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Paragraphs in "Constitutional Agreement Of The Latin American Organization For Fisheries Development" coded as
Art.1 Article 1 - NAME
Art.1.1x The Latin American States represented at the third Annual Meeting of Ministers responsible for matters concerning fisheries create the Latin American Organization for Fishery Development, the abbreviation of which is OLDEPESCA.
Art.1.2x OLDEPESCA shall have international legal personality, and shall be governed by the provisions of this Agreement and Regulations made hereunder.
Art.2 Article 2 - HEADQUARTERS
Art.2.1x The headquarters of OLDEPESCA will be located in the city of Lima, Peru.
Art.3 Article 3 - PRINCIPLES
Art.3.1x The actions of OLDEPESCA shall be based on the principles of equality, sovereignty, independence of the States, solidarity, non-intervention in domestic affairs and respect for the different political, economic and social systems, in accordance with the Declaration of Principles of International Law and with reference to relations of friendship and cooperation between States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations unanimously approved at the General Assembly of the U.N. during its XXV Session, and respect for the sovereignty of States over their fishery resources.
Art.4 Article 4 - OBJECTIVES
Art.4.1x The main purpose of the Organization is to meet Latin American food requirements adequately, making use of Latin American fishery resource potential for the benefit of Latin American peoples, by concerted action in promoting the constant development of the countries and the permanent strengthening of regional cooperation in this sector. To this end, the objectives of OLDEPESCA are as follows:
Art.4.1x.a a. To promote adequate utilization of fishery resources, preserving the marine and freshwater environment through the application of rational policies for the conservation of resources.
Art.4.1x.b b. To encourage and strengthen the Latin American cooperation in the development of the rational exploitation of sea and freshwater fishery resources, for the benefit of the peoples in the region.
Art.4.1x.c c. To increase substantially a food supply of sufficient nutritional value, the prices, preparation and presentation of which are in keeping with the needs of the low-income inhabitants of the region.
Art.4.1x.d d. To increase in the same manner, consumption of marine and freshwater products in the region.
Art.4.1x.e e. To encourage, similarly, export diversification and expansion.
Art.4.1x.f f. To promote marketing systems to expand the regional exchange of products of the sector.
Art.4.1x.g g. To promote generation of jobs and improvement of incomes, through greater social and economic development of the communities related to the fish of the region.
Art.4.1x.h h. To improve and strengthen the productive, institutional, organizational and human resources capacity of the sector.
Art.4.1x.i i. To promote and organize utilization of the joint negotiating capacity of the Latin American region, as well as to determine, identify and channel international, technical and financial cooperation, through concrete regional coordination and cooperation within the scope of the sector.
Art.5 Article 5 - AREAS OF ACTION
Art.5.1x Regional cooperation shall concentrate mainly on the following areas:
Art.5.1x.a a. Research on Fishery Resources.
Art.5.1x.b b. Exploitation of Fishery Resources, Industrialization and Physical Support Infrastructure.
Art.5.1x.c c. Aquaculture.
Art.5.1x.d d. Technological Development.
Art.5.1x.e e. Marketing.
Art.5.1x.f f. Training.
Art.5.1x.g g. International Cooperation.
Sect.2 CHAPTER TWO. MEMBERS AND THEIR OBLIGATIONS
Art.6 Article 6 - MEMBERSHIP
Art.6.1x The members of OLDEPESCA shall be those States belonging to the Latin American Economic System which sign and ratify [or] which accede to the present Agreement.
Art.7 Article 7 - SUPPORT OF OLDEPESCA
Art.7.1x The member countries undertake to carry out the decisions expressed in resolutions issuing from the competent organs of OLDEPESCA. Similarly, they undertake to create and strengthen the necessary mechanisms to put into practice the objectives set out in this instrument. They also undertake to prepare and furnish statistical data and information required by OLDEPESCA to achieve its goals and to appoint the competent national agency to coordinate its activities.
Art.9 Article 9 - ORGANS
Art.9.1x OLDEPESCA consists of the following organs:
Art.9.1x.a a. Conference of Ministers
Art.9.1x.b b. Governing Board.
Art.9.1x.c c. Executive Management Board.
Sect.3.1 First Section. Conference of Ministers
Art.10 Article 10 - COMPOSITION
Art.10.1x The Conference of Ministers is the supreme authority of the Organization. It consists of Ministers or Secretaries of State who are responsible for matters related to the fishery sector, who may attend the Conference with such experts and advisors as they may deem necessary.
Art.10.2x In the event a Minister is unable to attend a meeting, he may be represented by a delegate appointed expressly for this purpose.
Art.13 Article 13 - QUORUM
Art.13.1x The Conference of Ministers may hold meetings only with the attendance of at least one half plus one of its members.
Art.14 Article 14 - THE RESOLUTIONS
Art.14.1x The Conference shall express its will through Resolutions. Each country shall have one vote. The Resolutions shall be adopted by a majority of no less than two thirds of the Member Countries present in the cases set out in subparagraphs (a), (c), (f), (j), (m) of Article 11. In other cases Resolutions shall be adopted by a majority of no less than one half plus one of the Member Countries present.
Sect.3.2 Second Section. Governing Board
Art.15 Article 15 - COMPOSITION
Art.15.1x The Governing Board is the technical agency of OLDEPESCA. It consists of an Official Representative and a substitute appointed by each Member Country.
Art.19 Article 19 - RESOLUTIONS
Art.19.1x The Board shall express its will through Resolutions. Each country shall have one vote. The Resolutions shall be adopted by a majority of no less than one half plus one of the Members present.
Sect.3.3 Third Section. Executive Management Board
Art.20 Article 20 - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Art.20.1x An Executive Director shall be in charge of the Executive Management Board. The officer shall be a highly qualified individual in every respect with such experience as to ensure the proper performance of his duties. As Executive Director he shall neither seek nor receive instructions from any member country except through the Conference of Ministers, or from any countries or authorities external to OLDEPESCA. He shall refrain from any action incompatible with his position as an international officer and shall not hold any other position, whether remunerated or not. The Executive Director is responsible only to the Conference of Ministers.
Art.20.2x The Executive Director shall be a national of a Member Country of OLDEPESCA and shall after his appointment, reside in the host country of the Organization. He shall be appointed by the Conference of Ministers for a term of three years, and may be reappointed for one additional term, only. In the event of his resignation or removal from office, the Conference shall immediately proceed to appoint a new Executive Director who shall exercise his functions for the same term.
Art.25 Article 25 - LEGAL CAPACITY
Art.25.1x OLDEPESCA shall have international legal personality and capacity to hire, purchase and transfer personal property or real estate as well as to institute judicial proceedings for the achievement of its objectives, according to the domestic laws of the States where such capacity is exercised.
Art.26 Article 26 - ASSETS
Art.26.1x The financial assets of OLDEPESCA consist of the initial contribution and annual dues of its Members and all the property and rights it may acquire whether by purchase or by gift. The contribution of its Members shall be in accordance with the scheme of the Latin American Economic System as determined by the Conference of Ministers and may be changed in accordance with its needs.
Art.29 Article 29 - PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES
Art.29.1x OLDEPESCA as an International Organization shall enter into a headquarters Agreement with the Government of the Member Country in whose territory its headquarters is located, which Agreement shall be signed by the Government concerned and by the Executive Director with the prior approval of the Conference of Ministers.
Art.29.2x In case the Organization would establish offices or agencies in any other Member State, the corresponding agreements on privileges and immunities shall be agreed upon.
Sect.6 CHAPTER SIX
Art.30 Article 30 - SIGNATURE
Art.30.1x This Agreement will be open for signature by any Member State of the Latin American Economic System at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru from October 29, 1982 until January 29, 1983.
Art.31 Article 31 - RATIFICATION
Art.31.1x This Agreement shall be subject to ratification. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru.
Art.32 Article 32 - ACCESSION
Art.32.1x After 29 January, 1983 this Agreement shall be open to accession by any member of the Latin American Economic System. The instrument of accession shall be deposited at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru.
Art.33 Article 33 - ENTRY INTO FORCE
Art.33.1x This Agreement shall enter into force 30 days after the deposit of the fourth instrument of ratification. For each country that ratifies or accedes to the Agreement after the fourth instrument of ratification has been deposited, the Agreement shall enter into force on the date of deposit of such instrument of ratification or accession.
Art.34.1x The depositary shall inform the countries party to the Agreement of:
Art.34.1x.a a. The fact of signing and the date of signature.
Art.34.1x.b b. The deposit of every instrument of ratification or accession and the date of deposit of such instrument.
Art.34.1x.c c. The date of entry into force of this Agreement under Article 33, paragraph 1.
Art.34.1x.d d. Every notice received and the date of receipt of such notice.
Sect.7 CHAPTER SEVEN. FINAL PROVISIONS
Art.36 Article 36 - DENUNCIATION
Art.36.1x This Agreement shall remain in force indefinitely but each State party to the Agreement may denounce it at any time by written notification to the host country.
Art.36.2x The denunciation shall have effect 180 days after the date on which the notice was received by the depositary.
Art.36.3x The Government of the host country shall notify the States party or signatories to this Agreement of the notification of the denunciation and the date on which the denunciation comes into effect.
Art.36.4x The State making the denunciation shall comply with any obligation by which it was bound before its denunciation, notwithstanding that such obligation may continue after the effective date of withdrawal.
Art.36.5x Notwithstanding the denunciation of this Agreement by a State, that State may continue to be linked to specific programmes until they are completed. This matter shall be decided by the Conference of Ministers.
Art.37 Article 37 - RESERVATION
Art.37.1x No reservation may be made to this Agreement at the time of signature, ratification or accession.
Art.38 Article 38 - DISPUTES
Art.38.1x Disputes relating to the application and interpretation of this Agreement which are not settled by the Members concerned shall at the request of any party to the conflict be referred to the Conciliation Commission appointed for this purpose and comprising delegates of the member countries chosen by the parties to the dispute.
Art.38.2x In the event that the dispute is not settled via the proceedings of the Conciliation Commission, the provisions of international law for the peaceful settlement of disputes shall be applied until a solution acceptable to the parties is found.
Art.39 Article 39 - OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
Art.39.1x The official languages of this Agreement are those recognised by the Latin American Economic System.
Art.40x TRANSITORY PROVISION. SUBSTITUTION OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE ON SEA AND FRESHWATER PRODUCTS
Art.40x.1x OLDEPESCA replaces the Action Committee on Sea and Freshwater Products set up in Lima, Peru, and consequently, the activities and projects which have not been completed by the Action Committee shall become part of OLDEPESCA’s activities.
Art.40x.2x Similarly, all the financial assets of the aforementioned Committee, as well as the financial commitments of the Member Countries, shall be transferred to OLDEPESCA.
Conc.1 IN FAITH WHEREOF the plenipotentiaries duly accredited signed the present Agreement.
Conc.2 DONE in the city of Mexico the twenty-ninth day of October one thousand nine hundred and eight-two, in one original of each one of the official languages of SELA, being these texts equally valid.