(1) Article 9 Subject to the provisions of this Convention the Council shall draw up its own Rules of Procedure which shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the Contracting Parties. (2) English and French shall be the working languages of the Council. (1) Article 10 The Council shall elect from among the delegates its President, a first Vice-President and a further 5 Vice-Presidents. This last number may be augmented by a decision taken by the Council by a two-thirds majority. (2) The President and the Vice-Presidents shall assume office on the first day of November next following their election, for a term of three years. They are eligible for re-election according to the Rules of Procedure. (3) On assuming office the President shall cease forthwith to be a delegate. Article 11 (1) (2) The President and Vice-Presidents shall together constitute the Bureau of the Council. The Bureau shall be the Executive Committee of the Council and shall carry out the decisions of the Council, draw up its agenda and convene its meetings. It shall also prepare the budget. It shall invest the reserve funds and carry out the tasks entrusted to it by the Council. It shall account to the Council for its activities. Article 12 There shall be a Consultative Committee, a Finance Committee and such other committees as the Council may deem necessary for the discharge of its functions with the duties respectively assigned to them in the Rules of Procedure. (1) determine. Article 13 The Council shall appoint a General Secretary on such terms and to perform such duties as it may (2) Subject to any general directions of the Council the Bureau shall appoint such other staff as may be required for the purposes of the Council on such terms and to perform such duties as it may determine. (1) Article 14 Each Contracting Party shall pay the expenses of the delegates, experts and advisers appointed by it, except in so far as the Council may otherwise determine. (2) (3) The Council shall approve an annual budget of the proposed expenditure of the Council. In the first and second financial gears after this Convention enters into force in accordance with Article 16 of this Convention the Contracting Parties shall contribute to the expenses of the Council such sums as they respectively contributed, or undertook to contribute, in respect of the year preceding the entry into force of this Convention. (4) In respect of the third and subsequent financial years the Contracting Parties shall contribute sums calculated in accordance with a scheme to be prepared by the Council and accepted by all the Contracting Parties. This scheme may be modified by the Council with the agreement of all Contracting Parties. (5) A Government acceding to this Convention shall contribute to the expenses of the Council such sum as may be agreed between that Government and the Council in respect of each financial year until the scheme under paragraph 4 provides for contributions from that Government. (6) A Contracting Party which has not paid its contribution for two consecutive years shall not enjoy any rights under this Convention until it has fulfilled its financial obligations. Article 15 (1) The Council shall enjoy, in the territories of the Contracting Parties, such legal capacity as may be agreed between the Council and the Government of the Contracting Party concerned. (2) The Council, delegates and experts, the General Secretary and other officials shall enjoy in the territories of the Contracting Parties such privileges and immunities, necessary for the fulfilment of their functions, as may be agreed between the Council and the Government of the Contracting Party concerned. Article 16 (1) This Convention shall be open until 31st December, 1964, for signature on behalf of the Governments of all states which participate in the work of the Council. (2) This Convention is subject to ratification or approval by the signatory Governments in accordance with their respective constitutional procedures. The instruments of ratification or approval shall be deposited with the Government of Denmark, who will act as the depository Government. (3) This Convention shall enter into force on the 22nd July next following the deposit of the instruments of ratification or approval by all signatory Governments. If, however, on the 1st January, 1968, all the signatory Governments have not ratified this Convention, but not less than three quarters of the signatory Governments have deposited instruments of ratification or approval, these latter Governments may agree among themselves by special protocol on the date on which this Convention shall enter into force and on other related matters; and in that case this Convention shall enter into force, with respect to any other signatory Government that ratifies or approves thereafter, on the date of deposit of its instrument of ratification or approval. (4) After the entry into force of this Convention in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article, the Government of any State may apply to accede to this Convention by addressing a written application to the Government of Denmark. It shall be permitted to deposit an instrument of accession with that Government after the approval of the Governments of three quarters of the states which have already deposited their instruments of ratification, approval or accession, has been notified to the Government of Denmark. For any acceding Government this Convention shall enter into force on the date of deposit of its instrument of accession. Article 17 At any time after two years from the date on which this Convention has come into force any Contracting Party may denounce the Convention by means of a notice in writing addressed to the Government of Denmark. Any such notice shall take effect twelve months after the date of its receipt. Article 18 When the present Convention comes into force it shall be registered by the depository Government with the Secretariat of the United Nations Organisation in accordance with Article 102 of its Charter. Final Clause IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned being duly authorised have signed the present Convention : DONE at Copenhagen this twelfth day of September 1964, in the English and French languages, both texts being equally authentic, in a single copy which shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of Denmark who shall forward certified true copies to all signatory and acceding Governments. Protocol to the Convention for the Done at Copenhagen 13 August 1970 Entered into force 12 November 1975 PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEA The Governments of the States Parties to the Convention for the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, signed at Copenhagen on the twelfth day of September 1964 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention”), Desiring to amend certain provisions of the Convention Have agreed as follows: Article I Paragraph (2) of Article 14 of the Convention shall be amended to read as follows: "(2) the Council shall by a 2/3 majority vote of all the Contracting Parties approve an annual budget of the Council". Article II (1) This Protocol shall be open for signature on behalf of the Governments of all States Parties to the Convention with or without reservation as to ratification or approval. (2) (3) Instruments of ratification or approval shall be deposited with the Government of Denmark. This Protocol shall enter into force on the date of which the Governments of all States Parties to the Convention have become Parties to this Protocol. (4) The Government of Denmark shall inform the Governments of the States Parties to the convention of each signature, ratification or approval of this Protocol and of the date of the entry into force of the Protocol. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned being duly authorized have signed this Protocol. DONE at Copenhagen this thirteenth day of August 1970, in the English and French languages, both texts being equally authentic, in a single copy which shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of Denmark who shall forward certified true copies to the Governments of all States Parties to the Convention. Convention on the International Done at Monaco 3 May 1967 Entered into force 22 September 1970 Primary source citation: 21 UST 1857, TIAS 6933 CONVENTION on the International Hydrographic Organisation The Governments Parties to this Convention, CONSIDERING that the International Hydrographic Bureau was established in June 1921 to contribute to making navigation easier and safer throughout the world by improving nautical charts and documents; DESIRING to pursue on an intergovernmental basis their cooperation in hydrography; HAVE AGREED as follows: ARTICLE I There is hereby established an International Hydrographic Organisation, hereinafter referred to as the Organisation, the seat of which shall be in Monaco. ARTICLE II The Organisation shall have a consultative and purely technical nature. It shall be the object of the Organisation to bring about : (c) The adoption of reliable and efficient methods of carrying out and exploiting hydrographic surveys; (d) The development of the sciences in the field of hydrography and the techniques employed in descriptive oceanography. |