Agreement establishing the Asian Rice Trade Fund

Drawn up at Bangkok on 16 March 1973

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 1 December 1974, in accordance with article 19.

REGISTRATION: 1 December 1974, No. 13679.

TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 955, p. 195; depositary notifications C.N.26.1979.TREATIES-1 of 28 February 1979 and C.N.101.TREATIES-2 of 22 May 1979 [amendments to paragraphs (i) and (iii) of article 1].

STATUS: Signatories: 5. Parties: 4.

Note: The text of the Agreement was drawn up by the intergovernmental meeting on the establishment of an Asian Rice Trade Fund convened by the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East at Bangkok, Thailand, from 12 to 16 March 1973; it was approved and initialled by the representatives of Democratic Kampuchea, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

The signatories agreed on 29 November 1973 to extend to 31 May and 1 December 1974, respectively, the time-limits provided for by articles 17 and 19 of the Agreement for signature and deposit of instruments of acceptance.

The Board of Directors of the Asian Rice Trade Fund, in a resolution adopted at Manila on 10 January 1979, proposed certain amendments to article 1 (i) and (iii) of the Agreement. In accordance with the provisions of article 13 of the Agreement the proposed amendments have come into force on 15 December 1981 upon acceptance by all members of the Fund. Following is a list of the States which have accepted the amendments and the dates of their acceptance:

Participant

Date of acceptance

Sri Lanka 1 Jun 1979

Bangladesh 14 Jun 1979

India 24 Jun 1980

Philippines 15 Dec 1981

Participant1

Signature

Acceptance, accession (a)

Bangladesh 29 Jun 1973 1 Dec 1974

Cambodia 18 Apr 1973

India 29 Jun 1973 28 Nov 1974

Philippines2 19 Apr 1973 11 Mar 1975 a

Sri Lanka 31 May 1974 29 Nov 1974

NOTES:

1 The Republic of Viet Nam had signed the Agreement on 16 April 1974 and deposited an instrument of acceptance on 11 March 1975. In this regard see note 2 below and note in chapter I.2 and note in chapter III.6.

2 The States Parties unanimously decided that the instruments of acceptance by the Governments of the Philippines and of the Republic of Viet Nam, having been received after the time-limit of 1 December 1974, should be treated as instruments of accession.

12. Protocol for the Continuation in Force of the International Coffee Agreement, 1968, as extended

Concluded at London on 26 September 1974

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 1 October 1975, in accordance with article 5 (1).

REGISTRATION: 1 October 1975, No. 9262.

TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 982, p. 332.

13. Fifth International Tin Agreement, 1975

Concluded at Geneva on 21 June 1975

ENTRY INTO FORCE: Provisionally on 1 July 1976, in accordance with article 50 (a), and definitively on 14 June 1977, in accordance with article 49 (a).

Validity extended until 30 June 1982, by Resolution No. 121 adopted by the International Tin Council on 14 January 1981.

REGISTRATION: 1 July 1976, No. 14851. Registration of the extension: 1 July 1981.

TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1014, p. 43.

14. International Cocoa Agreement, 1975

Concluded at Geneva on 20 October 1975

ENTRY INTO FORCE: Provisionally on 1 October 1976, in accordance with article 69 (2), and definitively on 7 November 1978, in accordance with article 69 (1).

REGISTRATION: 1 October 1976, No. 15033.

TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1023, p. 253.

15. International Coffee Agreement, 1976

Concluded at London on 3 December 1975

ENTRY INTO FORCE: Provisionally on 1 October 1976, in accordance with article 61 (2), and definitively on 1 August 1977, in accordance with article 61 (1).

REGISTRATION: 1 October 1976, No. 15034.

TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1024, p. 3.

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15. (a) International Coffee Agreement, 1976

Approved by the International Coffee Council in resolution No. 318 of 25 September 1981

EFFECTIVE DATE: 1 October 1982, in accordance with paragraph 2 of resolution No. 318 adopted by the International Coffee Council on 25 September 1981.

REGISTRATION: 1 October 1982, No. 15034.

TEXT: Resolution No. 318 adopted by the International Coffee Council on 25 September 1981.

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15. (b) International Coffee Agreement, 1976

Concluded at London on 3 December 1975, as extended until 30 September 1983 by the
International Coffee Council in resolution No. 318 of 25 September 1981

EFFECTIVE DATE: 1 October 1982, in accordance with resolution No. 318.

REGISTRATION: 1 October 1982, No. 15034 (registration of the extension).

TEXT: Resolution No. 318 adopted by the International Coffee Council on 25 September 1981.