Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan
2768	Agreement For The Establishment For Arab Centre For The Studies Of Dry And Barren Land	Pre.3	The Tunesian Republic
2768	Agreement For The Establishment For Arab Centre For The Studies Of Dry And Barren Land	Pre.4	People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
2768	Agreement For The Establishment For Arab Centre For The Studies Of Dry And Barren Land	Pre.5	The Democratic Republic of the Sudan
2768	Agreement For The Establishment For Arab Centre For The Studies Of Dry And Barren Land	Pre.6	The Republic of Iraq Saudi Arabian Kingdom Syrian Arab Republic United Arab Republic Yemen Arab Republic The State of Kuweit Lebanon Republic
2768	Agreement For The Establishment For Arab Centre For The Studies Of Dry And Barren Land	Pre.7	Libyan Arab Republic The Kingdom of Morocco
2768	Agreement For The Establishment For Arab Centre For The Studies Of Dry And Barren Land	Pre.8	People's Republic of Southern Yemen
2768	Agreement For The Establishment For Arab Centre For The Studies Of Dry And Barren Land	Pre.9	Desiring to promote their cultural and economic ties and to co-operate in developing and improving the means of utilization of their resources and in realization to the ends of the Arab League charter have agreed on the following provisions which have been approved by the Arab League Council.
2769	African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources	Pre.1	PREAMBLE
2769	African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources	Pre.2	We the Heads of State and Government of Independent African States,
2769	African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources	Pre.3	FULLY CONSCIOUS that soil, water, flora and faunal resources constitute a capital of vital importance to mankind;
2769	African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources	Pre.4	CONFIRMING, as we accepted upon declaring our adherence to the Charter of the Organization of African Unity, that we know that it is our duty "to harness the natural and human resources of our continent for the total advancement of our peoples in spheres of human endeavour";
2769	African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources	Pre.5	FULLY CONSCIOUS of the ever-growing importance of natural resources from an economic, nutritional, scientific, educational, cultural and aesthetic point of view;
2769	African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources	Pre.6	CONSCIOUS of the dangers which threaten some of these irreplaceable assets;
2769	African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources	Pre.7	ACCEPTING that the utilization of the natural resources must aim at satisfying the needs of man according to the carrying capacity of the environment;
2769	African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources	Pre.8	DESIROUS of undertaking individual and joint action for the conservation, utilization and development of these assets by establishing and maintaining their rational utilization for the present and future welfare of mankind;
2769	African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources	Pre.9	CONVINCED that one of the most appropriate means of achieving this end is to bring into force a convention;
2769	African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources	Pre.10	HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
2769	African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources	Art.1	Article I
2769	African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources	Art.1.1x	The contracting States hereby establish an AFRICAN CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
2769	African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources	Art.8	Article VIII Protected Species
2769	African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources	Art.8.1	1. The Contracting States recognize that it is important and urgent to accord a special protection to those animal and plant species that are threatened with extinction, or which may become so, and to the habitat necessary to their survival. Where such a species is represented only in the territory of one Contracting State, that State has a particular responsibility for its protection. These species which are, or may be listed, according to the degree of protection that shall be given to them are placed in Class A or B of the Annex to this Convention, and shall be protected by Contracting States as follows:
2769	African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources	Art.8.1.a	(a) species in Class A shall be totally protected throughout the entire territory of the Contracting States; the hunting, killing, capture or collection of specimens shall be permitted only on the authorization in each case of the highest competent authority and only if required in the national interest or for scientific purposes; and
2769	African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources	Art.8.1.b	(b) species in Class B shall be totally protected, but may be hunted, killed, captured or collected under special authorization granted by the competent authority.
2769	African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources	Art.8.2	2. The competent authority of each Contracting State shall examine the necessity of applying the provisions of this article to species not listed in the annex, in order to conserve the indigenous flora and fauna of their respective countries. Such additional species shall be placed in Class A or B by the State concerned, according to its specific requirements.
2770	European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products	Pre.1	The Governments of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Swiss Confederation and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
2770	European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products	Pre.2	Considering that the Parties to the Brussels Treaty of 17th March 1948, as amended on 23rd October 1954, resolved to strengthen the social ties by which they are united and to make every effort in common, both by direct consultation and in specialized Agencies, to raise the standard of living of their peoples and promote the harmonious development of social services in their respective countries;
2770	European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products	Pre.3	Considering that the social activities governed by the Brussels Treaty and carried on, until 1959, under the auspices of the Brussels Treaty Organisation and the Western European Union are now conducted within the framework of the Council of Europe, in accordance with the decision taken on 21st October 1959 by the Council of Western European Union and with Resolution (59) 23 adopted on 16th November 1959 by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe;
2770	European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products	Pre.4	Considering that the Swiss Confederation and the Kingdom of Denmark have participated since 6th May 1964 and 2nd April 1968 respectively in activities in the field of public health carried on under the aforesaid resolution;
2770	European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products	Pre.5	Whereas the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve greater unity between its members, so as to further economic and social progress by agreements and by common action in economic, social, cultural, scientific, legal and administrative matters;
2770	European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products	Pre.6	Whereas the said governments have striven to encourage progress as far as may be practicable not only in social matters but in the related field of public health, and have undertaken to harmonies their national legislations in pursuance of the action mentioned in the foregoing paragraph;
2770	European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products	Pre.7	Whereas it is becoming increasingly necessary to secure harmonization of the laws on the control of fresh water pollution;
2770	European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products	Pre.8	Being convinced that appropriate measures are essential not only from the standpoint of human needs but also to ensure the protection of nature in general, the paramount objectives being to protect effectively:
2770	European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products	Pre.9.a	a. the supply of water for the population, for industry, for agriculture and for other business occupations;
2770	European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products	Pre.10.b	b. the natural aquatic fauna and flora, and in particular so far as they contribute to human well-being;
2770	European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products	Pre.11.c	c. the unhindered enjoyment of places devoted to leisure and sport;
2770	European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products	Pre.12	Observing that the general household and industrial use of certain types of detergents might cause considerable prejudice to these interests;
2770	European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products	Pre.13	Feeling, therefore, that some restriction must be put on the use of such products,
2770	European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products	Pre.14	Have agreed as follows:
2772	Agreement On Administrative Arrangements For The Prek Thnot (Cambodia) Power And Irrigation Development Project	Pre.1	Agreement between the Governments of Australia, Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Pakistan, the Philippines, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Royal Government of Cambodia.
2772	Agreement On Administrative Arrangements For The Prek Thnot (Cambodia) Power And Irrigation Development Project	Pre.2	WHEREAS the Royal Government of Cambodia, encouraged by the outcome of studies put in train by the Committee for Coordination of Investigations of the Lower Mekong Basin (which operates under the aegis of Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East), by the subsequent recommendations of that Committee and of its Advisory Board and by numerous pledges of financial support from friendly countries, has taken a decision to implement forthwith the power and first stage irrigation development on the Prek Thnot River;
2772	Agreement On Administrative Arrangements For The Prek Thnot (Cambodia) Power And Irrigation Development Project	Pre.3	WHEREAS the Secretary-General of the United Nations has made his good offices available;
2772	Agreement On Administrative Arrangements For The Prek Thnot (Cambodia) Power And Irrigation Development Project	Pre.4	WHEREAS, at a meeting for the implementation of the Prek Thnot (Cambodia) Power and Irrigation (5,000 ha) Development Scheme (hereafter referred to as the "Project" as described in the Annex) held under the auspices of the United Nations at Phnom-Penh on the 9th and 10th of September 1968, the representatives of the Governments of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Pakistan, the Philippines and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland made declarations with regard to the intention of their respective Governments to assist the Government of Cambodia in carrying out the "Project";
2772	Agreement On Administrative Arrangements For The Prek Thnot (Cambodia) Power And Irrigation Development Project	Pre.5	WHEREAS the United Nations Development Programme has undertaken by separate agreement with the Government of Cambodia and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations to assist in the execution of the "Project"; and
2772	Agreement On Administrative Arrangements For The Prek Thnot (Cambodia) Power And Irrigation Development Project	Pre.6	WHEREAS it was found necessary to agree on procedures whereby international cooperation for the implementation of the "Project" would be secured in the most effective way;
2772	Agreement On Administrative Arrangements For The Prek Thnot (Cambodia) Power And Irrigation Development Project	Pre.7	NOW THEREFORE the Parties hereby agree as follows:
2773	European Convention For The Protection Of Animals During International Transport	Pre.1	The member States of the Council of Europe, signatory hereto,
2773	European Convention For The Protection Of Animals During International Transport	Pre.2	Considering that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve a greater unity between its members for the purpose of safeguarding and realising the ideals and principles which are their common heritage;
2773	European Convention For The Protection Of Animals During International Transport	Pre.3	Convinced that the requirements of the international transport of animals are not incompatible with the welfare of the animals;
2773	European Convention For The Protection Of Animals During International Transport	Pre.4	Animated by the desire to safeguard, as far as possible, animals in transport from suffering;
2773	European Convention For The Protection Of Animals During International Transport	Pre.5	Considering that progress in this respect may be achieved through the adoption of common provisions regarding the international transport of animals,
2773	European Convention For The Protection Of Animals During International Transport	Pre.6	Have agreed as follows:
2773	European Convention For The Protection Of Animals During International Transport	Chapt.1	Chapter I
2776	Agreement For Cooperation In Dealing With Pollution Of The North Sea By Oil	Pre.1	The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
2776	Agreement For Cooperation In Dealing With Pollution Of The North Sea By Oil	Pre.2	Recognizing that grave pollution of the sea by oil in the North Sea area involves a danger to the coastal states,
2776	Agreement For Cooperation In Dealing With Pollution Of The North Sea By Oil	Pre.3	Noting that the Council of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization at its third extraordinary session in May 1967, decided to include among the matters requiring study as a matter of urgency, inter alia, "procedures whereby States, regionally or interregionally where applicable, can co-operate at short notice to provide manpower, supplies, equipment and scientific advice to deal with discharge of oil or other noxious or hazardous substances including consideration of the possibility of patrols to ascertain the extent of the discharge and the manner of treating it both on sea and land",
2776	Agreement For Cooperation In Dealing With Pollution Of The North Sea By Oil	Pre.4	Have agreed on the following:
2776	Agreement For Cooperation In Dealing With Pollution Of The North Sea By Oil	Art.3	Article 3
2776	Agreement For Cooperation In Dealing With Pollution Of The North Sea By Oil	Art.3.1x	The Contracting Parties consider that protection against pollution of the kind referred to in Article 1 of this Agreement is a matter which calls for active co-operation between the Contracting Parties.
2783	Convention On The Conservation Of The Living Resources Of The Southeast Atlantic	Pre.1	Preamble
2783	Convention On The Conservation Of The Living Resources Of The Southeast Atlantic	Pre.2	The Governments of the States parties to this Convention, considering their mutual interest in the living resources of the Southeast Atlantic and desiring to cooperate in the conservation and rational exploitation of these resources, have agreed as follows:
2784	International Convention Relating To Intervention On The High Seas In Cases Of Oil Pollution Casualties	Pre.1	THE STATES PARTIES TO THE PRESENT CONVENTION,
2784	International Convention Relating To Intervention On The High Seas In Cases Of Oil Pollution Casualties	Pre.2	CONSCIOUS of the need to protect the interests of their peoples against the grave consequences of a maritime casualty resulting in danger of oil pollution of sea and coastlines,
2784	International Convention Relating To Intervention On The High Seas In Cases Of Oil Pollution Casualties	Pre.3	CONVINCED that under these circumstances measures of an exceptional character to protect such interests might be necessary on the high seas and that these measures do not affect the principle of freedom of the high seas,
2784	International Convention Relating To Intervention On The High Seas In Cases Of Oil Pollution Casualties	Pre.4	HAVE AGREED as follows:
2785	International Convention On Civil Liability For Oil Pollution Damage	Pre.1	THE STATES PARTIES TO THE PRESENT CONVENTION,
2785	International Convention On Civil Liability For Oil Pollution Damage	Pre.2	CONSCIOUS of the dangers of pollution posed by the worldwide maritime carriage of oil in bulk,
2785	International Convention On Civil Liability For Oil Pollution Damage	Pre.3	CONVINCED of the need to ensure that adequate compensation is available to persons who suffer damage caused by pollution resulting from the escape or discharge of oil from ships,
2785	International Convention On Civil Liability For Oil Pollution Damage	Pre.4	DESIRING to adopt uniform international rules and procedures for determining questions of liability and providing adequate compensation in such cases,
2785	International Convention On Civil Liability For Oil Pollution Damage	Pre.5	HAVE AGREED as follows:
2787	Benelux Convention On The Hunting And Protection Of Birds	Pre.1	The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
2787	Benelux Convention On The Hunting And Protection Of Birds	Pre.2	Having regard to article 6 of the Treaty instituting the Benelux Economic Union, signed at The Hague on 3 February 1958,
2787	Benelux Convention On The Hunting And Protection Of Birds	Pre.3	Having regard to the International Convention for the protection of birds, signed at Paris on 18 October 1950, to which the three Benelux countries are parties;
2787	Benelux Convention On The Hunting And Protection Of Birds	Pre.4	Being desirous of harmonizing the principles governing their laws and regulations on the subject of hunting and the protection of birds in the wild state, which were established in the interests of land-holders, agriculture and the efficient protection of nature;
2787	Benelux Convention On The Hunting And Protection Of Birds	Pre.5	Considering that such harmonization will make for greater uniformity in the laws relating to the transport of game and birds in the wild state and thereby facilitate the elimination of formalities and inspection measures at the frontiers between the benelux countries;
2787	Benelux Convention On The Hunting And Protection Of Birds	Pre.6	Having regard to the advice of the Benelux Consultative Interparliamentary Council of 25 April 1970; Have agreed on the following provisions:
2787	Benelux Convention On The Hunting And Protection Of Birds	Sect.1	Part I
2796	Agreement Between Denmark, Finland, Norway, And Sweden Concerning Cooperation In Measures To Deal With Pollution Of The Sea By Oil	Pre.1	The Governments of Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden,
2796	Agreement Between Denmark, Finland, Norway, And Sweden Concerning Cooperation In Measures To Deal With Pollution Of The Sea By Oil	Pre.2	Desiring to co-operate in dealing with any significant pollution of the sea by oil which threatens the coasts or related interests of one of the Contracting States, and to co-operate in furthering supervision of compliance with the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil and the national regulations based on that Convention, and
2796	Agreement Between Denmark, Finland, Norway, And Sweden Concerning Cooperation In Measures To Deal With Pollution Of The Sea By Oil	Pre.3	Taking into account the Agreement of June 9 1969 for Co-operation in Dealing with Pollution of the North Sea by Oil,
2796	Agreement Between Denmark, Finland, Norway, And Sweden Concerning Cooperation In Measures To Deal With Pollution Of The Sea By Oil	Pre.4	Have agreed as follows;
2800	International Convention On The Establishment Of An International Fund For Compensation For Oil Pollution Damage	Pre.1	THE STATES PARTIES TO THE PRESENT CONVENTION,
2800	International Convention On The Establishment Of An International Fund For Compensation For Oil Pollution Damage	Pre.2	BEING PARTIES to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, adopted at Brussels on 29 November 1969, [1]
2800	International Convention On The Establishment Of An International Fund For Compensation For Oil Pollution Damage	Pre.3	CONSCIOUS of the dangers of pollution posed by the world-wide maritime carriage of oil in bulk,
2800	International Convention On The Establishment Of An International Fund For Compensation For Oil Pollution Damage	Pre.4	CONVINCED of the need to ensure that adequate compensation is available to persons who suffer damage caused by pollution resulting from the escape or discharge of oil from ships,
2800	International Convention On The Establishment Of An International Fund For Compensation For Oil Pollution Damage	Pre.5	CONSIDERING that the International Convention of 29 November 1969, on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, by providing a r‚gime for compensation for pollution damage in Contracting States and for the costs of measures, wherever taken, to prevent or minimize such damage, represents a considerable progress towards the achievement of this aim,
2800	International Convention On The Establishment Of An International Fund For Compensation For Oil Pollution Damage	Pre.6	CONSIDERING HOWEVER that this r‚gime does not afford full compensation for victims of oil pollution damage in all cases while it imposes an additional financial burden on shipowners,
2800	International Convention On The Establishment Of An International Fund For Compensation For Oil Pollution Damage	Pre.7	CONSIDERING FURTHER that the economic consequences of oil pollution damage resulting from the escape or discharge of oil carried in bulk at sea by ships should not exclusively be borne by the shipping industry but should in part be borne by the oil cargo interests,
2800	International Convention On The Establishment Of An International Fund For Compensation For Oil Pollution Damage	Pre.8	CONVINCED of the need to elaborate a compensation and indemnification system supplementary to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage with a view to ensuring that full compensation will be available to victims of oil pollution incidents and that the shipowners are at the same time given relief in respect of the additional financial burdens imposed on them by the said Convention,
2800	International Convention On The Establishment Of An International Fund For Compensation For Oil Pollution Damage	Pre.9	TAKING NOTE of the Resolution on the Establishment of an International Compensation Fund for Oil Pollution Damage which was adopted on 29 November 1969 by the International Legal Conference on Marine Pollution Damage,
2800	International Convention On The Establishment Of An International Fund For Compensation For Oil Pollution Damage	Pre.10	HAVE AGREED as follows:
2800	International Convention On The Establishment Of An International Fund For Compensation For Oil Pollution Damage	Sect.1	GENERAL PROVISIONS
2802	Convention For The Prevention Of Marine Pollution By Dumping From Ships And Aircraft	Pre.1	The Contracting Parties
2802	Convention For The Prevention Of Marine Pollution By Dumping From Ships And Aircraft	Pre.2	Recognizing that the marine environment and the living resources which it supports are of vital importance to all nations;
2802	Convention For The Prevention Of Marine Pollution By Dumping From Ships And Aircraft	Pre.3	Mindful that the ecological equilibrium and the legitimate uses of the sea are increasingly threatened by pollution;
2802	Convention For The Prevention Of Marine Pollution By Dumping From Ships And Aircraft	Pre.4	Recognizing that concerted action by Governments at national, regional and global levels is essential to prevent and combat marine pollution;
2802	Convention For The Prevention Of Marine Pollution By Dumping From Ships And Aircraft	Pre.5	Noting that this Pollution has many sources, including dumping from ships and aircraft and discharges through rivers, estuaries, outfalls and pipelines within national jurisdiction, that it is important that states use the best practicable means to prevent such pollution, and that products and processes which will minimize the amount of harmful waste requiring disposal should be developed;
2802	Convention For The Prevention Of Marine Pollution By Dumping From Ships And Aircraft	Pre.6	Being convinced that international action to control the pollution of the sea by the dumping of harmful substances from ships and aircraft can and should be taken without delay, but that this action should not preclude discussion of measures to control other sources of marine pollution as soon as possible;
2802	Convention For The Prevention Of Marine Pollution By Dumping From Ships And Aircraft	Pre.7	Considering that the states bordering the North-East Atlantic have a peculiar responsibility to protect that waters of this region;
2802	Convention For The Prevention Of Marine Pollution By Dumping From Ships And Aircraft	Pre.8	Have agreed as follows:
2806	Agreement Between The Government Of Canada, The Government Of The Republic Of Iceland And The Government Of The Kingdom Of Norway Concerning An International Observer Scheme For Land-Based Whaling Stations In The North Atlantic Area	Pre.1	The Governments of Canada, of the Republic of Iceland and of the Kingdom of Norway (hereinafter referred to as "Participating Governments") being Parties to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling signed in Washington on December 2, 1946", (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"),
2806	Agreement Between The Government Of Canada, The Government Of The Republic Of Iceland And The Government Of The Kingdom Of Norway Concerning An International Observer Scheme For Land-Based Whaling Stations In The North Atlantic Area	Pre.2	Proceeding from their mutual concern for the conservation of whale stocks in the North Atlantic Ocean, for the maintenance of the proper productivity of whaling from land stations and to ensure that the provisions of the Convention are being followed,
2806	Agreement Between The Government Of Canada, The Government Of The Republic Of Iceland And The Government Of The Kingdom Of Norway Concerning An International Observer Scheme For Land-Based Whaling Stations In The North Atlantic Area	Pre.3	Have agreed on the following scheme for International Observers (herein-after referred to as "Observers") at land stations or groups of land stations in the North Atlantic area pursuant to paragraph 1 (c) of the Schedule to the Convention dated January, 1972.
2807	Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction	Pre.1	The States Parties to this Convention,
2807	Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction	Pre.2	Determine to act with a view to achieving effective progress toward general and complete disarmament, including the prohibition and elimination of all types of weapons of mass destruction, and convinced that the prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons and their elimination, through effective measures, will facilitate the achievement of general and complete disarmament under strict and effective control,
2807	Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction	Pre.3	Recognizing the important significance of the Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, signed at Geneva on June 17, 1925, and conscious also of the contribution which the said Protocol has already made and continues to make, to mitigating the horrors of war,
2807	Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction	Pre.4	Reaffirming their adherence to the principles and objectives of that Protocol and calling upon all States to comply strictly with them,
2807	Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction	Pre.5	Recalling that the General Assembly of the United Nations has repeatedly condemned all actions contrary to the principles and objectives of the Geneva Protocol of June 17, 1925,
2807	Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction	Pre.6	Desiring to contribute to the strengthening of confidence between peoples and the general improvement of the international atmosphere,
2807	Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction	Pre.7	Desiring also to contribute to the realization of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
2807	Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction	Pre.8	Convinced of the importance and urgency of eliminating from the arsenals of States, through effective measures, such dangerous weapons of mass destruction as those using chemical or bacteriological (biological) agents,
2807	Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction	Pre.9	Recognizing that an agreement on the prohibition of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons represents a first possible step towards the achievement of agreement on effective measures also for the prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of chemical weapons, and determined to continue negotiations to that end,
2807	Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction	Pre.10	Determined, for the sake of all mankind, to exclude completely the possibility of bacteriological (biological) agents and toxins being used as weapons,
2807	Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction	Pre.11	Convinced that such use would be repugnant to the conscience of mankind and that no effort should be spared to minimize this risk,
2807	Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction	Pre.12	Have agreed as follows:
2808	Convention For The Conservation Of Antarctic Seals	Pre.1	The Contracting Parties
2808	Convention For The Conservation Of Antarctic Seals	Pre.2	RECALLING the Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora, adopted under the Antarctic Treaty signed at Washington on 1 December 1959;
2808	Convention For The Conservation Of Antarctic Seals	Pre.3	RECOGNIZING the general concern about the vulnerability of Antarctic seals to commercial exploitation and the consequent need for effective conservation measures;
2808	Convention For The Conservation Of Antarctic Seals	Pre.4	RECOGNIZING that the stocks of Antarctic seals are an important living resource in the marine environment which requires an international agreement for its effective conservation;
2808	Convention For The Conservation Of Antarctic Seals	Pre.5	RECOGNIZING that this resource should not be depleted by over-exploitation, and hence that any harvesting should be regulated so as not to exceed the levels of the optimum sustainable yield;
2808	Convention For The Conservation Of Antarctic Seals	Pre.6	RECOGNIZING that in order to improve scientific knowledge and so place exploitation on a rational basis, every effort should be made both to encourage biological and other research on Antarctic seal populations and to gain information from such research and from the statistics of future sealing operations, so that further suitable regulations may be formulated;
2808	Convention For The Conservation Of Antarctic Seals	Pre.7	NOTING that the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research of the International Council of Scientific Unions (SCAR) is willing to carry out the tasks requested of it in this Convention;
2808	Convention For The Conservation Of Antarctic Seals	Pre.8	DESIRING to promote and achieve the objectives of protection, scientific study and rational use of Antarctic seals, and to maintain a satisfactory balance with the ecological system,
2808	Convention For The Conservation Of Antarctic Seals	Pre.9	HAVE AGREED as follows:
2812	Convention For The Protection Of The World Cultural And Natural Heritage	Pre.1	THE GENERAL CONFERENCE of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization meeting in Paris from 17 October to 21 November 1972, at its seventeenth session,
2812	Convention For The Protection Of The World Cultural And Natural Heritage	Pre.2	Noting that the cultural heritage and the natural heritage are increasingly threatened with destruction not only by the traditional causes of decay, but also by changing social and economic conditions which aggravate the situation with even more formidable phenomena of damage or destruction,
2812	Convention For The Protection Of The World Cultural And Natural Heritage	Pre.3	Considering that deterioration or disappearance of any item of the cultural or natural heritage constitutes a harmful impoverishment of the heritage of all the nations of the world,
2812	Convention For The Protection Of The World Cultural And Natural Heritage	Pre.4	Considering that protection of this heritage at the national level often remains incomplete because of the scale of the resources which it requires and of the insufficient economic, scientific, and technological resources of the country where the property to be protected is situated,
2812	Convention For The Protection Of The World Cultural And Natural Heritage	Pre.5	Recalling that the Constitution of the Organization provides that it will maintain, increase, and diffuse knowledge, by assuring the conservation and protection of the world's heritage, and recommending to the nations concerned the necessary international conventions,
2812	Convention For The Protection Of The World Cultural And Natural Heritage	Pre.6	Considering that the existing international conventions, recommendations and resolutions concerning cultural and natural property demonstrate the importance, for all the peoples of the world, of safeguarding this unique and irreplaceable property, to whatever people it may belong,
2812	Convention For The Protection Of The World Cultural And Natural Heritage	Pre.7	Considering that parts of the cultural or natural heritage are of outstanding interest and therefore need to be preserved as part of the world heritage of mankind as a whole,
2812	Convention For The Protection Of The World Cultural And Natural Heritage	Pre.8	Considering that, in view of the magnitude and gravity of the new dangers threatening them, it is incumbent on the international community as a whole to participate in the protection of the cultural and natural heritage of outstanding universal value, by the granting of collective assistance which, although not taking the place of action by the State concerned, will serve as an efficient complement thereto,
2812	Convention For The Protection Of The World Cultural And Natural Heritage	Pre.9	Considering that it is essential for this purpose to adopt new provisions in the form of a convention establishing an effective system of collective protection of the cultural and natural heritage of outstanding universal value, organized on a permanent basis and in accordance with modern scientific methods,
2812	Convention For The Protection Of The World Cultural And Natural Heritage	Pre.10	Having decided, at its sixteenth session, that this question should be made the subject of an international convention,
2812	Convention For The Protection Of The World Cultural And Natural Heritage	Pre.11	Adopts this sixteenth day of November 1972 this Convention.
2812	Convention For The Protection Of The World Cultural And Natural Heritage	Sect.1	I. DEFINITION OF THE CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE
2814	Convention On International Trade In Endangered Species Of Wild Fauna And Flora	Pre.1	The Contracting States,
2814	Convention On International Trade In Endangered Species Of Wild Fauna And Flora	Pre.2	Recognizing that wild fauna and flora in their many beautiful and varied forms are an irreplaceable part of the natural systems of the earth which must be protected for this and the generations to come;
2814	Convention On International Trade In Endangered Species Of Wild Fauna And Flora	Pre.3	Conscious of the ever-growing value of wild fauna and flora from aesthetic, scientific, cultural, recreational and economic points of view;
2814	Convention On International Trade In Endangered Species Of Wild Fauna And Flora	Pre.4	Recognizing that peoples and States are and should be the best protectors of their own wild fauna and flora;
2814	Convention On International Trade In Endangered Species Of Wild Fauna And Flora	Pre.5	Recognizing, in addition, that international co-operation is essential for the protection of certain species of wild fauna and flora against over-exploitation through international trade;
2814	Convention On International Trade In Endangered Species Of Wild Fauna And Flora	Pre.6	Convinced of the urgency of taking appropriate measures to this end; Have agreed as follows:
2822	Convention On Fishing And Conservation Of The Living Resources In The Baltic Sea And the Belts	Pre.1	The States Parties to this Convention
2822	Convention On Fishing And Conservation Of The Living Resources In The Baltic Sea And the Belts	Pre.2	- bearing in mind that maximum and stable productivity of the living resources of the Baltic Sea and the Belts is of great importance to the States of the Baltic Sea basin,
2822	Convention On Fishing And Conservation Of The Living Resources In The Baltic Sea And the Belts	Pre.3	- recognizing their joint responsibility for the conservation of the living resources and their rational exploitation,
2822	Convention On Fishing And Conservation Of The Living Resources In The Baltic Sea And the Belts	Pre.4	- being convinced that the conservation of the living resources of the Baltic Sea and the Belts calls for closer and more expanded cooperation in this region,
2822	Convention On Fishing And Conservation Of The Living Resources In The Baltic Sea And the Belts	Pre.5	- noting that the States of the Baltic Sea basin have extended their jurisdiction over the living resources to waters beyond and adjacent to their territorial sea, have agreed as follows:
2827	Agreement On Conservation Of Polar Bears	Pre.1	The Governments of Canada, Denmark, Norway, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America,
2827	Agreement On Conservation Of Polar Bears	Pre.2	Recognizing the special responsibilities and special interests of the States of the Arctic Region in relation to the protection of the fauna and flora of the Arctic Region;
2827	Agreement On Conservation Of Polar Bears	Pre.3	Recognizing that the polar bear is a significant resource of the Arctic Region which requires additional protection;
2827	Agreement On Conservation Of Polar Bears	Pre.4	Having decided that such protection should be achieved through co-ordinated national measures taken by the States of the Arctic Region;
2827	Agreement On Conservation Of Polar Bears	Pre.5	Desiring to take immediate action to bring further conservation and management measures into effect;
2827	Agreement On Conservation Of Polar Bears	Pre.6	Having agreed as follows:
2836	Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme	Pre.1	THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM, CANADA, THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, IRELAND, THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, JAPAN, THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG, THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS, SPAIN, THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN, THE SWISS CONFEDERATION, THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
2836	Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme	Pre.2	DESIRING to promote secure oil supplies on reasonable and equitable terms,
2836	Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme	Pre.3	DETERMINED to take common effective measures to meet oil supply emergencies by developing an emergency self-sufficiency in oil supplies, restraining demand and allocating available oil among their countries on an equitable basis,
2836	Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme	Pre.4	DESIRING to promote co-operative relations with oil producing countries and with other oil consuming countries, including those of the developing world, through a purposeful dialogue, as well as through other forms of co-operation, to further the opportunities for a better understanding between consumer and producer countries,
2836	Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme	Pre.5	MINDFUL of the interests of other oil consuming countries, including those of the developing world,
2836	Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme	Pre.6	DESIRING to play a more active role in relation to the oil industry by establishing a comprehensive international information system and a permanent framework for consultation with oil companies,
2836	Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme	Pre.7	DETERMINED to reduce their dependence on imported oil by undertaking long-term co-operative efforts on conservation of energy, on accelerated development of alternative sources of energy, on research and development in the energy field and on uranium enrichment,
2836	Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme	Pre.8	CONVINCED that these objectives can only be reached through continued co-operative efforts within effective organs,
2836	Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme	Pre.9	EXPRESSING the intention that such organs be created within the framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2836	Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme	Pre.10	RECOGNISING that other Member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development may desire to join in their efforts,
2836	Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme	Pre.11	CONSIDERING the special responsibility of governments for energy supply,
2836	Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme	Pre.12	CONCLUDE that it is necessary to establish an International Energy Program to be implemented through an International Energy Agency, and to that end,
2836	Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme	Pre.13	HAVE AGREED as follows:
2838	Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response	Pre.1	AGREEMENT between
2838	Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response	Pre.2	COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE, FRANCE (hereinafter called "CEA")
2838	Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response	Pre.3	ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE, FRANCE (hereinafter called "EdF")
2838	Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response	Pre.4	GESELLSCHAFT FÜR KERNENERGIEVERWERTUNG IN SCHIFFBAU UND SCHIFFAHRT MBH, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (hereinafter called "GKSS)
2838	Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response	Pre.5	JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, JAPAN (hereinafter called "JAERI")
2838	Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response	Pre.6	UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION, USA (Former UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION hereinafter called "AEC") and
2838	Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response	Pre.7	ATOMENERGIKOMMISSIONEN, DENMARK (hereinafter called "AED")
2838	Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response	Pre.8	MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, FINLAND (hereinafter called "MTI")
2838	Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response	Pre.9	INSTITUTT FOR ATOMENERGI, NORWAY (hereinafter called "AEN") and
2838	Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response	Pre.10	AKTIEBOLAGET ATOMENERGI, SWEDEN (hereinafter called "AES")
2838	Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response	Pre.11	hereinafter jointly called "the contracting parties"
2838	Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response	Pre.12	concerning
2838	Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response	Pre.13	A JOINT PROJECT FOR PLANNING, DESIGN, EXPERIMENT PREPARATION, PERFORMANCE AND REPORTING OF REACTOR SAFETY EXPERIMENTS CONCERNING CONTAINMENT RESPONSE (hereinafter called "the project").
2838	Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response	Art.1	I PREAMBLE
2838	Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response	Art.1.1x	Considering
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2838	Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response	Art.1.1x.cx	-the possibilities offered by the Marviken reactor for such large scale experiments, already demonstrated in an international project concerning full scale containment tests performed during 1972 and 1973
2838	Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response	Art.1.2x	The contracting parties have this day agreed as follows:
2841	Convention For The Protection Of The Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution	Pre.1	The Contracting Parties,
2841	Convention For The Protection Of The Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution	Pre.2	Conscious of the economic, social, health and cultural value of the marine environment of the Mediterranean Sea area,
2841	Convention For The Protection Of The Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution	Pre.3	Fully aware of their responsibility to preserve this common heritage for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations,
2841	Convention For The Protection Of The Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution	Pre.4	Recognizing the threat posed by pollution to the marine environment, its ecological equilibrium, resources and legitimate uses,
2841	Convention For The Protection Of The Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution	Pre.5	Mindful of the special hydrographic and ecological characteristics of the Mediterranean Sea area and its particular vulnerability to pollution,
2841	Convention For The Protection Of The Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution	Pre.6	Noting that existing international conventions on the subject do not cover, in spite of the progress achieved, all aspects and sources of marine pollution and do not entirely meet the special requirements of the Mediterranean Sea area,
2841	Convention For The Protection Of The Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution	Pre.7	Realizing fully the need for close co-operation among the States and international organizations concerned in a co-ordinated and comprehensive regional approach for the protection and enhancement of the marine environment in the Mediterranean Sea area,
2841	Convention For The Protection Of The Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution	Pre.8	Have agreed as follows:
2845	European Convention For The Protection Of Animals Kept For Farming Purposes	Pre.1	The member States of the Council of Europe signatory hereto,
2845	European Convention For The Protection Of Animals Kept For Farming Purposes	Pre.2	Considering that it is desirable to adopt common provisions for the protection of animals kept for farming purposes, particularly in modern intensive stock-farming systems,
2845	European Convention For The Protection Of Animals Kept For Farming Purposes	Pre.3	Have agreed as follows:
2845	European Convention For The Protection Of Animals Kept For Farming Purposes	Chapt.1	Chapter I - General principles
2846	Agreement Regarding Monitoring Of The Stratosphere	Pre.1	The Government of the United States of America, the Government of the Republic of France and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
2846	Agreement Regarding Monitoring Of The Stratosphere	Pre.2	Conscious of concern over the potential impact of man's activities on the earth's stratosphere,
2846	Agreement Regarding Monitoring Of The Stratosphere	Pre.3	Recognising that the accurate assessment and prediction of such impacts will require a better understanding of the upper atmosphere,
2846	Agreement Regarding Monitoring Of The Stratosphere	Pre.4	Aware that it is necessary to expedite the long-term effort required to understand the impact of potential stratospheric modifiers, such as aviation and chemical substances,
2846	Agreement Regarding Monitoring Of The Stratosphere	Pre.5	Believing that an improved capacity to measure and monitor stratospheric species, including ozone, is essential to this understanding,
2846	Agreement Regarding Monitoring Of The Stratosphere	Pre.6	Bearing in mind the diversity of national and international activities already being carried out to assess concentrations of stratospheric species and their significance as well as the new international programmes being considered by the World Meteorological Organisation (hereinafter referred to as the'WMO") and the United Nations Environment Programme (hereinafter referred to as the "UNEP"), and
2846	Agreement Regarding Monitoring Of The Stratosphere	Pre.7	Desiring to foster an acceleration of the worldwide effort to understand better the behaviour of the stratosphere, and the ozone layer in particular, and to demonstrate the feasibility and utility of collaborative international action in this regard,
2846	Agreement Regarding Monitoring Of The Stratosphere	Pre.8	Have agreed as follows:
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.1	Having as a common purpose the strengthening of intergovernmental cooperation in plant quarantine and plant protection in North America in order to prevent the introduction and spread of plant pests and noxious weeds and to foster the preservation of plant resources of North America:
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.2	The parties to this Agreement agree as follows:
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.3.1	1. For the purpose of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.4.1.A	A. "Plant Pest" means any living stage of: any insects, mites, nematodes, slugs, snails, protozoa, or other invertebrate animals, bacteria, fungi, other parasitic plants or reproductive parts thereof, viruses, o any organisms similar to or allied with any of the foregoing, or any infectious substances, which can directly or indirectly injure or cause disease or damage in any plants or parts thereof, or any processed, manufactured, or other products of plants.
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.5.1.B	B. "Living Stage" includes the egg, pupal, and larval stages as well as any other living stage.
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.6.1.C	C. "Noxious Weed" means any living stage, including but not limited to, seeds and reproductive parts, of any parasitic or other plant of a kind, or subdivision of a kind, which is of foreign origin, is new to or not widely prevalent in the United States, Canada, or Mexico, and can directly or indirectly injure crops, other useful plants, livestock, or poultry or other interests of agriculture, including irrigation, or navigation or the fish and wildlife resources of the United States, Canada or Mexico or the public health.
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.7.2	2. The Parties to this Agreement shall cooperate in preventing the introduction and spread of plant pests in North America by:
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.8.2.A	A. Keeping under constant review new records and outbreaks of plant pests:
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.9.2.B	B. Monitoring the movement and spread of established plants pests of concern to the parties of this Agreement:
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.10.2.C	C. Reviewing progress in detection, eradication and control of plant pests of crops of major importance in North America:
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.11.2.D	D. Reviewing plant quarantine measures adopted by participating governments and proposing revisions to existing plant quarantine measures and establishment of new measures moving toward uniform plant quarantine regulations:
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.12.2.E	E. Examining and studying problems in plant quarantine and closely related fields:
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.13.2.F	F. Keeping parties informed of plant quarantine and protection matters of mutual concern:
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.14.2.G	G. Promoting arrangements for the training or technical personnel in the fields of plant quarantine and plant protection:
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.15.2.H	H. Exchanging research and development information relating to plant pests and their control:
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.16.2.I	I. Adopting compatible phytosanitary certificates patterned after the model certificate as proposed by the International Plant Protection Convention:
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.17.2.J	J. Jointly participating in programs of research and methods development relating to plant protection and quarantine: and
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.18.2.K	K. Taking such other actions as are mutually agreed upon.
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.19.3	3. To facilitate consultation regarding the cooperation regarding the cooperation contemplated in this Agreement representative of the agencies specified in paragraph 3 of this Agreement will meet annually at a North American Plant Protection Agreement (NAPPA) Workshop. The propose of such Workshops is to permit exchange of information relating to the implementation of this Agreement and to provide a forum for the discussion of particular problems which may arise in this field.
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.20.4	4. The agencies with principal responsibility in the implementation of this Agreement designated by the parties to this Agreement respectively shall be:
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.21.4.A	A. for the United States- the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.22.4.B	B. for Canada- the Canada Department of Agriculture, Plant Quarantine Division: and
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.23.4.C	C. for Mexico- Secretaria de Agricultura y Ganaderia de Mexico, Direccion General de Sanidad Vegetad:
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.24.5	5. This Agreement may be amended at any time by agreement of the parties.
2852	North American Plant Protection Convention	Pre.25.6	6. This Agreement shall enter into force upon date of signature and shall continue in force indefinitely but may be discontinued at the request of any of the parties. Request for termination shall be submitted in writing to the other parties at least thirty (30) days prior to the desired effective date of termination.
2856	Supplementary Agreement To The Agreement Concerning the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine Against Pollution	Art.1	Article 1 [ED: Added Article name]
2856	Supplementary Agreement To The Agreement Concerning the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine Against Pollution	Art.1.1	The European Economic Community shall become a Contracting Party to the Agreement concerning the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine against Pollution and the Protocol of signature attached thereto (hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement" signed in Berne on 29 April 1963, from the date of the entry into force of this Additional Agreement. (Article i)."
2857	Convention On The Protection Of The Rhine Against Pollution By Chlorides	Pre.1	The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, The Government of the French Republic, The Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Government of the Swiss Confederation,
2857	Convention On The Protection Of The Rhine Against Pollution By Chlorides	Pre.2	Referring to the Agreement of April 29, 1963 concerning the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine against Pollution,
2857	Convention On The Protection Of The Rhine Against Pollution By Chlorides	Pre.3	Considering the present amount of chloride ions in the Rhine,
2857	Convention On The Protection Of The Rhine Against Pollution By Chlorides	Pre.4	Aware of the damage that could result therefrom,
2857	Convention On The Protection Of The Rhine Against Pollution By Chlorides	Pre.5	Referring to the findings and results of the Conference of Ministers on the Pollution of the Rhine, which took place at The Hague on October 25-26, 1972, during the course of which the desire was expressed to improve progressively the quality of the waters of the Rhine so that at the German-Netherlands border the chloride ion content will not be greater than 200 mg/l,
2857	Convention On The Protection Of The Rhine Against Pollution By Chlorides	Pre.6	Have agreed on the following:
2858	Convention For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Chemical Pollution	Pre.1	The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Government of the French Republic, the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Government of the Swiss Confederation, and the European Economic Community,
2858	Convention For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Chemical Pollution	Pre.2	Having regard to the Agreement of 29 April 1963 and the Additional Agreement of 3 December 1976 Concerning the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine against Pollution,
2858	Convention For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Chemical Pollution	Pre.3	Whereas chemical pollution of the Rhine threatens for certain uses of the waters of the Rhine;
2858	Convention For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Chemical Pollution	Pre.4	Aware of the dangers that may result therefrom from certain uses of the waters of the Rhine;
2858	Convention For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Chemical Pollution	Pre.5	Desirous of improving the quality of Rhine water for these uses;
2858	Convention For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Chemical Pollution	Pre.6	Whereas the Rhine is used for other purposes such as navigation and as the receiving medium for waste waters;
2858	Convention For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Chemical Pollution	Pre.7	Convinced that international action for the protection of the Rhine against chemical pollution must be assessed in conjunction with other efforts to protect the Rhine, particularly efforts to conclude agreements against pollution by chlorides and thermal pollution, and that such action is one of the continuous and coherent measures to protect fresh water and sea water from pollution;
2858	Convention For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Chemical Pollution	Pre.8	Whereas the European Economic Community has taken measures to protect the aquatic environment particularly within the framework of the Council Directive of 4 May 1976 on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community;
2858	Convention For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Chemical Pollution	Pre.9	Having regard to the results of the Ministerial Conferences of 25 and 26 October 1972 in the Hague, 4 and 5 December 1973 and 1 April 1976 in Paris on the Protection of the Rhine against Pollution,
2858	Convention For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Chemical Pollution	Pre.10	Have agreed as follows:
2883	Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation	Pre.1	The Republics of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela,
2883	Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation	Pre.2	CONSCIOUS of the importance to each one of the Parties of their respective Amazonian regions as an integral part of their respective territories,
2883	Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation	Pre.3	INSPIRED by the common aim of pooling the efforts being made, both within their respective territories as well as among them-selves, to promote the harmonious development of the Amazon region, to permit an equitable distribution of the benefits of said development among the Contracting Parties so as to raise the standard of living of their peoples and so as to achieve total incorporation of their Amazonian territories into their respective national economies,
2883	Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation	Pre.4	CONSCIOUS of the usefulness of sharing national experiences in matters pertaining to the promotion of regional development,
2883	Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation	Pre.5	CONSIDERING that, so as to achieve overall development of their respective Amazonian territories, it is necessary to maintain a balance between economic growth and conservation of the environment,
2883	Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation	Pre.6	CONSCIOUS that both socio-economic development as well as conservation of the environment are responsibilities inherent in the sovereignty of each State, and that cooperation among the Contracting Parties shall facilitate fulfillment of these responsibilities, by continuing and expanding the joint efforts being made for the ecological conservation of the Amazon region,
2883	Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation	Pre.7	CONFIDENT that cooperation among the Latin American nations on specific matters which they have in common shall contribute to progress on the road towards the integration and solidarity of all Latin America,
2883	Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation	Pre.8	CONVINCED that this Treaty represents the beginning of a process of cooperation which shall benefit their respective countries and the Amazon region as a whole,
2883	Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation	Pre.9	RESOLVE to sign the following Treaty:
2883	Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation	Art.5	ARTICLE V
2883	Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation	Art.5.1x	Taking account of the importance and multiplicity of the functions which the Amazonian rivers have in the process of economic and social development of the region, the Contracting Parties shall make efforts aimed at achieving rational utilization of the hydro resources.
2883	Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation	Art.7	ARTICLE VII
2883	Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation	Art.7.1x	Taking into account the need for the exploitation of the flora and fauna of the Amazon region to be rationally planned so as to maintain the ecological balance within the region and preserve the species, the Contracting Parties decide to:
2883	Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation	Art.7.1x.a	a. Promote scientific research and exchange information and technical personnel among the competent agencies within the respective countries so as to increase their knowledge of the flora and fauna of their Amazon territories and prevent and control diseases in said territories.
2883	Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation	Art.7.1x.b	b. Establish a regular system for the proper exchange of information on the conservationist measures adopted or to be adopted by each State in its Amazonian territories; these shall be the subject of an annual report to be presented by each country.
2883	Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation	Art.12	ARTICLE XII
2883	Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation	Art.12.1x	The Contracting Parties recognize the benefit to be derived by developing, under equitable and mutually beneficial conditions, retail trade of products for local consumption among the respective Amazonian border populations, by means of suitable bilateral or multilateral agreements.
2884	International Convention On Standards Of Training, Certification And Watchkeeping For Seafarers	Pre.1	THE PARTIES TO THIS CONVENTION,
2884	International Convention On Standards Of Training, Certification And Watchkeeping For Seafarers	Pre.2	DESIRING to promote safety of life and property at sea and the protection of the marine environment by establishing in common agreement international standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers,
2884	International Convention On Standards Of Training, Certification And Watchkeeping For Seafarers	Pre.3	CONSIDERING that this end may best be achieved by the conclusion of an International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers,
2884	International Convention On Standards Of Training, Certification And Watchkeeping For Seafarers	Pre.4	HAVE AGREED as follows:
2888	Convention On Future Multilateral Cooperation In The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries	Pre.1	The CONTRACTING PARTIES,