TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 16-222

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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION

Agreement Between the

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

and the REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Extending the Agreement of

July 2, 1999, as Extended

Effected by Exchange of Notes at 

Washington February 1 and 22, 2016
 NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

 Pursuant to Public Law 89—497, approved July 8, 1966

(80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)—

“. . .the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued

under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent

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international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, 

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jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the

United States, and of the several States, without any further proof

or authentication thereof.”
 REPUBLIC OF KOREA

 Scientific and Technological Cooperation

 Agreement extending the agreement of 

 July 2, 1999, as extended.

 Effected by exchange of notes at Washington

 February 1 and 22, 2016;

 Entered into force February 22, 2016;

 Effective from July 2, 2014.

 
KAM /20160054 

EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 

The Embassy of the Rep ubi ic of Korea presents its compliments to the Department 

of State of the United States of America and, with reference to the Agreement Relating to 

Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Korea 

and the Government of the United States of America, signed on July 2, 1999 as extended, 

has the honor to propose on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Korea that, 

pursuant to Article XI. 2 thereof, the said Agreement be extended for five years with effect 

from July 2, 2014. 

If the above proposal is acceptable to the Government of the United States of 

America, the Embassy proposes that this Note and the Department's Note in reply shall 

constitute an agreement between the two Governments to extend the aforesaid Agreement 

for an additional five-year period, which shall enter into force on the date of the 

Department's Note in reply and shall supersede the Agreement to Extend the Agreement 

Relating to Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the Government of the Republic 

of Korea and the Government of the United States of America of July 31, 2015. 

The Embassy of the Republic of Korea avails itself of this opportunity to renew to 

the Department of State of the United States of America the assurances of its highest 

consideration. 

Washington D.C. 

February I, 2016 
The Department of State of the United States of America presents its 

compliments to the Embassy of the Republic of Korea and has the honor to 

acknowledge receipt of the Embassy's Note KAM I 20160054 dated February 1, 

2016, concerning the proposed extension of the Agreement Relating to Scientific 

and Technical Cooperation between the Government of the United States of 

America and the Government of the Republic ofKorea, signed on July 2, 1999, as 

extended, which reads, in part, as follows: 

The Embassy of the Republic of Korea presents its compliments to the 

Department of State of the United States of America and, with reference to 

the Agreement Relating to Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the 

Government of the Republic of Korea and the Government of the United 

States of America, signed on July 2, 1999 as extended, has the honor to 

propose on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Korea that, pursuant 

to Article XI.2 thereof, the said Agreement be extended for five years with 

effect from July 2, 20 14. 

If the above proposal is acceptable to the Government of the United 

States of America, the Embassy proposes that this Note and the 

Department's Note in reply shall constitute an agreement between the two 

Governments to extend the aforesaid Agreement for an additional five-year 

period, which shall enter into force on the date of the Department's Note in 

reply and shall supersede the Agreement to extend the Agreement Relating 

to Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the Government of the 

DIPLOMATIC NOTE 
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Republic of Korea and the Government of the United States of America of 

July 31, 2015. 

The Department of State has the honor to inform the Embassy that the 

Government of the United States of America accepts the proposal set forth above. 

The Embassy's Note and this Note in reply shall constitute an agreement between 

the two Governments to extend the Agreement Relating to Scientific and Technical 

Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the 

Government of the Republic of Korea for an additional five-year period from 

July 2, 2014, which shall enter into force on the date of this Note and shall 

supersede the Agreement to Extend the Agreement Relating to Scientific and 

Technical Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the 

Government of the United States of America of July 31, 2015. 

Department of State, 

Washington, February 22, 2016.