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Art.19 |
ARTICLE XIX |
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Art.19.1 |
1. The States specified in Annex I may become parties to this Agreement by: |
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Art.19.1.a |
(a) signature of this Agreement followed by the deposit of an instrument of ratification; or |
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Art.19.1.b |
(b) deposit of an instrument of accession. |
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Art.19.2 |
2. This Agreement shall be open for signature by the States specified in Annex I in Rabat, on the 18th of February 1993 and thereafter at the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome. |
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Art.19.3 |
3. Instruments of ratification or accession shall be deposited with the Director-General of FAO who shall be the Depositary of this Agreement. |
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Art.19.4 |
4. This Agreement shall enter into force, with respect to all States that have ratified it or acceded to it, on the date when instruments of ratification or accession have been deposited by the Governments of at least ten of the States specified in Annex I. Any other State specified in Annex I shall become a party to this Agreement on the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification or accession. |
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Art.19.5 |
5. At any time after the entry into force of this Agreement, any State which is not specified in Annex I may notify the Director- General of FAO of its desire to become a Member of the Organization. The notification shall be accompanied by an instrument of accession, whereby the State consents to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement as from the date of its admission. The Director-General of FAO shall transmit copies of the said notification and instrument to the Governing Council, through the Executive Director of the Near East Plant Protection Organization. If, by a two-thirds majority of the votes cast, the Governing Council decides to admit the State, the latter's accession shall take effect on the date of that decision, which shall promptly be notified to the Director-General of FAO. |
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Art.19.6 |
6. Ratification of this Agreement, or accession thereto, may not be made subject to any reservation. |
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Art.21 |
ARTICLE XXI |
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Art.21.1 |
1. At any time after the expiration of four years from the date when it became a party to this Agreement any Member State may give notice of its withdrawal from the Organization to the Director-General of FAO. Such withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date when notice thereof was given or at any later date specified in the notice. The financial obligations of the Member State shall include the entire year in which the withdrawal takes effect. |
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Art.21.2 |
2. Where withdrawal by a Member State results in there being less than ten Member States, the Governing Council shall proceed to the liquidation of the Organization and notify the Depositary accordingly. |
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Art.21.3 |
3. For the purpose of the aforesaid liquidation, the Governing Council shall order the transfer to the host State of the land that it might have provided and of buildings and fixtures thereon, the return to the respective donors of any unused balance of donated funds, and the sale of any remaining assets. The proceeds of the sale and any other funds of the Organization shall, after all obligations, including liquidation costs, have been met, be distributed among the States that were members of the Organization at the time when notice was given of the withdrawal referred to in paragraph 2, in proportion to the contributions that they had made, in accordance with Article XVI.2 for the year during which the said notice was given. |
