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Timestamp: 2019-04-24 07:49:16+00:00

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Art.1.1 1.1. This agreement shall apply to all small cetaceans found within the area of the agreement.
Art.1.2.g (g) "Secretariat" means, unless the context otherwise indicates, the Secretariat to this agreement.
Art.2.1 2.1. The Parties undertake to cooperate closely in order to achieve and maintain a favourable conservation status for small cetaceans.
Art.2.3 2.3. Each Party shall designate a Coordinating Authority for activities under this agreement.
Art.2.4 2.4. The Parties shall establish a Secretariat and an Advisory Committee not later that at their first Meeting.
Art.3.1 3.1. The activities of each Party shall be coordinated and monitored through its Coordinating Authority which shall serve as the contact piont for the Secretariat and the Advisory Committee in their work.
Art.4.1 4.1. The Secretariat shall, following instructions provided by the meetings of the Parties, promote and coordinate the activities undertaken in accordance with Article 6.1 of this agreement and shall, in close consultation with the Advisory Committee, provide advice and support to the Parties and their Coordinating Authorities.
Art.4.4 4.4. The Secretariat shall be attached to a public institution of a Party or to an international body, and that institution or body shall be the employer of its staff.
Art.5.2 5.2. Each Party shall be entitled to appoint one member of the Advisory Committee.
Art.5.3 5.3. The Advisory Committee shall elect a chairman and establish its own rules of procedure.
Art.5.4 5.4. Each Committee member may be accompanied by advisers, and the Committee may invite other experts to attend its meetings. The Committee may establish working groups.
Art.6.1.e (e) The time and venue of the next Meeting.
Art.6.2.2 6.2.2. Any other body qualified in cetacean conservation and management may apply to the Secretariat not less than 90 days in advance of the Meeting to be allowed to be represented by observers. The Secretariat shall communicate such applications to the Parties at least 60 days before the Meeting, and observers shall be entitled to be present unless that is opposed not less than 30 days before the Meeting by at least one third of the Parties.
Art.6.5.1 6.5.1. Proposals for amendments may be made by any Party.
Art.6.5.2 6.5.2. The text of any proposed amendment and the reasons for it shall be communicated to the Secretariat at least 90 days before the opening of the Meeting. The Secretariat shall transmit copies forthwith to the Parties.
Art.6.5.3 6.5.3. Amendments shall enter into force for those Parties which have accepted them 90 days after the deposit of the fifth instrument of acceptance of the amendment with the Depositary. Thereafter they shall enter into force for a Party 30 days after the date of deposit of its instrument of acceptance of the amendment with the Depositary.
Art.7.2 7.2. The share of each Party in the cost of the Secretariat and any additional sum agreed for covering other common expenses shall be paid to the Government or international organization hosting the Secretariat, as soon as practicable after the end of March and in no case later than before the end of June each year.
Art.7.3 7.3. The Secretariat shall prepare and keep financial accounts by calendar years.
Art.8.5 8.5. The agreement shall enter into force 90 days after six Range States have expressed their consent to be bound by it in accordance with Article 8.4. Thereafter, it shall enter into force for a State and Regional Economic Integration Organization on the 30th day after the date of signature, not subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, or of the deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with the Depositary.
Art.8.7 8.7. A Party may at any time denounce this agreement. Such denunciation shall be notified in writing to the Depositary and take effect one year after the receipt thereof.
Conc.2 Done at New York on 17 March 1992, the English French, German and Russian texts of the agreement being equally authentic.

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