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H. Agreement between the food and agriculture organization of the United Nations and the United Nations industrial development organization

Article 1

Cooperation and consultation

1. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (hereinafter referred to as FAO) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (hereinafter referred to as UNIDO) agree that, with a view to facilitating the effective attainment of the objectives set forth in their respective constitutional instruments, within the general framework established by the Charter of the United Nations, they will recognize their respective spheres of competence. They will act in close cooperation with each other and will consult each other regularly on matters of common interest.
Article 2

Reciprocal representation

1. Representatives of FAO shall be invited to attend the General Conference of UNIDO and to participate without vote in the deliberations of that body and, where appropriate, of its subsidiary organs, on matters of particular concern to FAO.
Article 3

Proposal of agenda items

After such preliminary consultations as may be necessary, FAO may include in the provisional agenda of its Conference or Council items proposed by UNIDO. Similarily, UNIDO may include in the provisional agenda of its General Conference or Industrial Development Board, items proposed by FAO.

Article 4

Exchange of information and documents

Subject to such arrangements as may be necessary to safeguard the confidentiality of any information or document, the Secretariat of FAO and the Secretariat of UNIDO shall provide each other with such data, documents and information as may be necessary or relevant to their work and shall keep each other fully informed of projected activities or programmes of work which may be of common interest.

Article 5

Cooperation between secretariats

The Secretariat of FAO and the Secretariat of UNIDO shall maintain a close working relationship in accordance with such arrangements as may be mutually agreed upon from time to time by the Directors-General of FAO and UNIDO.

Article 6

Statistical services

FAO and UNIDO agree to keep each other informed of their statistical work and to consult each other on statistical projects or programmes of common interest.

Article 7

Personnel arrangements

FAO and UNIDO agree that the measures to be taken by them, within the framework of any general arrangements for cooperation relating to personnel matters which may be made by the United Nations, will include: personnel;

(a) Measures to avoid competition in the recruitment of their
Article 8

Financing of special services

If compliance with a request for assistance made by either Organization to the other would involve substantial expenditure for the Organization complying with the request, consultations shall take place with a view to determining the most appropriate manner of meeting such expenditure.

Article 9

Implementation of the agreement

The Directors-General of FAO and UNIDO may enter into such arrangements for the implementation of this Agreement as may be found desirable in the light of the operating experience of the two Organizations.

Article 10

Notification to the United Nations and filing and recording

In accordance with their respective agreements with the United Nations, FAO and UNIDO will inform the United Nations of the terms of the present Agreement. Upon its entry into force in accordance with Article 12, it will be communicated to the Secretary-General of the United Nations for filing and recording.

Article 11

Amendment and termination

1. The provisions of this Agreement shall be reviewed at the request of either FAO or UNIDO and may be amended by mutual agreement. Any such amendment shall enter into force upon fulfilment of the necessary internal procedures by both Organizations.
Article 12

Entry into force

This Agreement shall enter into force upon having been approved by the Industrial Development Board of UNIDO and by the FAO Council, confirmed by the FAO Conference and signed by the Directors-General of UNIDO and FAO.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization have affixed their signatures to two authentic texts of this Agreement each in English and French, the English and French versions being equally authoritative.

Done at ...... on ...... 19 ........

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Director-General
Food and Agriculture
Organization of the
United Nations
Protocol regarding the Entry into Force of the Agreement between the Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.

In accordance with the provisions of its Article 12, the Agreement between FAO and UNIDO entered into force on after having been approved by the Council of FAO and by the Industrial Development Board of UNIDO on ..... and confirmed by the FAO Conference and after having been signed on ..... by the Directors-General of FAO and UNIDO, respectively.

SIGNED at ........ on ....... 19 ....... in two copies, each in English and French, both language versions being equally authentic.

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Director-General
Food and Agriculture
Organization of the
United Nations

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Director-General
United Nations Industrial
Development Organization
 

I. Convention on early notification of a nuclear accident

Annex to appendix I

THE STATES PARTIES TO THIS CONVENTION,

AWARE that nuclear activities are being carried out in a number of States,

NOTING that comprehensive measures have been and are being taken to ensure a high level of safety in nuclear activities, aimed at preventing nuclear accidents and minimizing the consequences of any such accident, should it occur,

DESIRING to strengthen further international co-operation in the safe development and use of nuclear energy,

CONVINCED of the need for States to provide relevant information about nuclear accidents as early as possible in order that transboundary radiological consequences can be minimized,

NOTING the usefulness of bilateral and multilateral arrangements on information exchange in this area,

HAVE AGREED as follows:

Article I

Scope of application

1. This Convention shall apply in the event of any accident involving facilities or activities of a State Party or of persons or legal entities under its jurisdiction or control, referred to in paragraph 2 below, from which a release of radioactive material occurs or is likely to occur and which has resulted or may result in an international transboundary release that could be of radiological safety significance for another State.

2. The facilities and activities referred to in paragraph 1 are the following:

(a) any nuclear reactor wherever located;

(b) any nuclear fuel cycle facility;

(c) any radioactive waste management facility;

(d) the transport and storage of nuclear fuels or radioactive wastes;

(e) the manufacture, use, storage, disposal and transport of radioisotopes for agricultural, industrial, medical and related scientific and research purposes; and

(f) the use of radioisotopes for power generation in space objects.
 

Article 2

Notification and information

In the event of an accident specified in article 1 (hereinafter referred to as a "nuclear accident"), the State Party referred to in that article shall:

(a) forthwith notify, directly or through the International Atomic Energy Agency (hereinafter referred to as the "Agency'), those States which are or may be physically affected as specified in article 1 and the Agency of the nuclear accident, its nature, the time of its occurrence and its exact location where appropriate; and

(b) promptly provide the States referred to in sub-paragraph (a), directly or through the Agency, and the Agency with such available information relevant to minimizing the radiological consequences in those States, as specified in article 5.
 

Article 3

Other Nuclear Accidents

With a view to minimizing the radiological consequences, States Parties may notify in the event of nuclear accidents other than those specified in article 1.

Article 4

Functions of the Agency

The Agency shall:

(a) forthwith inform States Parties, Member States, other States which are or may be physically affected as specified in article 1 and relevant international intergovernmental organizations (hereinafter referred to as "international organizations") of a notification received purusant to sub-paragraph (a) of article 2; and

(b) promptly provide any State Party, Member State or relevant international organization, upon request, with the information received pursuant to sub-paragraph (b) of article 2.
 

Article 5

Information to be provided

1. The information to be provided pursuant to sub-paragraph (b) of article 2 shall comprise the following data as then available to the notifying State Party:  
(a) the time, exact location where appropriate, and the nature of the nuclear accident;

(b) the facility or activity involved;

(c) the assumed or established cause and the foreseeable development of the nuclear accident relevant to the transboundary release of the radioactive materials;

(d) the general characteristics of the radioactive release, including, as far as is practicable and appropriate, the nature, probable physical and chemical form and the quantity, composition and effective height of the radioactive release;

(e) information on current and forecast meteorological and hydrological conditions, necessary for forecasting the transboundary release of the radioactive materials;

(f) the results of environmental monitoring relevant to the transboundary release of the radioactive materials;

(g) the off-site protective measures taken or planned;

(h) the predicted behaviour over time of the radoactive release.
 

2. Such information shall be supplemented at appropriate intervals by further relevant information on the development of the emergency situation, including its foreseeable or actual termination.

3. Information received pursuant to sub-paragraph (b) of article 2 may be used without restriction, except when such information is provided in confidence by the notifying State Party.
 

Article 6

Consultations

A State Party providing information pursuant to sub-paragraph (b) of article 2 shall, as far as is reasonably practicable, respond promptly to a request for further information or consultations sought by an affected State Party with a view to minimizing the radiological consequences in that State.

Article 7

Competent authorities and points of contact

1. Each State Party shall make known to the Agency and to other States Parties, directly or through the Agency, its competent authorities and point of contact responsible for issuing and receiving the notification and information referred to in article 2. Such points of contact and a focal point within the Agency shall be available continuously.

2. Each State Party shall promptly inform the Agency of any changes that may occur in the information referred to in paragraph 1.

3. The Agency shall maintain an up-to-date list of such national authorities and points of contact as well as points of contact of relevant international organizations and shall provide it to States Parties and Member States and to relevant international organizations.
 

Article 8

Assistance to States Parties

The Agency shall, in accordance with its Statute and upon a request of a State Party which does not have nuclear activities itself and borders on a State having an active nuclear programme but not Party, conduct investigations into the feasibility and establishment of an appropriate radiation monitoring system in order to facilitate the achievement of the objectives of this Convention.

Article 9

Bilateral and multilateral arrangements

In furtherance of their mutual interests, States Parties may consider, where deemed appropriate, the conclusion of bilateral or multilateral arrangements relating to the subject matter of this Convention.

Article 10

Relationship to other international agreements

This Convention shall not affect the reciprocal rights and obligations of States Parties under existing international agreements which relate to the matters covered by this Convention, or under future international agreements concluded in accordance with the object and purpose of this Convention.

Article 11

Settlement of disputes

1. In the event of a dispute between States Parties, or between a State Party and the Agency, concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention, the parties to the dispute shall consult with a view to the - settlement of the dispute by negotiation or by any other peaceful means of settling disputes acceptable to them.

2. If a dispute of this character between States Parties cannot be settled within one year from the request for consultation pursuant to paragraph 1, it shall, at the request of any party to such dispute, be submitted to arbitration or referred to the International Court of Justice for decision. Where a dispute is submitted to arbitration, if, within six months from the date of the request, the parties to the dispute are unable to agree on the organization of the arbitration, a party may request the President of the International Court of Justice or the Secretary-General of the United Nations to appoint one or more arbitrators. In cases of conflicting requests by the parties to the dispute, the request to the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall have priority.

3. When signing, ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to this Convention, a State may declare that it does not consider itself bound by either or both of the dispute settlement procedures provided for in paragraph 2. The other States Parties shall not be bound by a dispute settlement procedure provided for in paragraph 2 with respect to a State Party for which such a declaration is in force.

4. A State Party which has made a declaration in accordance with paragraph 3 may at any time withdraw it by notification to the depositary.
 

Article 12

Entry into force

1. This Convention shall be open for signature by all States and Namibia, represented by the United Nations Council for Namibia, at the Headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna and at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York, from 26 September 1986 and 6 October 1986 respectively, until its entry into force or for twelve months, whichever period is longer.

2. A State and Namibia, represented by the United Nations Council for Namibia, may express its consent to be bound by this Convention either by signature, or by deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval following signature made subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, or by deposit of an instrument of accession. The instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited with the depositary.

3. This Convention shall enter into force thirty days after consent to be bound has been expressed by three States.

4. For each State expressing consent to be bound by this Convention after its entry into force, this Convention shall enter into force for that State thirty days after the date of expression of consent.
 
5.

(a) This Convention shall be open for accession, as provided for in this article, by international organizations and regional integration organizations constituted by sovereign States, which have competence in respect of the negotiation, conclusion and application of international agreements in matters covered by this Convention. 

(b) In matters within their competenece such organizations shall, on their own behalf, exercise the rights and fulfil the obligations which this Convention attributes to States Parties.

(c) When depositing its instrument of accession, such an organization shall communicate to the depositary a declaration indicating the extent of its competence in respect of matters covered by this Convention.

(d) Such an organization shall not hold any vote additional to those of its Member States.
 

Article 13

Provisional application

A State may, upon signature or at any later date before this Convention enters into force for it, declare that it will apply this Convention provisionally.

Article 14

Amendments

1. A State Party may propose amendments to this Convention. The proposed amendment shall be submitted to the depositary who shall circulate it immediately to all other States Parties.

2. If a majority of the States Parties request the depositary to convene a conference to consider the proposed amendments, the depositary shall invite all States Parties to attend such a conference to begin not sooner than thirty days after the invitations are issued. Any amendment adopted at the conference by a two-thirds majority of all States Parties shall be laid down in a protocol which is open to signature in Vienna and New York by all States Parties.

3. The protocol shall enter into force thirty days after consent to be bound has been expressed by three States. For each expressing consent to be bound by the protocol after its entry into force, the protocol shall enter into force for that State thirty days after the date of expression of consent.
 

Article 15

Denunciation

1. A State Party may denounce this Convention by written notification to the depositary.

2. Denunciation shall take effect one year following the date on which the notification is received by the depositary.
 

Article 16

Depositary

1. The Director General of the Agency shall be the depositary of this Convention.

2. The Director General of the Agency shall promptly notify States Parties and all other States of:

(a) each signature of this Convention or any protocol of amendment;

(b) each deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession concerning this Convention or any protocol of amendment;

(c) any declaration or withdrawal thereof in accordance with article 11;

(d) any declaration of provisional application of this Convention in accordance with article 13;

(e) the entry into force of this Convention and of any amendment thereto; and

(f) any denunciation made under article 15.
 

Article 17

Authentic texts and certified copies

The original of this Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency who shall send copies to States Parties and all other States.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized, have signed this Convention, open for signature as provided for in paragraph I of article 12.

ADOPTED by the General. Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency meeting in special session at Vienna on the twenty-sixth day of September one thousand nine hundred and eighty-six.

Annex to appendix I

Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident

List of signature, ratification, acceptance, approval or accession by States or Organizations
 
State/Organization
Date of Signature
Means and date of expression of consent to be bound
Entry into Force
Afghanistan* 26 Sep 1986    
Algeria* 24 Sep 1987    
Australia* 26 Sep 1986 ratification 
deposited: 22 Sep 87
23 Oct 1987
Austria 26 Sep 1986 ratification  
    deposited: 18 Feb 88 20 Mar 1988
Bangladesh   accession  
    deposited: 7 Jan 88 7 Feb 1988
Belgium 26 Sep 1986    
Brazil 26 Sep 1986    
Bulgaria* 26 Sep 1986 ratification*  
    deposited: 24 Feb 88 26 Mar 1988
    ratification*  
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic* 26 Sep 1986 deposited: 25 Jan 87 26 Feb 1987
Cameroon 25 Sep 1987    
Canada* 26 Sep 1986    
Chile 26 Sep 1986    
China* 26 Sep 1986 ratification*  
    deposited: 10 Sep 87 11 Oct 1987
Costa Rica 26 Sep 1986    
Côte d'Ivoire 26 Sep 1986    
Cuba* 26 Sep 1986    
Cyprus   accession  
    deposited: 4 Jan 89 4 Feb 1989
Czechoslovakia* 26 Sep 1986 signature, 26 Sep 85 27 Oct 1986
       
Democratic People's Republic of Korea*  29 Sep 1986    
Denmark 26 Sep 1986 signature, 26 Sep 85 27 Oct 1986
Egypt 26 Sep 1986 ratification*  
    deposited: 5 July 88 6 Aug 1988
Finland 26 Sep 1986 deposit of approval on 11 Dec 86 11 Jan 1987
       
France* 26 Sep 1986 deposit of approval* 6 Apr 1989
    on 6 Mar 89  
German Democratic Republic* 26 Sep 1986 ratification*  
    deposited: 29 Apr 87 30 May 1987
Germany, Federal Republic of* 26 Sep 1986    
Greece* 26 Sep 1986    
Guatemala 26 Sep 1986 ratification  
    deposited: 8 Aug 88 8 Sep 1988
Holy See 26 Sep 1986    
Hungary* 26 Sep 1986 ratification*  
    deposited: 10 Mar 87 10 Apr 1987
Iceland 26 Sep 1986    
India* 29 Sep 1986 ratification*  
    deposited: 28 Jan 88 28 Feb 1988
Indonesia* 26 Sep 1986    
Iran, Islamic Republic of 26 Sep 1986    
Iraq* 12 Aug 1987 ratification*  
    deposited: 21 Jul 88 21 Aug 1988
Ireland* 26 Sep 1986    
Israel 26 Sep 1986 ratification*  
    deposited: 25 May 89 25 Jun 1989
Italy* 26 Sep 1986    
Japan 6 Mar 1987 acceptance  
    deposited: 9 Jun. 87 10 Jul 1987
Jordan 2 Oct 1986 ratification  
    deposited: 11 Dec 87 11 Jan 1988
Lebanon 26 Sep 1986    
Liechtenstein 26 Sep 1986    
Luxembourg 29 Sep 1986    
Malaysia* 1 Sep 1987 signature, 1 Sep 87 2 Oct 1987
Mali 2 Oct 1986    
Mexico 26 Sep 1986 ratification  
    deposited: 10 May 88 10 Jun 1988
Monaco 26 Sep 1986 approval*  
    deposited: 19 Jul 89 19 Aug 1989
Mongolia* 8 Jan 1987 ratification*  
    deposited: 11 Jun 87 12 Jul 1987,
Morocco 26 Sep 1986    
Netherlands* 26 Sep 1986    
New Zealand   accession  
    deposited: 11 Mar 89 11 Apr 1987
Niger 26 Sep 1986    
Nigeria 21 Jan 1987    
Norway 26 Sep 1986 signature, 26 Sep 86 27 Oct 1986
Panama 26 Sep 1986    
Paraguay 2 Oct 1986    
Poland* 26 Sep 1986 ratification*  
    deposited: 24 Mar 88 24 Apr 1988
Portugal 26 Sep 1986    
Senegal 15 Jun 1987    
Sierra Leone 25 Mar 1987    
South Africa 10 Aug 1987 ratification*  
    deposited: 10 Aug 87 10 Sep 1987
Spain 26 Sep 1986    
Sudan 26 Sep 1986    
Sweden 26 Sep 1986 ratification  
    deposited: 27 Feb 87 30 Mar 1987
Switzerland 26 Sep 1986 ratification  
    deposited: 31 May 88 1 Jul 1988
Syrian Arab Republic 1 Jul 1987    
Thailand* 25 Sep 1987 ratification*  
    deposited: 21 Mar 89 21 Apr 1989
Tunisia 24 Feb 1987 ratification  
    deposited: 24 Feb 89 27 Mar 1989
Turkey* 26 Sep 1986    
Ukrainian Soviet   ratification*  
Socialist Republic* 26 Sep 1986 deposited: 26 Jan 87  26 Feb 1987
Union of Soviet   ratification*  
Socialist Republics * 26 Sep 1986 deposited: 23 Dec 86 24 Jan 1987
United Arab Emirates   accession*  
    deposited: 2 Oct 87 2 Nov 1987
United Kingdom of Great Britain and      
Northern Ireland* 26 Sep 1986    
United States of America* 26 Sep 1986 ratification*  
    deposited: 19 Sep 88 20 Oct 1988
Viet Nam, Soc.Rep.of   accession*  
    deposited: 29 Sep 87 30 Oct 1987
Yugoslavia 27 May 1987 ratification  
    deposited: 8 Feb 89 11 Mar 1989
Zaire 30 Sep 1986    
Zimbabwe 26 Sep 1986    
World Health      
Organization   accession*  
    deposited: 10 Aug 88 10 Sep 1988
*indicates that a reservation/declaration was deposited upon or following signature/ratification

Note: The Convention entered into force on 27 October 1986, i.e. thirty days after the date on which the third State expressed their consent to be bound, pursuant to Article 12, para 3.

J.Goodman/jg/(1265)/34401
19 July 1989
Status: 72 signatories,
39 parties


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