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Researcher: 
E.Peev
Data entry notes: 
At its 9th Session held in Nairobi, Kenya, on 29 January 2016, the Council of Ministers of the LVFO adopted amendments to the Convention with a view to, inter alia, opening membership to all Partner States of the East African Community, and extending the competence of the LVFO to the fisheries and aquaculture resources of the East African Community water bodies. The amendments entered into force thirty days after their adoption, that is, on 28 February 2016 and the Republic of Burundi officially acceded to the convention on 4th October 2017. -- https://lvfo.org/
Treaty Name and Text
Agreement Name: 
Amendments to the Convention for the Establishment of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization
Alternative Treaty Name: 
Amendments related to the East African Community to the Convention for the Establishment of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization
Signature/Entry into Force/Termination
Date IEA was signed: 
2016-01-29
Signature Year: 
2016
Place IEA was signed: 
Nairobi, Kenya
Date IEA entered into force: 
2016-02-28
Treaty Type
Membership eligibility (multilateral, bilateral, etc): 
Agreement Type Level 3: 
E (environment) Code (agreement is environmental or not): 
Environmental
Source for E (environmental) code: 
Title
Text used for E (environmental) coding: 
Amendments To The Convention For The Establishment Of The Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization
Words used to code as Environmental: 
fish/lake/organization
Lineage
Lineage: 
Lake Victoria Fisheries
Sequence in lineage: 
100.020
Secretariat and auspices
Legacy
Hidden fields
Version: 
2020.10
Inclusion Auto-Generated: 
MEA - Multilateral Environmental Agreements