TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 03-205 

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DEFENSE 

Assistance 

 Agreement between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and TOGO 

Effected by Exchange of Notes at Lome 

January 22 and February 5, 2003 
 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 

 evidence . . . of the treaties, international agreements other than 

treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and 

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

therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime 

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.” 
 TOGO 

 Defense: Assistance 

 Agreement effected by exchange of notes at Lome 

 January 22 and February 5, 2003; 

 Entered into force February 5, 2003. 
EMBASSY OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

No. 006

The Embassy of the United States of America presents its

compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Afkairs and'

Cooperation of the Republic of Togo and has the honor to

refer to the loan of U.S. Government equipment and provision

of logistic support services to the Economic Community of

West African States (LCOWAS) and its members in support of

the prospective ECOFORCE peacekeeping operation (PKO) in COte

d'Ivoire.

In accordance with these discussions, it is proposed

that the Government of Togo agree:

A. That unless the consent of the Government of the

United States of America has been first obtained the

Government of Togo shall not:

(i) permit any vehicles, radios, generators, or

other equipment or articles loaned or logistic support

services provided in support of the prospective ECOFORCE

peacekeepirig operation (PKO) to be used by anyone not an

officer, employee or agent of the Government of Togo or

the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

or its member states participating in the ECOFORCE PKO;

(ii)transfer or permit any officer, employee or

agent of the Government of Togo to transfer such
vehicles, radios, generators or other equipment or

articlei or logistic support services by gift, sale

or otherwise except to the Economic Community of

West African States (ECOWAS) or its member states

participating in the ECOFORCE PKO; or

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(iii) use or permit the use of such vehicles,

radios, generators, or other equipment or articles

or logistic support services for purposes other than

those for which provided;

B. That said vehicles, radios, generators, or other

equipment or articles or shall be returned to the

Government of the United States of AmeriCa when they are

no longer needed for the purposes for which they were

furnished, unless the Government of the United States of

America consents to another disposition;

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C. That the Government of Togo shall maintain the

security of such vehicles, radios, generators, or other

equipment or articles; that it shall provide substantially

the same degree of security protection afforded to such

vehicles, radios, generators or other equipment or

articles by the Government of the United States of

America; that it shall, as the United States may require, .

permit continuous observation and review by, and furnish

necessary information to, representatives of the

Government of the United States of America with regard to.

the use thereof by the Government of Togo; and the
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation's note

(English version) stating that the foregoing is acceptable

to the Government of Togo shall, together with this note

(English version), constitute an agreement between the two

governments, which shall enter into force-on the date of

the Ministry's reply.

The Embassy of the United States of America avails

itself of this opportunity to renew with the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs and &operation the assurance of our

highest considexiation.

Embassy of the United States of America

Lome, Togo

Enclosure: Proposed Suggested Response (.English)

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Note: Date of this note is January 22, 2003. Note: The enclosure of the proposed suggested response in English is not printed in this publication.