Source: https://iea.uoregon.edu/coded-agreement-with-all-codes/2624
Timestamp: 2019-04-22 19:56:31+00:00

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Art.1.1 1. The contracting Governments agree to establish a Council, to be known as the Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council, for the purpose of carrying out the functions and duties hereinafter set forth in Article III.
Art.1.2 2. The members of the Council shall be the Governments which accept this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Article IX thereof.
Art.2.1 1. Each member Government shall be represented at meetings of the Council by a single delegate, who may be accompanied by an alternate and by experts and advisers. Participation in meetings of the Council by alternates, experts and advisers shall not entail the right to vote, except in the case of an alternate who is acting in the place of a delegate during his absence.
Art.2.2 2. Each member Government shall have one vote. Decisions of the Council shall be taken by a simple majority of the votes cast, except as otherwise provided by this Agreement. A majority of the total membership of the Council shall constitute a quorum.
Art.2.3 3. The Council shall elect a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman.
Art.2.4 4. The Council shall determine the frequency, dates and place of its meeting and establish rules governing its procedure.
Art.4.1x The Council shall carry out the functions and duties set forth in Article III in the Indo-Pacific areas.
Art.5.1x The Council shall cooperate closely with other international bodies in matters of mutual interest.
Art.6.1 1. The expenses of delegates and their alternates, experts and advisers occasioned by attendance at meetings of the Council shall be determined and paid by their respective Governments.
Art.9.1 1. This Agreement shall enter into force upon the date of receipt of the fifth notification of acceptance. Instrument of acceptance deposited for Australia 10 March 1949. The Agreement entered into force generally 9 November 1948.

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