TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 13040 

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ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION 

GLOBE Program 

 Agreement Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 

Signed at Abu Dhabi June 6, 1999 

 with 

Appendices 
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 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 

Environmental Cooperation: GLOBE Program 

Agreement signed at Abu Dhabi June 6, 1999; 

Entered into force June 6, 1999. 

With appendices. 
Agreement between the

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

of the United States of America

and the

Federal Environmental Agency

of the United Arab Emirates

for Cooperation in the

GLOBE Program

PREAMBLE

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, acting on behalf of itself

and other U.S. Government agencies participating in the GLOBE Program (hereinafter,

the U.S. side), and the Federal Environmental Agency of the United Arab Emirates

(hereinafter, the U.A.E. side),

Intending to increase the awareness of students throughout the world about the global

environment,

Seeking to contribute to increased scientific understanding of the Earth, and

Desiring to support improved student achievement in science and mathematics,

Have agreed to cooperate in the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the

Environment (GLOBE) Program as follows:

ARTICLE 1 - THE GLOBE PROGRAM

The GLOBE Program is an international environmental science and education program

that brings students, teachers, and scientists together to study the global environment.

GLOBE has created an international network of students at primary, middle and

secondary school levels studying environmental issues, making environmental

measurements, and sharing useful environmental data with one another and the

international science community.

ARTICLE 2 - RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

A. The U.S. side will:

1. Identify U.S. schools that will participate in the GLOBE Program

(details regarding GLOBE schools in Appendix A);
2. Select, in consultation with international scientists and educators, the

GLOBE environmental measurements and define specifications for

measurement equipment (detail provided in Appendix B);

3. Select Principal Investigator Teams for the GLOBE environmental

measurements, and support the U.S. members of the teams;

4. Develop, in consultation with international scientists and educators,

GLOBE educational materials;

5. Translate GLOBE instructional materials related to measurement

procedures and data reporting protocols into the six United Nations

languages, and provide a copy of these plus all broader GLOBE

educational materials to the U.A.E. side for further reproduction as

necessary;

6. Conduct regional training sessions for GLOBE Country Coordinators

and GLOBE teachers who will serve as trainers for additional

GLOBE teachers in the United Arab Emirates;

7. Design, develop, operate, and maintain GLOBE data processing

capabilities and other necessary technology and equipment;

8. Provide GLOBE software, as necessary, for use on U.A.E.

GLOBE school computers (To the extent possible, textual material

appearing on computer screens will be accessible in the student's choice

among the six United Nations languages.);

9. Accept environmental data reported from GLOBE schools around

the world, and develop and provide resultant global environmental

images to the U.A.E. side; and

10. Evaluate the overall GLOBE Program periodically, in consultation

with international GLOBE Country Coordinators, and modify the

overall program as appropriate.

B. The U.A.E. side will:

1. Identify U.A.E. schools that will participate in the GLOBE Program

(details regarding GLOBE schools in Appendix A) and provide an

updated list of U.A.E. GLOBE schools to the U.S. side at the

beginning of each school year;

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2. Ensure that U.A.E. GLOBE schools conduct the fundamental

activities of GLOBE schools detailed in Appendix A (take GLOBE

environmental measurements, report data, and receive and use

resultant global environmental images, using GLOBE educational

materials under the guidance of teachers trained to conduct the

GLOBE Program;

3. Name a U.A.E. Government Point of Contact responsible for

policy-level communications with the Director of the GLOBE Program;

4. Name a U.A.E. Country Coordinator responsible for day-to-day

management, oversight, and facilitation of the GLOBE Program in the United

Arab Emirates;

5. Ensure that the Country Coordinator and some GLOBE teachers attend

GLOBE regional training and in turn provide GLOBE training to at

least one teacher in each U.A.E. GLOBE school;

6. Ensure that GLOBE instructional materials related to measurement

procedures and data reporting protocols are utilized in U.A.E. GLOBE

schools, and that broader GLOBE educational materials are

appropriately translated, adapted, reproduced, and distributed to all

U.A.E. GLOBE schools;

7. Ensure that the measurement equipment used by GLOBE schools

to take GLOBE environmental measurements meets GLOBE

specifications (described in Appendix B);

8. Ensure that teachers and students at U.A.E. GLOBE schools calibrate

GLOBE measurement equipment according to procedures provided

in GLOBE instructional materials;

9. Ensure that U.A.E. GLOBE schools have the necessary computer

and communications systems to allow Internet/World Wide Web

access in order to report GLOBE environmental measurements and to

receive and use GLOBE environmental images; if such computer and

communications systems are not available in U.A.E. schools, make agreed

alternative arrangements for such reporting and receipt (At a minimum, the

U.A.E. Country Coordinator will need access to the Internet so that all

measurement data from U.A.E. GLOBE schools will be reported via Internet);

and

10. Evaluate GLOBE operations in the United Arab Emirates periodically and

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assist the U.S. side in conducting periodic evaluation of the overall GLOBE

Program.

ARTICLE 3 - FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS

Each side will bear the costs of fulfilling its respective responsibilities under this

agreement. Obligations of each side pursuant to this agreement are subject to its

respective funding procedures and the availability of appropriated funds, personnel, and

other resources. The conduct of activities under this agreement will be consistent with

the relevant laws and regulations of the United States and the United Arab Emirates.

ARTICLE 4 - EXCHANGE OF DATA AND GOODS

GLOBE environmental measurement data, global environmental images, software, and

educational materials will be available worldwide without restriction as to their use or

redistribution.

ARTICLE 5 - RELEASE OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE GLOBE PROGRAM

Each side may release information on the GLOBE Program as it may deem appropriate

without prior consultation with the other.

ARTICLE 6 - CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION

Each side will use its best efforts to facilitate the movement of persons and goods into

and out of its territory and to accord entry to such goods into U.S. and U.A.E. territory

free of customs duties and other similar charges, as is necessary to implement this

agreement, to the extent permitted by the laws and regulations of the United States and

the United Arab Emirates.

ARTICLE 7 - DURATION

This agreement will enter into force upon signature of the two sides and will remain in

force for five years. It will be automatically extended for further five-year periods, unless

either side decides to terminate it and so notifies the other side with three months

written notice. This agreement may be terminated at any time by either side upon three

months prior written notice to the other side. This agreement may be amended by

written agreement of the two sides.
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Done at Abu Dhabi on the 6th day of June, 1999, in duplicate, in the English and Arabic

languages, both texts being equally authentic.

For the National Oceanic and	For the Federal Environmental Agency:

Atmospheric Administration:

H.E. Theodore H. Kattouf	H.E. Hamad Abdul Rahman Al Midfaa

U.S. Ambassador

	Minister of Health and Chairman of the

Federal Environmental Agency
APPENDIX A

GLOBE Schools

Each partner country is responsible for identifying its participating schools. Schools

should be selected so as to satisfy the objectives of the GLOBE Program. In particular,

countries should emphasize the selection of schools that will maximize the number and

geographic distribution of students worldwide participating in the program. Also,

countries should consider involving schools in locations that will yield measurement

data that is important to the international science community.

Students at all GLOBE schools throughout the world conduct the following fundamental

activities: They make environmental measurements at or near their schools; report their

data to a GLOBE data processing site; receive vivid graphical global environmental

images created from their data and the data from other GLOBE schools around the

world; and study the environment by relating their observations and the resulting images

to broader environmental topics. All of these activities are conducted under the

guidance of specially trained teachers (GLOBE-trained teachers).

GLOBE educational materials are used in GLOBE schools under the guidance of

GLOBE-trained teachers. These materials contain instructional materials detailing

procedures for taking environmental measurements and protocols for reporting data;

they also explain the significance of the measurements, guide the use of the global

environmental images, and integrate the measurement aspects of the program into a

broader study of the environment.

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APPENDIX B

GLOBE Environmental Measurements and Equipment

GLOBE environmental measurements contribute in a significant way to the scientific

understanding of the dynamics of the global environment. The set of GLOBE

measurements reflects the desire of GLOBE Program management, scientists, and

educators to respond to the needs of the education community as well as to provide

scientifically useful environmental data. All GLOBE Schools are strongly encouraged to

participate in the full range of GLOBE Science measurements. Instrument costs vary,

depending on the optional methodologies selected and on equipment already available.

GLOBE instruments need to meet functional and performance specifications; they do

not need to be purchased from specific vendors.

ATMOSPHERE/CLIMATE STUDIES

Air Temperature: current, daily maximum and minimum

Clouds: cloud cover, cloud type

Precipitation: rain/snow daily amounts, pH

HYDROLOGY STUDIES

Surface Water Temperature

Surface Water Chemistry; pH, alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, nitrates, salinity,

electrical conductivity

Transparency

SOILS STUDIES

Soil Moisture

Soil Temperature

Soil Characterization: structure, color, consistence, texture, bulk density,

particle size distribution, pH, fertility

LAND COVER/BIOLOGY STUDIES

Biometry: extent of canopy and ground cover, tree height and

circumference, species identification

Land Cover: correlation of "in situ" measurements with remote sensing data

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APPENDIX C

GLOBE Computer and Communications Systems

In order to derive maximum benefit from the GLOBE Program, all schools are

encouraged to use the Internet, along with classroom computers. The Internet/World

Wide Web multi-media information-access capability has been selected to support the

required GLOBE school activities of data entry, data analysis, and use of global

environmental images.

The diversity of technology accessible by schools worldwide may require, in some

cases, that environmental measurements be reported via e-mail or in hardcopy and that

a variety of media, including e-mail and hardcopy, be used to distribute global

environmental images. All schools that want to participate in the program will be

accommodated.

Technology associated with the GLOBE Program will continually evolve to higher levels

and participants will be encouraged to upgrade over time.

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