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AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMISSION FOR 
CONTROLLING THE DESERT LOCUST IN THE EASTERN REGION OF ITS 
DISTRIBUTION AREA IN SOUTH-WEST ASIA

Rome, 3 December 1963


PREAMBLE

The Contracting Governments, having regard to the urgent 
necessity of preventing losses to agriculture in certain countries 
of central and western Asia caused by the Desert Locust, hereby 
establish within the framework of the Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nations (hereinafter referred to as 
"the Organization") a Commission to be known as the "Commission 
for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Eastern Region of its 
Distribution Area in South-West Asia", whose object shall be to 
promote national and international research and action with 
respect to the control of the Desert Locust in that Region.

The Region is defined as consisting of the territories of 
Afghanistan, India, Iran and Pakistan and any territories adjacent 
to the above countries.


Article I

MEMBERSHIP

1. The Members of the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust 
in the Eastern Region of its Distribution Area in South-West Asia 
(hereinafter referred to as "the Commission") shall be such Member 
Nations and Associate Members of the Organization situated in the 
Region defined in the Preamble as accept this Agreement in 
accordance with the provisions of Article XV of this Agreement.

2. The Commission may, by a two-thirds majority of its Members, 
admit to membership such other States, situated in the Region that 
are Members of the United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies 
or the International Atomic Energy Agency, as have submitted an 
application for membership of the Commission and a declaration 
made in a formal instrument that they accept this Agreement as in 
force at the time of admission.


Article II

0BLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS REGARDING NATIONAL POLICIES AND 
INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION FOR THE CONTROL OF THE DESERT LOCUST

1. Members undertake to maintain through the Secretary of the 
Commission a regular exchange of information on the current locust 
situation and the progress of control campaigns within their 
countries, and also to transmit such information regularly to the 
Desert Locust Information Service in London, in the light of the 
Agreement between the Organization and the Anti-Locust Research 
Center.

2. Members undertake to carry out all possible measures to control 
plagues of the Desert 





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AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMISSION FOR 
CONTROLLING THE DESERT LOCUST IN THE EASTERN REGION OF ITS 
DISTRIBUTION AREA IN SOUTH-WEST ASIA

Rome, 3 December 1963


PREAMBLE

The Contracting Governments, having regard to the urgent 
necessity of preventing losses to agriculture in certain countries 
of central and western Asia caused by the Desert Locust, hereby 
establish within the framework of the Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nations (hereinafter referred to as 
"the Organization") a Commission to be known as the "Commission 
for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Eastern Region of its 
Distribution Area in South-West Asia", whose object shall be to 
promote national and international research and action with 
respect to the control of the Desert Locust in that Region.

The Region is defined as consisting of the territories of 
Afghanistan, India, Iran and Pakistan and any territories adjacent 
to the above countries.


Article I

MEMBERSHIP

1. The Members of the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust 
in the Eastern Region of its Distribution Area in South-West Asia 
(hereinafter referred to as "the Commission") shall be such Member 
Nations and Associate Members of the Organization situated in the 
Region defined in the Preamble as accept this Agreement in 
accordance with the provisions of Article XV of this Agreement.

2. The Commission may, by a two-thirds majority of its Members, 
admit to membership such other States, situated in the Region that 
are Members of the United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies 
or the International Atomic Energy Agency, as have submitted an 
application for membership of the Commission and a declaration 
made in a formal instrument that they accept this Agreement as in 
force at the time of admission.


Article II

0BLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS REGARDING NATIONAL POLICIES AND 
INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION FOR THE CONTROL OF THE DESERT LOCUST

1. Members undertake to maintain through the Secretary of the 
Commission a regular exchange of information on the current locust 
situation and the progress of control campaigns within their 
countries, and also to transmit such information regularly to the 
Desert Locust Information Service in London, in the light of the 
Agreement between the Organization and the Anti-Locust Research 
Center.

2. Members undertake to carry out all possible measures to control 
plagues of the Desert Locust within their countries and to reduce 
crop damage by adopting at least the following esential 
procedures:

a) maintaining a permanent locust information and reporting 
service;

b) maintaining an adequate permanent locust control service; 

c) holding reserves of insecticides and application equipment;

d) encouraging and supporting such training, survey and research 
work, including where appropriate the maintenance of national 
research stations for the study of the Desert Locust, as may be 
considered desirable by the Commission and as are compatible with 
the resources of the country;

e) participating in the implementation of any common policy of 
locust control or prevention which may be approved by the 
Commission;

f) facilitating the storage of any items of antilocust equipment 
and insecticides held by the Commission and permitting the duty-
free import or export without hindrance of such goods and 
equipment as well as the free movement within the country of such 
goods and equipment;

g) providing the Commission with any information it may request to 
carry out its functions effectively.

3. Members undertake to submit to the Commission periodic reports 
on the action taken to fulfil the obligations specified in 
paragraphs l and 2 above.


Article III

SEAT OF THE COMMISSION

1. The seat of the Commission shall be determined by the 
Commission.

2. Sessions of the Commission shall normally be held at its seat. 
Sessions may, however, be convened elsewhere, in consultation with 
the Director-General of the Organization, in pursuance of a 
decision of the Commission at a previous session, or, in 
exceptional circumstances, of a decision by the Executive 
Committee.


Article IV 

FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION

The following shall be the functions of the Commission: 
1. Joint Action and Assistance 

The Commission shall.

a) plan and implement joint action for the survey and control of 
the Desert Locust in the Region wherever required and, to this 
effect, arrange means whereby adequate resources can be made 
available;

b) assist and promote, in any manner which it considers 
appropriate, any national, regional or international action 
relating to the control or survey of the Desert Locust;

c) determine, in consultation with the Members concerned, the 
nature and extent of assistance needed by such Members for 
implementing their national programme and for supporting regional 
programmes;

d) assist, at the request of any Member whose territory is faced 
with Desert Locust situations beyond the capacity of its national 
services to control and survey, in any measures jointly agreed to 
that may become necessary;

e) maintain at strategic localities determined by the Commission, 
in consultation with the Members concerned, reserves of anti-
locust equipment, insecticides and other supplies, to be used in 
cases of emergency in accordance with decisions of the Executive 
Committee including supplementing of the national resources of any 
Member.

2. Information and Co-ordination

The Commission shall:

a) ensure that all Members are provided with current information 
in regard to Desert Locust infestations, and collect and 
disseminate information on experience gained, research conducted 
and programs adopted on the national regional and international 
levels in connection with the control of the Desert Locust;

b) assist the national research organizations of Members and co-
ordinate research in the Region by arranging visits of research 
and survey units and other appropriate means.

3. Co-operation
The Commission may:

a) enter into arrangements or agreements, through the Director-
General of the Organization, with nations in the Region that are 
not Members of the United Nations, for common action in connection 
with survey and control of locusts in the Region;

b) enter into or encourage arrangements, through the Director-
General, with other United Nations Specialized Agencies or other 
international organizations concerned, for common action on the 
study and control of locusts and for the mutual 





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AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMISSION FOR 
CONTROLLING THE DESERT LOCUST IN THE EASTERN REGION OF ITS 
DISTRIBUTION AREA IN SOUTH-WEST ASIA

Rome, 3 December 1963


PREAMBLE

The Contracting Governments, having regard to the urgent 
necessity of preventing losses to agriculture in certain countries 
of central and western Asia caused by the Desert Locust, hereby 
establish within the framework of the Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nations (hereinafter referred to as 
"the Organization") a Commission to be known as the "Commission 
for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Eastern Region of its 
Distribution Area in South-West Asia", whose object shall be to 
promote national and international research and action with 
respect to the control of the Desert Locust in that Region.

The Region is defined as consisting of the territories of 
Afghanistan, India, Iran and Pakistan and any territories adjacent 
to the above countries.


Article I

MEMBERSHIP

1. The Members of the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust 
in the Eastern Region of its Distribution Area in South-West Asia 
(hereinafter referred to as "the Commission") shall be such Member 
Nations and Associate Members of the Organization situated in the 
Region defined in the Preamble as accept this Agreement in 
accordance with the provisions of Article XV of this Agreement.

2. The Commission may, by a two-thirds majority of its Members, 
admit to membership such other States, situated in the Region that 
are Members of the United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies 
or the International Atomic Energy Agency, as have submitted an 
application for membership of the Commission and a declaration 
made in a formal instrument that they accept this Agreement as in 
force at the time of admission.


Article II

0BLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS REGARDING NATIONAL POLICIES AND 
INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION FOR THE CONTROL OF THE DESERT LOCUST

1. Members undertake to maintain through the Secretary of the 
Commission a regular exchange of information on the current locust 
situation and the progress of control campaigns within their 
countries, and also to transmit such information regularly to the 
Desert Locust Information Service in London, in the light of the 
Agreement between the Organization and the Anti-Locust Research 
Center.

2. Members undertake to carry out all possible measures to control 
plagues of the Desert Locust within their countries and to reduce 
crop damage by adopting at least the following esential 
procedures:

a) maintaining a permanent locust information and reporting 
service;

b) maintaining an adequate permanent locust control service; 

c) holding reserves of insecticides and application equipment;

d) encouraging and supporting such training, survey and research 
work, including where appropriate the maintenance of national 
research stations for the study of the Desert Locust, as may be 
considered desirable by the Commission and as are compatible with 
the resources of the country;

e) participating in the implementation of any common policy of 
locust control or prevention which may be approved by the 
Commission;

f) facilitating the storage of any items of antilocust equipment 
and insecticides held by the Commission and permitting the duty-
free import or export without hindrance of such goods and 
equipment as well as the free movement within the country of such 
goods and equipment;

g) providing the Commission with any information it may request to 
carry out its functions effectively.

3. Members undertake to submit to the Commission periodic reports 
on the action taken to fulfil the obligations specified in 
paragraphs l and 2 above.


Article III

SEAT OF THE COMMISSION

1. The seat of the Commission shall be determined by the 
Commission.

2. Sessions of the Commission shall normally be held at its seat. 
Sessions may, however, be convened elsewhere, in consultation with 
the Director-General of the Organization, in pursuance of a 
decision of the Commission at a previous session, or, in 
exceptional circumstances, of a decision by the Executive 
Committee.


Article IV 

FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION

The following shall be the functions of the Commission: 
1. Joint Action and Assistance 

The Commission shall.

a) plan and implement joint action for the survey and control of 
the Desert Locust in the Region wherever required and, to this 
effect, arrange means whereby adequate resources can be made 
available;

b) assist and promote, in any manner which it considers 
appropriate, any national, regional or international action 
relating to the control or survey of the Desert Locust;

c) determine, in consultation with the Members concerned, the 
nature and extent of assistance needed by such Members for 
implementing their national programme and for supporting regional 
programmes;

d) assist, at the request of any Member whose territory is faced 
with Desert Locust situations beyond the capacity of its national 
services to control and survey, in any measures jointly agreed to 
that may become necessary;

e) maintain at strategic localities determined by the Commission, 
in consultation with the Members concerned, reserves of anti-
locust equipment, insecticides and other supplies, to be used in 
cases of emergency in accordance with decisions of the Executive 
Committee including supplementing of the national resources of any 
Member.

2. Information and Co-ordination

The Commission shall:

a) ensure that all Members are provided with current information 
in regard to Desert Locust infestations, and collect and 
disseminate information on experience gained, research conducted 
and programs adopted on the national regional and international 
levels in connection with the control of the Desert Locust;

b) assist the national research organizations of Members and co-
ordinate research in the Region by arranging visits of research 
and survey units and other appropriate means.

3. Co-operation
The Commission may:

a) enter into arrangements or agreements, through the Director-
General of the Organization, with nations in the Region that are 
not Members of the United Nations, for common action in connection 
with survey and control of locusts in the Region;

b) enter into or encourage arrangements, through the Director-
General, with other United Nations Specialized Agencies or other 
international organizations concerned, for common action on the 
study and control of locusts and for the mutual exchange of 
information on problems concerning locusts.

4. Administrative matters

The Commission shall:

a) consider and approve the report of the Executive Committee on 
the activities of the Commission, the Programme and Budget of the 
Commission for the ensuing financial period, and the annual 
accounts;

b) keep the Director-General of the Organization fully informed of 
its activities and transmit to him the accounts, the Programme and 
the Budget of the Commission, the latter for submission to the 
Council of the Organization prior to implementation.

c) transmit to the Director-General the reports and 
recommendations of the Commission, for such action by the Council 
or Conference of the Organization as may be appropriate.


Article V

SESSIONS OF THE COMMISSION

1. Each Member of the Commission shall be represented at sessions 
of the Commission by a delegate who may be accompanied by an 
alternate and by experts and advisers. Alternates, experts and 
advisers may take part in the proceedings of the Commission but 
may not vote unless authorized by the delegate to substitute for 
him.

2. A majority of the Members of the Commission shall constitute a 
quorum. Each Member shall have one vote. Decisions of the 
Commission shall be taken by a majority of the votes cast except 
as otherwise provided for in this Agreement.

3. A Member which is in arrears in the payment of its financial 
contributions to the Commission shall have no vote if the amount 
of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the Contributions 
due from it for the two preceding financial years.

4. The Commission shall elect, at the beginning of each regular 
session, a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman from amongst the 
delegates. These Officers shall hold office until the beginning of 
the next regular session and shall be eligible for re-election.

5. The Director-General of the Organization in consultation with 
the Chairman of the Commission shall convene a regular session of 
the Commission at least once a year. Special sessions may be 
convened by the Director-General in consultation with the Chairman 
of the Commission, if so requested by the Commission in regular 
session or by at least one third of the Members during intervals 
between regular session.

6. The Director-General of the Organization or a representative 
designated by him shall have the right to participate without vote 
in all meetings of the Commission or its subsidiary bodies.


Article VI 

OBSERVERS AND CONSULTANTS

1. Participation of international organizations in the work of the 
Commission and the relations between the Commission and such 
organizations shall be governed by the relevant provisions of the 
Constitution and the General Rules of the Organization as well as 
by the rules on relations with international organizations adopted 
by the Conference or Council of the Organization. All such 
relations shall be dealt with by the Director-General of the 
Organization.

2. Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization that 
are not Members of the Commission may, upon their request, be 
represented by an observer at sessions of the Commission and of 
its subsidiary bodies.

3. States which, while not Members of the Commission nor Members 
or Associate Members of the Organization, are Members of the 
United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies or the  
International Atomic Energy Agency may, upon request and subject 
to the concurrence of the Executive Committee and to the 
Provisions relating to the granting of observer status to nations 
adopted by the Conference of the Organization, be invited to 
attend sessions of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies in an 
observer capacity.

4. The Commission may invite consultants or experts to attend its 
sessions.


Article VII

SECRETARIAT

The Director-General of the Organization shall provide the 
Secretary and staff of the Commission who, for administrative 
purposes, shall be responsible to him. They shall be appointed 
under the same terms and conditions as the staff of the 
Organization.


Articl





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AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMISSION FOR 
CONTROLLING THE DESERT LOCUST IN THE EASTERN REGION OF ITS 
DISTRIBUTION AREA IN SOUTH-WEST ASIA

Rome, 3 December 1963


PREAMBLE

The Contracting Governments, having regard to the urgent 
necessity of preventing losses to agriculture in certain countries 
of central and western Asia caused by the Desert Locust, hereby 
establish within the framework of the Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nations (hereinafter referred to as 
"the Organization") a Commission to be known as the "Commission 
for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Eastern Region of its 
Distribution Area in South-West Asia", whose object shall be to 
promote national and international research and action with 
respect to the control of the Desert Locust in that Region.

The Region is defined as consisting of the territories of 
Afghanistan, India, Iran and Pakistan and any territories adjacent 
to the above countries.


Article I

MEMBERSHIP

1. The Members of the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust 
in the Eastern Region of its Distribution Area in South-West Asia 
(hereinafter referred to as "the Commission") shall be such Member 
Nations and Associate Members of the Organization situated in the 
Region defined in the Preamble as accept this Agreement in 
accordance with the provisions of Article XV of this Agreement.

2. The Commission may, by a two-thirds majority of its Members, 
admit to membership such other States, situated in the Region that 
are Members of the United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies 
or the International Atomic Energy Agency, as have submitted an 
application for membership of the Commission and a declaration 
made in a formal instrument that they accept this Agreement as in 
force at the time of admission.


Article II

0BLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS REGARDING NATIONAL POLICIES AND 
INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION FOR THE CONTROL OF THE DESERT LOCUST

1. Members undertake to maintain through the Secretary of the 
Commission a regular exchange of information on the current locust 
situation and the progress of control campaigns within their 
countries, and also to transmit such information regularly to the 
Desert Locust Information Service in London, in the light of the 
Agreement between the Organization and the Anti-Locust Research 
Center.

2. Members undertake to carry out all possible measures to control 
plagues of the Desert Locust within their countries and to reduce 
crop damage by adopting at least the following esential 
procedures:

a) maintaining a permanent locust information and reporting 
service;

b) maintaining an adequate permanent locust control service; 

c) holding reserves of insecticides and application equipment;

d) encouraging and supporting such training, survey and research 
work, including where appropriate the maintenance of national 
research stations for the study of the Desert Locust, as may be 
considered desirable by the Commission and as are compatible with 
the resources of the country;

e) participating in the implementation of any common policy of 
locust control or prevention which may be approved by the 
Commission;

f) facilitating the storage of any items of antilocust equipment 
and insecticides held by the Commission and permitting the duty-
free import or export without hindrance of such goods and 
equipment as well as the free movement within the country of such 
goods and equipment;

g) providing the Commission with any information it may request to 
carry out its functions effectively.

3. Members undertake to submit to the Commission periodic reports 
on the action taken to fulfil the obligations specified in 
paragraphs l and 2 above.


Article III

SEAT OF THE COMMISSION

1. The seat of the Commission shall be determined by the 
Commission.

2. Sessions of the Commission shall normally be held at its seat. 
Sessions may, however, be convened elsewhere, in consultation with 
the Director-General of the Organization, in pursuance of a 
decision of the Commission at a previous session, or, in 
exceptional circumstances, of a decision by the Executive 
Committee.


Article IV 

FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION

The following shall be the functions of the Commission: 
1. Joint Action and Assistance 

The Commission shall.

a) plan and implement joint action for the survey and control of 
the Desert Locust in the Region wherever required and, to this 
effect, arrange means whereby adequate resources can be made 
available;

b) assist and promote, in any manner which it considers 
appropriate, any national, regional or international action 
relating to the control or survey of the Desert Locust;

c) determine, in consultation with the Members concerned, the 
nature and extent of assistance needed by such Members for 
implementing their national programme and for supporting regional 
programmes;

d) assist, at the request of any Member whose territory is faced 
with Desert Locust situations beyond the capacity of its national 
services to control and survey, in any measures jointly agreed to 
that may become necessary;

e) maintain at strategic localities determined by the Commission, 
in consultation with the Members concerned, reserves of anti-
locust equipment, insecticides and other supplies, to be used in 
cases of emergency in accordance with decisions of the Executive 
Committee including supplementing of the national resources of any 
Member.

2. Information and Co-ordination

The Commission shall:

a) ensure that all Members are provided with current information 
in regard to Desert Locust infestations, and collect and 
disseminate information on experience gained, research conducted 
and programs adopted on the national regional and international 
levels in connection with the control of the Desert Locust;

b) assist the national research organizations of Members and co-
ordinate research in the Region by arranging visits of research 
and survey units and other appropriate means.

3. Co-operation
The Commission may:

a) enter into arrangements or agreements, through the Director-
General of the Organization, with nations in the Region that are 
not Members of the United Nations, for common action in connection 
with survey and control of locusts in the Region;

b) enter into or encourage arrangements, through the Director-
General, with other United Nations Specialized Agencies or other 
international organizations concerned, for common action on the 
study and control of locusts and for the mutual exchange of 
information on problems concerning locusts.

4. Administrative matters

The Commission shall:

a) consider and approve the report of the Executive Committee on 
the activities of the Commission, the Programme and Budget of the 
Commission for the ensuing financial period, and the annual 
accounts;

b) keep the Director-General of the Organization fully informed of 
its activities and transmit to him the accounts, the Programme and 
the Budget of the Commission, the latter for submission to the 
Council of the Organization prior to implementation.

c) transmit to the Director-General the reports and 
recommendations of the Commission, for such action by the Council 
or Conference of the Organization as may be appropriate.


Article V

SESSIONS OF THE COMMISSION

1. Each Member of the Commission shall be represented at sessions 
of the Commission by a delegate who may be accompanied by an 
alternate and by experts and advisers. Alternates, experts and 
advisers may take part in the proceedings of the Commission but 
may not vote unless authorized by the delegate to substitute for 
him.

2. A majority of the Members of the Commission shall constitute a 
quorum. Each Member shall have one vote. Decisions of the 
Commission shall be taken by a majority of the votes cast except 
as otherwise provided for in this Agreement.

3. A Member which is in arrears in the payment of its financial 
contributions to the Commission shall have no vote if the amount 
of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the Contributions 
due from it for the two preceding financial years.

4. The Commission shall elect, at the beginning of each regular 
session, a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman from amongst the 
delegates. These Officers shall hold office until the beginning of 
the next regular session and shall be eligible for re-election.

5. The Director-General of the Organization in consultation with 
the Chairman of the Commission shall convene a regular session of 
the Commission at least once a year. Special sessions may be 
convened by the Director-General in consultation with the Chairman 
of the Commission, if so requested by the Commission in regular 
session or by at least one third of the Members during intervals 
between regular session.

6. The Director-General of the Organization or a representative 
designated by him shall have the right to participate without vote 
in all meetings of the Commission or its subsidiary bodies.


Article VI 

OBSERVERS AND CONSULTANTS

1. Participation of international organizations in the work of the 
Commission and the relations between the Commission and such 
organizations shall be governed by the relevant provisions of the 
Constitution and the General Rules of the Organization as well as 
by the rules on relations with international organizations adopted 
by the Conference or Council of the Organization. All such 
relations shall be dealt with by the Director-General of the 
Organization.

2. Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization that 
are not Members of the Commission may, upon their request, be 
represented by an observer at sessions of the Commission and of 
its subsidiary bodies.

3. States which, while not Members of the Commission nor Members 
or Associate Members of the Organization, are Members of the 
United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies or the  
International Atomic Energy Agency may, upon request and subject 
to the concurrence of the Executive Committee and to the 
Provisions relating to the granting of observer status to nations 
adopted by the Conference of the Organization, be invited to 
attend sessions of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies in an 
observer capacity.

4. The Commission may invite consultants or experts to attend its 
sessions.


Article VII

SECRETARIAT

The Director-General of the Organization shall provide the 
Secretary and staff of the Commission who, for administrative 
purposes, shall be responsible to him. They shall be appointed 
under the same terms and conditions as the staff of the 
Organization.


Article VIII

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

1. An Executive Committee shall be established and shall be 
composed of one representative (preferably a locust specialist) of 
each of the Members of the Commission. The Chairman and Vice-
Chairman of the Executive Committee shall be elected from amongst 
its Members and shall hold office for one year. They shall be 
eligible for re-election .

2. The Executive Committee shall meet at least once between any 
two successive regular Sessions of the Commission. The Chairman of 
the Executive Committee shall, in consultation with the Director-
General of the Organization, convene Sessions of the Committee.

3. The Secretary of the Commission shall act as Secretary of the 
Executive Committee.


Article IX 

FUNCTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee shall:

a) make proposals to the Commission concerning policy matters and 
the programme of activities;

b) ensure the implementation of the policies and programmes 
approved by the Commission;

c) submit draft programmes of work and budget and annual accounts 
to the Commission;

d) prepare the draft annual report on the activities of the 
Commission for the approval of the Commission with the view of its 
transmission to the Director-General of the Organization.

e) carry out such other functions as the Commission may delegate 
to it.


Article X

RULES OF PROCEDURE AND FINANCIAL REGULATIONS

The Commission may, by a two-thirds majority of its membership, 
adopt and amend its own Rules of Procedure and Financial 
Regulations which shall be consistent with the General Rules and 
the Financial Regulations respectively of the Organization. The 
Rules of Procedure and Financial Regulations of the Commission and 
any amendment thereto shall come into force upon approval by the 
Director-General of the Organization, and as from the date of such 
approval, the Financial Regulations and amendments thereto being 
subject to confirmation by the Council of the Organization.


Article XI

SUBSIDIARY BODIES

1. The Commission may, if necessary, establish sub-commissions, 
committees or working parties, subject to the availability of the 
necessary funds in the relevant chapters of the approved budgets 
of the Commission and of the Organization. The determination of 
such availability shall be made by the Director-General of the 
Organization. Before taking any decision involving expenditure in 
connection with the establishment of subsidiary bodies, the 
Commission shall have before it a report from the Director-General 
on the administrative and financial implications thereof. 

2. Sessions of sub-commissions, committees and working parties 
shall be convened by the Chairman of such bodies in consultation 
with the Director-General of the Organization.

3. Membership in subsidiary bodies shall either be open to all 
Members of the Commission or shall consist of selected Members of 
the Commission, or of individuals appointed in their personal 
capacity, as determined by the Commission.

4. The procedure of subsidiary bodies shall be governed mutatis 
mutandis by the Rules of Procedure of the Commission.


Article XII

FINANCE

1. Each Member of the Commission undertakes to contribute annually 
its share of the Budget in accordance with a scale of 
contributions to be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the 
membership of the Commission. The contributions of the Members of 
the Commission shall initially, be calculated on the basis of the 
financial contributions worked out in respect of the Members in 
connection with the United Nations Special Fund Desert Locust 
Project, subject to such modifications as may be determined by the 
Commission as the result of acceptances of the Agreement in 
addition to those provided for in Article XX of the Agreement.

2. Contributions by Members may be made partly in cash and partly 
in kind, the proportion of each being determined by the 
Commission. For budgetary purposes, the cash value of 
contributions in kind shall be calculated by such means as the 
Commission may decide.

3. The Commission may





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AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMISSION FOR 
CONTROLLING THE DESERT LOCUST IN THE EASTERN REGION OF ITS 
DISTRIBUTION AREA IN SOUTH-WEST ASIA

Rome, 3 December 1963


PREAMBLE

The Contracting Governments, having regard to the urgent 
necessity of preventing losses to agriculture in certain countries 
of central and western Asia caused by the Desert Locust, hereby 
establish within the framework of the Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nations (hereinafter referred to as 
"the Organization") a Commission to be known as the "Commission 
for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Eastern Region of its 
Distribution Area in South-West Asia", whose object shall be to 
promote national and international research and action with 
respect to the control of the Desert Locust in that Region.

The Region is defined as consisting of the territories of 
Afghanistan, India, Iran and Pakistan and any territories adjacent 
to the above countries.


Article I

MEMBERSHIP

1. The Members of the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust 
in the Eastern Region of its Distribution Area in South-West Asia 
(hereinafter referred to as "the Commission") shall be such Member 
Nations and Associate Members of the Organization situated in the 
Region defined in the Preamble as accept this Agreement in 
accordance with the provisions of Article XV of this Agreement.

2. The Commission may, by a two-thirds majority of its Members, 
admit to membership such other States, situated in the Region that 
are Members of the United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies 
or the International Atomic Energy Agency, as have submitted an 
application for membership of the Commission and a declaration 
made in a formal instrument that they accept this Agreement as in 
force at the time of admission.


Article II

0BLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS REGARDING NATIONAL POLICIES AND 
INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION FOR THE CONTROL OF THE DESERT LOCUST

1. Members undertake to maintain through the Secretary of the 
Commission a regular exchange of information on the current locust 
situation and the progress of control campaigns within their 
countries, and also to transmit such information regularly to the 
Desert Locust Information Service in London, in the light of the 
Agreement between the Organization and the Anti-Locust Research 
Center.

2. Members undertake to carry out all possible measures to control 
plagues of the Desert Locust within their countries and to reduce 
crop damage by adopting at least the following esential 
procedures:

a) maintaining a permanent locust information and reporting 
service;

b) maintaining an adequate permanent locust control service; 

c) holding reserves of insecticides and application equipment;

d) encouraging and supporting such training, survey and research 
work, including where appropriate the maintenance of national 
research stations for the study of the Desert Locust, as may be 
considered desirable by the Commission and as are compatible with 
the resources of the country;

e) participating in the implementation of any common policy of 
locust control or prevention which may be approved by the 
Commission;

f) facilitating the storage of any items of antilocust equipment 
and insecticides held by the Commission and permitting the duty-
free import or export without hindrance of such goods and 
equipment as well as the free movement within the country of such 
goods and equipment;

g) providing the Commission with any information it may request to 
carry out its functions effectively.

3. Members undertake to submit to the Commission periodic reports 
on the action taken to fulfil the obligations specified in 
paragraphs l and 2 above.


Article III

SEAT OF THE COMMISSION

1. The seat of the Commission shall be determined by the 
Commission.

2. Sessions of the Commission shall normally be held at its seat. 
Sessions may, however, be convened elsewhere, in consultation with 
the Director-General of the Organization, in pursuance of a 
decision of the Commission at a previous session, or, in 
exceptional circumstances, of a decision by the Executive 
Committee.


Article IV 

FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION

The following shall be the functions of the Commission: 
1. Joint Action and Assistance 

The Commission shall.

a) plan and implement joint action for the survey and control of 
the Desert Locust in the Region wherever required and, to this 
effect, arrange means whereby adequate resources can be made 
available;

b) assist and promote, in any manner which it considers 
appropriate, any national, regional or international action 
relating to the control or survey of the Desert Locust;

c) determine, in consultation with the Members concerned, the 
nature and extent of assistance needed by such Members for 
implementing their national programme and for supporting regional 
programmes;

d) assist, at the request of any Member whose territory is faced 
with Desert Locust situations beyond the capacity of its national 
services to control and survey, in any measures jointly agreed to 
that may become necessary;

e) maintain at strategic localities determined by the Commission, 
in consultation with the Members concerned, reserves of anti-
locust equipment, insecticides and other supplies, to be used in 
cases of emergency in accordance with decisions of the Executive 
Committee including supplementing of the national resources of any 
Member.

2. Information and Co-ordination

The Commission shall:

a) ensure that all Members are provided with current information 
in regard to Desert Locust infestations, and collect and 
disseminate information on experience gained, research conducted 
and programs adopted on the national regional and international 
levels in connection with the control of the Desert Locust;

b) assist the national research organizations of Members and co-
ordinate research in the Region by arranging visits of research 
and survey units and other appropriate means.

3. Co-operation
The Commission may:

a) enter into arrangements or agreements, through the Director-
General of the Organization, with nations in the Region that are 
not Members of the United Nations, for common action in connection 
with survey and control of locusts in the Region;

b) enter into or encourage arrangements, through the Director-
General, with other United Nations Specialized Agencies or other 
international organizations concerned, for common action on the 
study and control of locusts and for the mutual exchange of 
information on problems concerning locusts.

4. Administrative matters

The Commission shall:

a) consider and approve the report of the Executive Committee on 
the activities of the Commission, the Programme and Budget of the 
Commission for the ensuing financial period, and the annual 
accounts;

b) keep the Director-General of the Organization fully informed of 
its activities and transmit to him the accounts, the Programme and 
the Budget of the Commission, the latter for submission to the 
Council of the Organization prior to implementation.

c) transmit to the Director-General the reports and 
recommendations of the Commission, for such action by the Council 
or Conference of the Organization as may be appropriate.


Article V

SESSIONS OF THE COMMISSION

1. Each Member of the Commission shall be represented at sessions 
of the Commission by a delegate who may be accompanied by an 
alternate and by experts and advisers. Alternates, experts and 
advisers may take part in the proceedings of the Commission but 
may not vote unless authorized by the delegate to substitute for 
him.

2. A majority of the Members of the Commission shall constitute a 
quorum. Each Member shall have one vote. Decisions of the 
Commission shall be taken by a majority of the votes cast except 
as otherwise provided for in this Agreement.

3. A Member which is in arrears in the payment of its financial 
contributions to the Commission shall have no vote if the amount 
of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the Contributions 
due from it for the two preceding financial years.

4. The Commission shall elect, at the beginning of each regular 
session, a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman from amongst the 
delegates. These Officers shall hold office until the beginning of 
the next regular session and shall be eligible for re-election.

5. The Director-General of the Organization in consultation with 
the Chairman of the Commission shall convene a regular session of 
the Commission at least once a year. Special sessions may be 
convened by the Director-General in consultation with the Chairman 
of the Commission, if so requested by the Commission in regular 
session or by at least one third of the Members during intervals 
between regular session.

6. The Director-General of the Organization or a representative 
designated by him shall have the right to participate without vote 
in all meetings of the Commission or its subsidiary bodies.


Article VI 

OBSERVERS AND CONSULTANTS

1. Participation of international organizations in the work of the 
Commission and the relations between the Commission and such 
organizations shall be governed by the relevant provisions of the 
Constitution and the General Rules of the Organization as well as 
by the rules on relations with international organizations adopted 
by the Conference or Council of the Organization. All such 
relations shall be dealt with by the Director-General of the 
Organization.

2. Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization that 
are not Members of the Commission may, upon their request, be 
represented by an observer at sessions of the Commission and of 
its subsidiary bodies.

3. States which, while not Members of the Commission nor Members 
or Associate Members of the Organization, are Members of the 
United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies or the  
International Atomic Energy Agency may, upon request and subject 
to the concurrence of the Executive Committee and to the 
Provisions relating to the granting of observer status to nations 
adopted by the Conference of the Organization, be invited to 
attend sessions of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies in an 
observer capacity.

4. The Commission may invite consultants or experts to attend its 
sessions.


Article VII

SECRETARIAT

The Director-General of the Organization shall provide the 
Secretary and staff of the Commission who, for administrative 
purposes, shall be responsible to him. They shall be appointed 
under the same terms and conditions as the staff of the 
Organization.


Article VIII

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

1. An Executive Committee shall be established and shall be 
composed of one representative (preferably a locust specialist) of 
each of the Members of the Commission. The Chairman and Vice-
Chairman of the Executive Committee shall be elected from amongst 
its Members and shall hold office for one year. They shall be 
eligible for re-election .

2. The Executive Committee shall meet at least once between any 
two successive regular Sessions of the Commission. The Chairman of 
the Executive Committee shall, in consultation with the Director-
General of the Organization, convene Sessions of the Committee.

3. The Secretary of the Commission shall act as Secretary of the 
Executive Committee.


Article IX 

FUNCTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee shall:

a) make proposals to the Commission concerning policy matters and 
the programme of activities;

b) ensure the implementation of the policies and programmes 
approved by the Commission;

c) submit draft programmes of work and budget and annual accounts 
to the Commission;

d) prepare the draft annual report on the activities of the 
Commission for the approval of the Commission with the view of its 
transmission to the Director-General of the Organization.

e) carry out such other functions as the Commission may delegate 
to it.


Article X

RULES OF PROCEDURE AND FINANCIAL REGULATIONS

The Commission may, by a two-thirds majority of its membership, 
adopt and amend its own Rules of Procedure and Financial 
Regulations which shall be consistent with the General Rules and 
the Financial Regulations respectively of the Organization. The 
Rules of Procedure and Financial Regulations of the Commission and 
any amendment thereto shall come into force upon approval by the 
Director-General of the Organization, and as from the date of such 
approval, the Financial Regulations and amendments thereto being 
subject to confirmation by the Council of the Organization.


Article XI

SUBSIDIARY BODIES

1. The Commission may, if necessary, establish sub-commissions, 
committees or working parties, subject to the availability of the 
necessary funds in the relevant chapters of the approved budgets 
of the Commission and of the Organization. The determination of 
such availability shall be made by the Director-General of the 
Organization. Before taking any decision involving expenditure in 
connection with the establishment of subsidiary bodies, the 
Commission shall have before it a report from the Director-General 
on the administrative and financial implications thereof. 

2. Sessions of sub-commissions, committees and working parties 
shall be convened by the Chairman of such bodies in consultation 
with the Director-General of the Organization.

3. Membership in subsidiary bodies shall either be open to all 
Members of the Commission or shall consist of selected Members of 
the Commission, or of individuals appointed in their personal 
capacity, as determined by the Commission.

4. The procedure of subsidiary bodies shall be governed mutatis 
mutandis by the Rules of Procedure of the Commission.


Article XII

FINANCE

1. Each Member of the Commission undertakes to contribute annually 
its share of the Budget in accordance with a scale of 
contributions to be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the 
membership of the Commission. The contributions of the Members of 
the Commission shall initially, be calculated on the basis of the 
financial contributions worked out in respect of the Members in 
connection with the United Nations Special Fund Desert Locust 
Project, subject to such modifications as may be determined by the 
Commission as the result of acceptances of the Agreement in 
addition to those provided for in Article XX of the Agreement.

2. Contributions by Members may be made partly in cash and partly 
in kind, the proportion of each being determined by the 
Commission. For budgetary purposes, the cash value of 
contributions in kind shall be calculated by such means as the 
Commission may decide.

3. The Commission may also accept contributions and donations from 
other sources.

4. Contributions shall be payable in currencies to be determined 
by the Commission after consultation with each Member and with the 
concurrence of the Director-General of the Organization.

5. All contributions and donations received shall be placed in a 
Trust Fund administered by the Director-General of the 
Organization in conformity with the Financial Regulations of the 
Organization.


Article XIII

EXPENSES

1. The expenses of the Commission shall be paid out of its Budget 
except those relating to such staff and facilities which can be 
made available by the Organization. The expenses to be borne by 
the Organization shall be determined and paid within the limits of 
an annual budget prepared by the Director-General and approved by 
the Conference of the Organization in accordance with the 
Constitution, General Rules and the Financial Regulations of the 
Organization.

2. Expenses relating to attendance by one delegate of each Member 
Government of the Commission at sessions of the Commission or its 
subsidiary bodies shall be borne by the Commission. Expenses of 
alternates, advisers and observers, shall be borne by their 
respective governments or organizations.

3. Expenses of individuals invited in their personal capacity to 
attend sessions or participate in the work of the Commission or 
its subsidiary bodies shall be borne by such individuals except 
when they have been requested to perform a specific task on behalf 
of the Commission or its subsidiary bodies.

4. The expenses of the Secretariat shall be borne by the 
Organization.


Article XIV

AMENDMENTS

1. This Agreement may be amended by a two-thirds majority of the 
membership of the Commission.

2. Proposals for amendments may be made by any Member of the 
Commission in a communication addressed to the Director-General of 
the Organization not later than 120 days before the Session of the 
Commission at which the proposal is to be considered. The 
Director-General shall inform all Members of the Commission of all 
proposals for amendment, within 30 days of receipt of such 
proposals.

3. Any amendment to this Agreement shall require the approval of 
the Council of the Organization unless the Council considers it 
desirable to refer the amendment to the Conference of the 
Organization for approval.

4. Amendments not involving new obligations for Members of the 
Commission shall take effect from the date of the approval by the 
Council or Conference, as appropriate.

5. Amendments involving new obligations for Members of the 
Commission shall, after approval by the Conference or Council of 
the Organization, come into force in respect of each Member only 
upon acceptance by it. The instruments of acceptance of amendments 
involving new obligations shall be deposited with the Director 
General of the Organization. The Director-General shall inform all 
Members of the Commission and the Secretary-General of the United 
Nations of such acceptance. The rights and obligations of any 
Member of the Commission that has not accepted an amendment 
involving new obligations shall continue to be governed by the 
provisions of the Agreement in force prior to the amendment.

6. The Director-General of the Organization shall inform all 
Members of the Commission, all Members and Associate Members of 
the Organization and the Secretary-General of the United Nations 
of the entry into force of any amendment.


Article XV

ACCEPTANCE

l. Acceptance of this Agreement by any Members or Associate 
Members of the Organization shall be effected by the deposit of an 
instrument of acceptance with the Director-General of the 
Organization and shall take effect on receipt of such instrument 
by the Director-General.

2. Acceptance of this Agreement by non-member Nations of this 
Organization shall become effective on the date on which the 
Commission approves the application for membership in conformity 
with the provisions of Article I of this Agreement.

3. The Director-General of the Organization shall info





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AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMISSION FOR 
CONTROLLING THE DESERT LOCUST IN THE EASTERN REGION OF ITS 
DISTRIBUTION AREA IN SOUTH-WEST ASIA

Rome, 3 December 1963


PREAMBLE

The Contracting Governments, having regard to the urgent 
necessity of preventing losses to agriculture in certain countries 
of central and western Asia caused by the Desert Locust, hereby 
establish within the framework of the Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nations (hereinafter referred to as 
"the Organization") a Commission to be known as the "Commission 
for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Eastern Region of its 
Distribution Area in South-West Asia", whose object shall be to 
promote national and international research and action with 
respect to the control of the Desert Locust in that Region.

The Region is defined as consisting of the territories of 
Afghanistan, India, Iran and Pakistan and any territories adjacent 
to the above countries.


Article I

MEMBERSHIP

1. The Members of the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust 
in the Eastern Region of its Distribution Area in South-West Asia 
(hereinafter referred to as "the Commission") shall be such Member 
Nations and Associate Members of the Organization situated in the 
Region defined in the Preamble as accept this Agreement in 
accordance with the provisions of Article XV of this Agreement.

2. The Commission may, by a two-thirds majority of its Members, 
admit to membership such other States, situated in the Region that 
are Members of the United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies 
or the International Atomic Energy Agency, as have submitted an 
application for membership of the Commission and a declaration 
made in a formal instrument that they accept this Agreement as in 
force at the time of admission.


Article II

0BLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS REGARDING NATIONAL POLICIES AND 
INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION FOR THE CONTROL OF THE DESERT LOCUST

1. Members undertake to maintain through the Secretary of the 
Commission a regular exchange of information on the current locust 
situation and the progress of control campaigns within their 
countries, and also to transmit such information regularly to the 
Desert Locust Information Service in London, in the light of the 
Agreement between the Organization and the Anti-Locust Research 
Center.

2. Members undertake to carry out all possible measures to control 
plagues of the Desert Locust within their countries and to reduce 
crop damage by adopting at least the following esential 
procedures:

a) maintaining a permanent locust information and reporting 
service;

b) maintaining an adequate permanent locust control service; 

c) holding reserves of insecticides and application equipment;

d) encouraging and supporting such training, survey and research 
work, including where appropriate the maintenance of national 
research stations for the study of the Desert Locust, as may be 
considered desirable by the Commission and as are compatible with 
the resources of the country;

e) participating in the implementation of any common policy of 
locust control or prevention which may be approved by the 
Commission;

f) facilitating the storage of any items of antilocust equipment 
and insecticides held by the Commission and permitting the duty-
free import or export without hindrance of such goods and 
equipment as well as the free movement within the country of such 
goods and equipment;

g) providing the Commission with any information it may request to 
carry out its functions effectively.

3. Members undertake to submit to the Commission periodic reports 
on the action taken to fulfil the obligations specified in 
paragraphs l and 2 above.


Article III

SEAT OF THE COMMISSION

1. The seat of the Commission shall be determined by the 
Commission.

2. Sessions of the Commission shall normally be held at its seat. 
Sessions may, however, be convened elsewhere, in consultation with 
the Director-General of the Organization, in pursuance of a 
decision of the Commission at a previous session, or, in 
exceptional circumstances, of a decision by the Executive 
Committee.


Article IV 

FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION

The following shall be the functions of the Commission: 
1. Joint Action and Assistance 

The Commission shall.

a) plan and implement joint action for the survey and control of 
the Desert Locust in the Region wherever required and, to this 
effect, arrange means whereby adequate resources can be made 
available;

b) assist and promote, in any manner which it considers 
appropriate, any national, regional or international action 
relating to the control or survey of the Desert Locust;

c) determine, in consultation with the Members concerned, the 
nature and extent of assistance needed by such Members for 
implementing their national programme and for supporting regional 
programmes;

d) assist, at the request of any Member whose territory is faced 
with Desert Locust situations beyond the capacity of its national 
services to control and survey, in any measures jointly agreed to 
that may become necessary;

e) maintain at strategic localities determined by the Commission, 
in consultation with the Members concerned, reserves of anti-
locust equipment, insecticides and other supplies, to be used in 
cases of emergency in accordance with decisions of the Executive 
Committee including supplementing of the national resources of any 
Member.

2. Information and Co-ordination

The Commission shall:

a) ensure that all Members are provided with current information 
in regard to Desert Locust infestations, and collect and 
disseminate information on experience gained, research conducted 
and programs adopted on the national regional and international 
levels in connection with the control of the Desert Locust;

b) assist the national research organizations of Members and co-
ordinate research in the Region by arranging visits of research 
and survey units and other appropriate means.

3. Co-operation
The Commission may:

a) enter into arrangements or agreements, through the Director-
General of the Organization, with nations in the Region that are 
not Members of the United Nations, for common action in connection 
with survey and control of locusts in the Region;

b) enter into or encourage arrangements, through the Director-
General, with other United Nations Specialized Agencies or other 
international organizations concerned, for common action on the 
study and control of locusts and for the mutual exchange of 
information on problems concerning locusts.

4. Administrative matters

The Commission shall:

a) consider and approve the report of the Executive Committee on 
the activities of the Commission, the Programme and Budget of the 
Commission for the ensuing financial period, and the annual 
accounts;

b) keep the Director-General of the Organization fully informed of 
its activities and transmit to him the accounts, the Programme and 
the Budget of the Commission, the latter for submission to the 
Council of the Organization prior to implementation.

c) transmit to the Director-General the reports and 
recommendations of the Commission, for such action by the Council 
or Conference of the Organization as may be appropriate.


Article V

SESSIONS OF THE COMMISSION

1. Each Member of the Commission shall be represented at sessions 
of the Commission by a delegate who may be accompanied by an 
alternate and by experts and advisers. Alternates, experts and 
advisers may take part in the proceedings of the Commission but 
may not vote unless authorized by the delegate to substitute for 
him.

2. A majority of the Members of the Commission shall constitute a 
quorum. Each Member shall have one vote. Decisions of the 
Commission shall be taken by a majority of the votes cast except 
as otherwise provided for in this Agreement.

3. A Member which is in arrears in the payment of its financial 
contributions to the Commission shall have no vote if the amount 
of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the Contributions 
due from it for the two preceding financial years.

4. The Commission shall elect, at the beginning of each regular 
session, a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman from amongst the 
delegates. These Officers shall hold office until the beginning of 
the next regular session and shall be eligible for re-election.

5. The Director-General of the Organization in consultation with 
the Chairman of the Commission shall convene a regular session of 
the Commission at least once a year. Special sessions may be 
convened by the Director-General in consultation with the Chairman 
of the Commission, if so requested by the Commission in regular 
session or by at least one third of the Members during intervals 
between regular session.

6. The Director-General of the Organization or a representative 
designated by him shall have the right to participate without vote 
in all meetings of the Commission or its subsidiary bodies.


Article VI 

OBSERVERS AND CONSULTANTS

1. Participation of international organizations in the work of the 
Commission and the relations between the Commission and such 
organizations shall be governed by the relevant provisions of the 
Constitution and the General Rules of the Organization as well as 
by the rules on relations with international organizations adopted 
by the Conference or Council of the Organization. All such 
relations shall be dealt with by the Director-General of the 
Organization.

2. Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization that 
are not Members of the Commission may, upon their request, be 
represented by an observer at sessions of the Commission and of 
its subsidiary bodies.

3. States which, while not Members of the Commission nor Members 
or Associate Members of the Organization, are Members of the 
United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies or the  
International Atomic Energy Agency may, upon request and subject 
to the concurrence of the Executive Committee and to the 
Provisions relating to the granting of observer status to nations 
adopted by the Conference of the Organization, be invited to 
attend sessions of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies in an 
observer capacity.

4. The Commission may invite consultants or experts to attend its 
sessions.


Article VII

SECRETARIAT

The Director-General of the Organization shall provide the 
Secretary and staff of the Commission who, for administrative 
purposes, shall be responsible to him. They shall be appointed 
under the same terms and conditions as the staff of the 
Organization.


Article VIII

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

1. An Executive Committee shall be established and shall be 
composed of one representative (preferably a locust specialist) of 
each of the Members of the Commission. The Chairman and Vice-
Chairman of the Executive Committee shall be elected from amongst 
its Members and shall hold office for one year. They shall be 
eligible for re-election .

2. The Executive Committee shall meet at least once between any 
two successive regular Sessions of the Commission. The Chairman of 
the Executive Committee shall, in consultation with the Director-
General of the Organization, convene Sessions of the Committee.

3. The Secretary of the Commission shall act as Secretary of the 
Executive Committee.


Article IX 

FUNCTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee shall:

a) make proposals to the Commission concerning policy matters and 
the programme of activities;

b) ensure the implementation of the policies and programmes 
approved by the Commission;

c) submit draft programmes of work and budget and annual accounts 
to the Commission;

d) prepare the draft annual report on the activities of the 
Commission for the approval of the Commission with the view of its 
transmission to the Director-General of the Organization.

e) carry out such other functions as the Commission may delegate 
to it.


Article X

RULES OF PROCEDURE AND FINANCIAL REGULATIONS

The Commission may, by a two-thirds majority of its membership, 
adopt and amend its own Rules of Procedure and Financial 
Regulations which shall be consistent with the General Rules and 
the Financial Regulations respectively of the Organization. The 
Rules of Procedure and Financial Regulations of the Commission and 
any amendment thereto shall come into force upon approval by the 
Director-General of the Organization, and as from the date of such 
approval, the Financial Regulations and amendments thereto being 
subject to confirmation by the Council of the Organization.


Article XI

SUBSIDIARY BODIES

1. The Commission may, if necessary, establish sub-commissions, 
committees or working parties, subject to the availability of the 
necessary funds in the relevant chapters of the approved budgets 
of the Commission and of the Organization. The determination of 
such availability shall be made by the Director-General of the 
Organization. Before taking any decision involving expenditure in 
connection with the establishment of subsidiary bodies, the 
Commission shall have before it a report from the Director-General 
on the administrative and financial implications thereof. 

2. Sessions of sub-commissions, committees and working parties 
shall be convened by the Chairman of such bodies in consultation 
with the Director-General of the Organization.

3. Membership in subsidiary bodies shall either be open to all 
Members of the Commission or shall consist of selected Members of 
the Commission, or of individuals appointed in their personal 
capacity, as determined by the Commission.

4. The procedure of subsidiary bodies shall be governed mutatis 
mutandis by the Rules of Procedure of the Commission.


Article XII

FINANCE

1. Each Member of the Commission undertakes to contribute annually 
its share of the Budget in accordance with a scale of 
contributions to be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the 
membership of the Commission. The contributions of the Members of 
the Commission shall initially, be calculated on the basis of the 
financial contributions worked out in respect of the Members in 
connection with the United Nations Special Fund Desert Locust 
Project, subject to such modifications as may be determined by the 
Commission as the result of acceptances of the Agreement in 
addition to those provided for in Article XX of the Agreement.

2. Contributions by Members may be made partly in cash and partly 
in kind, the proportion of each being determined by the 
Commission. For budgetary purposes, the cash value of 
contributions in kind shall be calculated by such means as the 
Commission may decide.

3. The Commission may also accept contributions and donations from 
other sources.

4. Contributions shall be payable in currencies to be determined 
by the Commission after consultation with each Member and with the 
concurrence of the Director-General of the Organization.

5. All contributions and donations received shall be placed in a 
Trust Fund administered by the Director-General of the 
Organization in conformity with the Financial Regulations of the 
Organization.


Article XIII

EXPENSES

1. The expenses of the Commission shall be paid out of its Budget 
except those relating to such staff and facilities which can be 
made available by the Organization. The expenses to be borne by 
the Organization shall be determined and paid within the limits of 
an annual budget prepared by the Director-General and approved by 
the Conference of the Organization in accordance with the 
Constitution, General Rules and the Financial Regulations of the 
Organization.

2. Expenses relating to attendance by one delegate of each Member 
Government of the Commission at sessions of the Commission or its 
subsidiary bodies shall be borne by the Commission. Expenses of 
alternates, advisers and observers, shall be borne by their 
respective governments or organizations.

3. Expenses of individuals invited in their personal capacity to 
attend sessions or participate in the work of the Commission or 
its subsidiary bodies shall be borne by such individuals except 
when they have been requested to perform a specific task on behalf 
of the Commission or its subsidiary bodies.

4. The expenses of the Secretariat shall be borne by the 
Organization.


Article XIV

AMENDMENTS

1. This Agreement may be amended by a two-thirds majority of the 
membership of the Commission.

2. Proposals for amendments may be made by any Member of the 
Commission in a communication addressed to the Director-General of 
the Organization not later than 120 days before the Session of the 
Commission at which the proposal is to be considered. The 
Director-General shall inform all Members of the Commission of all 
proposals for amendment, within 30 days of receipt of such 
proposals.

3. Any amendment to this Agreement shall require the approval of 
the Council of the Organization unless the Council considers it 
desirable to refer the amendment to the Conference of the 
Organization for approval.

4. Amendments not involving new obligations for Members of the 
Commission shall take effect from the date of the approval by the 
Council or Conference, as appropriate.

5. Amendments involving new obligations for Members of the 
Commission shall, after approval by the Conference or Council of 
the Organization, come into force in respect of each Member only 
upon acceptance by it. The instruments of acceptance of amendments 
involving new obligations shall be deposited with the Director 
General of the Organization. The Director-General shall inform all 
Members of the Commission and the Secretary-General of the United 
Nations of such acceptance. The rights and obligations of any 
Member of the Commission that has not accepted an amendment 
involving new obligations shall continue to be governed by the 
provisions of the Agreement in force prior to the amendment.

6. The Director-General of the Organization shall inform all 
Members of the Commission, all Members and Associate Members of 
the Organization and the Secretary-General of the United Nations 
of the entry into force of any amendment.


Article XV

ACCEPTANCE

l. Acceptance of this Agreement by any Members or Associate 
Members of the Organization shall be effected by the deposit of an 
instrument of acceptance with the Director-General of the 
Organization and shall take effect on receipt of such instrument 
by the Director-General.

2. Acceptance of this Agreement by non-member Nations of this 
Organization shall become effective on the date on which the 
Commission approves the application for membership in conformity 
with the provisions of Article I of this Agreement.

3. The Director-General of the Organization shall inform all 
Members of the Commission, all Members and Associate Members of 
the Organization and the Secretary-General of the United Nations 
of all acceptances that have become effective.

4. Acceptance of this Agreement may be made subject to 
reservations which shall become effective only upon unanimous 
approval by the Members of the Commission. The Director-General of 
the Organization shall notify forthwith all Members of the 
Commission of any reservations. Members of the Commission not 
having replied within three months from the date of the 
notification shall be deemed to have accepted the reservation. 
Failing such approval the nation making the reservation shall not 
become a party to this Agreement.


Article XVI

TERRITORIAL APPLICATION

The Members of the Commission shall, when accepting this 
Agreement, state explicitly to which territories their 
participation shall extend. In the absence of such a declaration, 
participation shall be deemed to apply to all the territories for 
the international relations of which the Member is responsible. 
Subject to the provisions of Article XVIII-2, the scope of the 
territorial application may be modified by a subsequent 
declaration.


Article XVII

INTERPRETATION AND SETTLEMENT 0F DISPUTES

Any dispute regarding the interpretation or application of this 
Agreement, if not settled by the Commission, shall be referred to 
a Committee composed of one member appointed by each of the 
parties to the dispute, and in addition an independent chairman 
chosen by the members of the Committee. The recommendations of 
such a Committee, while not binding in character, shall become the 
basis for renewed consideration by the parties concerned of the 
matter out of which the disagreement arose. If as the result of 
this procedure the dispute is not settled, it shall be referred to 
the International Court of Justice in accordance with the Statute 
of the Court, unless the parties to the dispute agree to another 
method of settlement.


Article XVIII

WITHDRAWAL

1. Any Member may withdraw from the Commission at any time after 
the expiration of one year from the date on which its acceptance 
took effect or from the date on which the Agreement entered into 
force, whichever is the later, by giving written notice of 
withdrawal to the Director-General of the Organization, who shall 
forthwith inform all Members of the Commission, all Member Nations 
and Associate Members of the Organization and the Secretary-
General of the United Nations. The withdrawal shall become 
effective one year from the date of receipt of the notification of 
withdrawal.

2. A Member of the Commission may give notice of withdrawal with 
respect to one or more of the territories for the international 
relations of which it is responsible. When a Member gives notice 
of its own withdrawal from the Commission, it shall state to which 
territory or territories the withdrawal is to apply. In the 
absence of such a declaration, the withdrawal shall be deemed to 
apply to all the territories for the international relations of 
which the Member of the Commission is responsible, except that 
such withdrawal shall not be deemed to apply to an Associate 
Member.

3. Any Member of the Commission that gives notice of withdrawal 
from the Organization shall be deemed to have simultaneously 
withdrawn from the Commission, and this withdrawal shall be deemed 
to apply to all the territories for the international relations of 
which the Member concerned is responsible, except that such 
withdrawal shall not be deemed to apply to an Associate Member.


Article XIX

TERMINATION

1. This Agreement shall be considered terminated if and when the 
number of Members of the Commission falls below three, unless the 
remaining two Members of the Commission decide to continue, with 
the approval of the Conference of the Organization. The Director-
General of the Organization shall inform all Members of the 
Commission, all Members and Associate Members of the Organization 
and the Secretary-General of the United Nations of such 
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AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMISSION FOR 
CONTROLLING THE DESERT LOCUST IN THE EASTERN REGION OF ITS 
DISTRIBUTION AREA IN SOUTH-WEST ASIA

Rome, 3 December 1963


PREAMBLE

The Contracting Governments, having regard to the urgent 
necessity of preventing losses to agriculture in certain countries 
of central and western Asia caused by the Desert Locust, hereby 
establish within the framework of the Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nations (hereinafter referred to as 
"the Organization") a Commission to be known as the "Commission 
for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Eastern Region of its 
Distribution Area in South-West Asia", whose object shall be to 
promote national and international research and action with 
respect to the control of the Desert Locust in that Region.

The Region is defined as consisting of the territories of 
Afghanistan, India, Iran and Pakistan and any territories adjacent 
to the above countries.


Article I

MEMBERSHIP

1. The Members of the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust 
in the Eastern Region of its Distribution Area in South-West Asia 
(hereinafter referred to as "the Commission") shall be such Member 
Nations and Associate Members of the Organization situated in the 
Region defined in the Preamble as accept this Agreement in 
accordance with the provisions of Article XV of this Agreement.

2. The Commission may, by a two-thirds majority of its Members, 
admit to membership such other States, situated in the Region that 
are Members of the United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies 
or the International Atomic Energy Agency, as have submitted an 
application for membership of the Commission and a declaration 
made in a formal instrument that they accept this Agreement as in 
force at the time of admission.


Article II

0BLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS REGARDING NATIONAL POLICIES AND 
INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION FOR THE CONTROL OF THE DESERT LOCUST

1. Members undertake to maintain through the Secretary of the 
Commission a regular exchange of information on the current locust 
situation and the progress of control campaigns within their 
countries, and also to transmit such information regularly to the 
Desert Locust Information Service in London, in the light of the 
Agreement between the Organization and the Anti-Locust Research 
Center.

2. Members undertake to carry out all possible measures to control 
plagues of the Desert Locust within their countries and to reduce 
crop damage by adopting at least the following esential 
procedures:

a) maintaining a permanent locust information and reporting 
service;

b) maintaining an adequate permanent locust control service; 

c) holding reserves of insecticides and application equipment;

d) encouraging and supporting such training, survey and research 
work, including where appropriate the maintenance of national 
research stations for the study of the Desert Locust, as may be 
considered desirable by the Commission and as are compatible with 
the resources of the country;

e) participating in the implementation of any common policy of 
locust control or prevention which may be approved by the 
Commission;

f) facilitating the storage of any items of antilocust equipment 
and insecticides held by the Commission and permitting the duty-
free import or export without hindrance of such goods and 
equipment as well as the free movement within the country of such 
goods and equipment;

g) providing the Commission with any information it may request to 
carry out its functions effectively.

3. Members undertake to submit to the Commission periodic reports 
on the action taken to fulfil the obligations specified in 
paragraphs l and 2 above.


Article III

SEAT OF THE COMMISSION

1. The seat of the Commission shall be determined by the 
Commission.

2. Sessions of the Commission shall normally be held at its seat. 
Sessions may, however, be convened elsewhere, in consultation with 
the Director-General of the Organization, in pursuance of a 
decision of the Commission at a previous session, or, in 
exceptional circumstances, of a decision by the Executive 
Committee.


Article IV 

FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION

The following shall be the functions of the Commission: 
1. Joint Action and Assistance 

The Commission shall.

a) plan and implement joint action for the survey and control of 
the Desert Locust in the Region wherever required and, to this 
effect, arrange means whereby adequate resources can be made 
available;

b) assist and promote, in any manner which it considers 
appropriate, any national, regional or international action 
relating to the control or survey of the Desert Locust;

c) determine, in consultation with the Members concerned, the 
nature and extent of assistance needed by such Members for 
implementing their national programme and for supporting regional 
programmes;

d) assist, at the request of any Member whose territory is faced 
with Desert Locust situations beyond the capacity of its national 
services to control and survey, in any measures jointly agreed to 
that may become necessary;

e) maintain at strategic localities determined by the Commission, 
in consultation with the Members concerned, reserves of anti-
locust equipment, insecticides and other supplies, to be used in 
cases of emergency in accordance with decisions of the Executive 
Committee including supplementing of the national resources of any 
Member.

2. Information and Co-ordination

The Commission shall:

a) ensure that all Members are provided with current information 
in regard to Desert Locust infestations, and collect and 
disseminate information on experience gained, research conducted 
and programs adopted on the national regional and international 
levels in connection with the control of the Desert Locust;

b) assist the national research organizations of Members and co-
ordinate research in the Region by arranging visits of research 
and survey units and other appropriate means.

3. Co-operation
The Commission may:

a) enter into arrangements or agreements, through the Director-
General of the Organization, with nations in the Region that are 
not Members of the United Nations, for common action in connection 
with survey and control of locusts in the Region;

b) enter into or encourage arrangements, through the Director-
General, with other United Nations Specialized Agencies or other 
international organizations concerned, for common action on the 
study and control of locusts and for the mutual exchange of 
information on problems concerning locusts.

4. Administrative matters

The Commission shall:

a) consider and approve the report of the Executive Committee on 
the activities of the Commission, the Programme and Budget of the 
Commission for the ensuing financial period, and the annual 
accounts;

b) keep the Director-General of the Organization fully informed of 
its activities and transmit to him the accounts, the Programme and 
the Budget of the Commission, the latter for submission to the 
Council of the Organization prior to implementation.

c) transmit to the Director-General the reports and 
recommendations of the Commission, for such action by the Council 
or Conference of the Organization as may be appropriate.


Article V

SESSIONS OF THE COMMISSION

1. Each Member of the Commission shall be represented at sessions 
of the Commission by a delegate who may be accompanied by an 
alternate and by experts and advisers. Alternates, experts and 
advisers may take part in the proceedings of the Commission but 
may not vote unless authorized by the delegate to substitute for 
him.

2. A majority of the Members of the Commission shall constitute a 
quorum. Each Member shall have one vote. Decisions of the 
Commission shall be taken by a majority of the votes cast except 
as otherwise provided for in this Agreement.

3. A Member which is in arrears in the payment of its financial 
contributions to the Commission shall have no vote if the amount 
of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the Contributions 
due from it for the two preceding financial years.

4. The Commission shall elect, at the beginning of each regular 
session, a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman from amongst the 
delegates. These Officers shall hold office until the beginning of 
the next regular session and shall be eligible for re-election.

5. The Director-General of the Organization in consultation with 
the Chairman of the Commission shall convene a regular session of 
the Commission at least once a year. Special sessions may be 
convened by the Director-General in consultation with the Chairman 
of the Commission, if so requested by the Commission in regular 
session or by at least one third of the Members during intervals 
between regular session.

6. The Director-General of the Organization or a representative 
designated by him shall have the right to participate without vote 
in all meetings of the Commission or its subsidiary bodies.


Article VI 

OBSERVERS AND CONSULTANTS

1. Participation of international organizations in the work of the 
Commission and the relations between the Commission and such 
organizations shall be governed by the relevant provisions of the 
Constitution and the General Rules of the Organization as well as 
by the rules on relations with international organizations adopted 
by the Conference or Council of the Organization. All such 
relations shall be dealt with by the Director-General of the 
Organization.

2. Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization that 
are not Members of the Commission may, upon their request, be 
represented by an observer at sessions of the Commission and of 
its subsidiary bodies.

3. States which, while not Members of the Commission nor Members 
or Associate Members of the Organization, are Members of the 
United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies or the  
International Atomic Energy Agency may, upon request and subject 
to the concurrence of the Executive Committee and to the 
Provisions relating to the granting of observer status to nations 
adopted by the Conference of the Organization, be invited to 
attend sessions of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies in an 
observer capacity.

4. The Commission may invite consultants or experts to attend its 
sessions.


Article VII

SECRETARIAT

The Director-General of the Organization shall provide the 
Secretary and staff of the Commission who, for administrative 
purposes, shall be responsible to him. They shall be appointed 
under the same terms and conditions as the staff of the 
Organization.


Article VIII

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

1. An Executive Committee shall be established and shall be 
composed of one representative (preferably a locust specialist) of 
each of the Members of the Commission. The Chairman and Vice-
Chairman of the Executive Committee shall be elected from amongst 
its Members and shall hold office for one year. They shall be 
eligible for re-election .

2. The Executive Committee shall meet at least once between any 
two successive regular Sessions of the Commission. The Chairman of 
the Executive Committee shall, in consultation with the Director-
General of the Organization, convene Sessions of the Committee.

3. The Secretary of the Commission shall act as Secretary of the 
Executive Committee.


Article IX 

FUNCTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee shall:

a) make proposals to the Commission concerning policy matters and 
the programme of activities;

b) ensure the implementation of the policies and programmes 
approved by the Commission;

c) submit draft programmes of work and budget and annual accounts 
to the Commission;

d) prepare the draft annual report on the activities of the 
Commission for the approval of the Commission with the view of its 
transmission to the Director-General of the Organization.

e) carry out such other functions as the Commission may delegate 
to it.


Article X

RULES OF PROCEDURE AND FINANCIAL REGULATIONS

The Commission may, by a two-thirds majority of its membership, 
adopt and amend its own Rules of Procedure and Financial 
Regulations which shall be consistent with the General Rules and 
the Financial Regulations respectively of the Organization. The 
Rules of Procedure and Financial Regulations of the Commission and 
any amendment thereto shall come into force upon approval by the 
Director-General of the Organization, and as from the date of such 
approval, the Financial Regulations and amendments thereto being 
subject to confirmation by the Council of the Organization.


Article XI

SUBSIDIARY BODIES

1. The Commission may, if necessary, establish sub-commissions, 
committees or working parties, subject to the availability of the 
necessary funds in the relevant chapters of the approved budgets 
of the Commission and of the Organization. The determination of 
such availability shall be made by the Director-General of the 
Organization. Before taking any decision involving expenditure in 
connection with the establishment of subsidiary bodies, the 
Commission shall have before it a report from the Director-General 
on the administrative and financial implications thereof. 

2. Sessions of sub-commissions, committees and working parties 
shall be convened by the Chairman of such bodies in consultation 
with the Director-General of the Organization.

3. Membership in subsidiary bodies shall either be open to all 
Members of the Commission or shall consist of selected Members of 
the Commission, or of individuals appointed in their personal 
capacity, as determined by the Commission.

4. The procedure of subsidiary bodies shall be governed mutatis 
mutandis by the Rules of Procedure of the Commission.


Article XII

FINANCE

1. Each Member of the Commission undertakes to contribute annually 
its share of the Budget in accordance with a scale of 
contributions to be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the 
membership of the Commission. The contributions of the Members of 
the Commission shall initially, be calculated on the basis of the 
financial contributions worked out in respect of the Members in 
connection with the United Nations Special Fund Desert Locust 
Project, subject to such modifications as may be determined by the 
Commission as the result of acceptances of the Agreement in 
addition to those provided for in Article XX of the Agreement.

2. Contributions by Members may be made partly in cash and partly 
in kind, the proportion of each being determined by the 
Commission. For budgetary purposes, the cash value of 
contributions in kind shall be calculated by such means as the 
Commission may decide.

3. The Commission may also accept contributions and donations from 
other sources.

4. Contributions shall be payable in currencies to be determined 
by the Commission after consultation with each Member and with the 
concurrence of the Director-General of the Organization.

5. All contributions and donations received shall be placed in a 
Trust Fund administered by the Director-General of the 
Organization in conformity with the Financial Regulations of the 
Organization.


Article XIII

EXPENSES

1. The expenses of the Commission shall be paid out of its Budget 
except those relating to such staff and facilities which can be 
made available by the Organization. The expenses to be borne by 
the Organization shall be determined and paid within the limits of 
an annual budget prepared by the Director-General and approved by 
the Conference of the Organization in accordance with the 
Constitution, General Rules and the Financial Regulations of the 
Organization.

2. Expenses relating to attendance by one delegate of each Member 
Government of the Commission at sessions of the Commission or its 
subsidiary bodies shall be borne by the Commission. Expenses of 
alternates, advisers and observers, shall be borne by their 
respective governments or organizations.

3. Expenses of individuals invited in their personal capacity to 
attend sessions or participate in the work of the Commission or 
its subsidiary bodies shall be borne by such individuals except 
when they have been requested to perform a specific task on behalf 
of the Commission or its subsidiary bodies.

4. The expenses of the Secretariat shall be borne by the 
Organization.


Article XIV

AMENDMENTS

1. This Agreement may be amended by a two-thirds majority of the 
membership of the Commission.

2. Proposals for amendments may be made by any Member of the 
Commission in a communication addressed to the Director-General of 
the Organization not later than 120 days before the Session of the 
Commission at which the proposal is to be considered. The 
Director-General shall inform all Members of the Commission of all 
proposals for amendment, within 30 days of receipt of such 
proposals.

3. Any amendment to this Agreement shall require the approval of 
the Council of the Organization unless the Council considers it 
desirable to refer the amendment to the Conference of the 
Organization for approval.

4. Amendments not involving new obligations for Members of the 
Commission shall take effect from the date of the approval by the 
Council or Conference, as appropriate.

5. Amendments involving new obligations for Members of the 
Commission shall, after approval by the Conference or Council of 
the Organization, come into force in respect of each Member only 
upon acceptance by it. The instruments of acceptance of amendments 
involving new obligations shall be deposited with the Director 
General of the Organization. The Director-General shall inform all 
Members of the Commission and the Secretary-General of the United 
Nations of such acceptance. The rights and obligations of any 
Member of the Commission that has not accepted an amendment 
involving new obligations shall continue to be governed by the 
provisions of the Agreement in force prior to the amendment.

6. The Director-General of the Organization shall inform all 
Members of the Commission, all Members and Associate Members of 
the Organization and the Secretary-General of the United Nations 
of the entry into force of any amendment.


Article XV

ACCEPTANCE

l. Acceptance of this Agreement by any Members or Associate 
Members of the Organization shall be effected by the deposit of an 
instrument of acceptance with the Director-General of the 
Organization and shall take effect on receipt of such instrument 
by the Director-General.

2. Acceptance of this Agreement by non-member Nations of this 
Organization shall become effective on the date on which the 
Commission approves the application for membership in conformity 
with the provisions of Article I of this Agreement.

3. The Director-General of the Organization shall inform all 
Members of the Commission, all Members and Associate Members of 
the Organization and the Secretary-General of the United Nations 
of all acceptances that have become effective.

4. Acceptance of this Agreement may be made subject to 
reservations which shall become effective only upon unanimous 
approval by the Members of the Commission. The Director-General of 
the Organization shall notify forthwith all Members of the 
Commission of any reservations. Members of the Commission not 
having replied within three months from the date of the 
notification shall be deemed to have accepted the reservation. 
Failing such approval the nation making the reservation shall not 
become a party to this Agreement.


Article XVI

TERRITORIAL APPLICATION

The Members of the Commission shall, when accepting this 
Agreement, state explicitly to which territories their 
participation shall extend. In the absence of such a declaration, 
participation shall be deemed to apply to all the territories for 
the international relations of which the Member is responsible. 
Subject to the provisions of Article XVIII-2, the scope of the 
territorial application may be modified by a subsequent 
declaration.


Article XVII

INTERPRETATION AND SETTLEMENT 0F DISPUTES

Any dispute regarding the interpretation or application of this 
Agreement, if not settled by the Commission, shall be referred to 
a Committee composed of one member appointed by each of the 
parties to the dispute, and in addition an independent chairman 
chosen by the members of the Committee. The recommendations of 
such a Committee, while not binding in character, shall become the 
basis for renewed consideration by the parties concerned of the 
matter out of which the disagreement arose. If as the result of 
this procedure the dispute is not settled, it shall be referred to 
the International Court of Justice in accordance with the Statute 
of the Court, unless the parties to the dispute agree to another 
method of settlement.


Article XVIII

WITHDRAWAL

1. Any Member may withdraw from the Commission at any time after 
the expiration of one year from the date on which its acceptance 
took effect or from the date on which the Agreement entered into 
force, whichever is the later, by giving written notice of 
withdrawal to the Director-General of the Organization, who shall 
forthwith inform all Members of the Commission, all Member Nations 
and Associate Members of the Organization and the Secretary-
General of the United Nations. The withdrawal shall become 
effective one year from the date of receipt of the notification of 
withdrawal.

2. A Member of the Commission may give notice of withdrawal with 
respect to one or more of the territories for the international 
relations of which it is responsible. When a Member gives notice 
of its own withdrawal from the Commission, it shall state to which 
territory or territories the withdrawal is to apply. In the 
absence of such a declaration, the withdrawal shall be deemed to 
apply to all the territories for the international relations of 
which the Member of the Commission is responsible, except that 
such withdrawal shall not be deemed to apply to an Associate 
Member.

3. Any Member of the Commission that gives notice of withdrawal 
from the Organization shall be deemed to have simultaneously 
withdrawn from the Commission, and this withdrawal shall be deemed 
to apply to all the territories for the international relations of 
which the Member concerned is responsible, except that such 
withdrawal shall not be deemed to apply to an Associate Member.


Article XIX

TERMINATION

1. This Agreement shall be considered terminated if and when the 
number of Members of the Commission falls below three, unless the 
remaining two Members of the Commission decide to continue, with 
the approval of the Conference of the Organization. The Director-
General of the Organization shall inform all Members of the 
Commission, all Members and Associate Members of the Organization 
and the Secretary-General of the United Nations of such 
termination.

2. On termination of the Agreement all assets of the Commission 
shall be liquidated by the Director-General of the Organization 
and after settlement of the liabilities the balance shall be 
distributed proportionately amongst Members on the basis of the 
scale of contributions in force at the time. Nations whose 
contributions are in arrears for two consecutive years shall not 
be entitled to a share of the assets.


Article XX

ENTRY INTO FORCE

1 This Agreement shall enter into force as soon as three eligible 
Members or Associate Members of the Organization have become 
parties to it by the deposit of an instrument of acceptance in 
accordance with the provisions of Article XV of this Agreement

2. The Director-General shall notify all Nations having deposited 
instruments of acceptance as well as all Member Nations and 
Associate Members of the Organization and the Secretary-General of 
the United Nations of the date on which this Agreement comes into 
force.


Article XXI

AUTHENTIC LANGUAGES

The English, French and Spanish texts of this Agreement shall be 
equally authentic.


      












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AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMISSION FOR 
CONTROLLING THE DESERT LOCUST IN THE EASTERN REGION OF ITS 
DISTRIBUTION AREA IN SOUTH-WEST ASIA

Rome, 3 December 1963


PREAMBLE

The Contracting Governments, having regard to the urgent 
necessity of preventing losses to agriculture in certain countries 
of central and western Asia caused by the Desert Locust, hereby 
establish within the framework of the Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nations (hereinafter referred to as 
"the Organization") a Commission to be known as the "Commission 
for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Eastern Region of its 
Distribution Area in South-West Asia", whose object shall be to 
promote national and international research and action with 
respect to the control of the Desert Locust in that Region.

The Region is defined as consisting of the territories of 
Afghanistan, India, Iran and Pakistan and any territories adjacent 
to the above countries.


Article I

MEMBERSHIP

1. The Members of the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust 
in the Eastern Region of its Distribution Area in South-West Asia 
(hereinafter referred to as "the Commission") shall be such Member 
Nations and Associate Members of the Organization situated in the 
Region defined in the Preamble as accept this Agreement in 
accordance with the provisions of Article XV of this Agreement.

2. The Commission may, by a two-thirds majority of its Members, 
admit to membership such other States, situated in the Region that 
are Members of the United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies 
or the International Atomic Energy Agency, as have submitted an 
application for membership of the Commission and a declaration 
made in a formal instrument that they accept this Agreement as in 
force at the time of admission.


Article II

0BLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS REGARDING NATIONAL POLICIES AND 
INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION FOR THE CONTROL OF THE DESERT LOCUST

1. Members undertake to maintain through the Secretary of the 
Commission a regular exchange of information on the current locust 
situation and the progress of control campaigns within their 
countries, and also to transmit such information regularly to the 
Desert Locust Information Service in London, in the light of the 
Agreement between the Organization and the Anti-Locust Research 
Center.

2. Members undertake to carry out all possible measures to control 
plagues of the Desert Locust within their countries and to reduce 
crop damage by adopting at least the following esential 
procedures:

a) maintaining a permanent locust information and reporting 
service;

b) maintaining an adequate permanent locust control service; 

c) holding reserves of insecticides and application equipment;

d) encouraging and supporting such training, survey and research 
work, including where appropriate the maintenance of national 
research stations for the study of the Desert Locust, as may be 
considered desirable by the Commission and as are compatible with 
the resources of the country;

e) participating in the implementation of any common policy of 
locust control or prevention which may be approved by the 
Commission;

f) facilitating the storage of any items of antilocust equipment 
and insecticides held by the Commission and permitting the duty-
free import or export without hindrance of such goods and 
equipment as well as the free movement within the country of such 
goods and equipment;

g) providing the Commission with any information it may request to 
carry out its functions effectively.

3. Members undertake to submit to the Commission periodic reports 
on the action taken to fulfil the obligations specified in 
paragraphs l and 2 above.


Article III

SEAT OF THE COMMISSION

1. The seat of the Commission shall be determined by the 
Commission.

2. Sessions of the Commission shall normally be held at its seat. 
Sessions may, however, be convened elsewhere, in consultation with 
the Director-General of the Organization, in pursuance of a 
decision of the Commission at a previous session, or, in 
exceptional circumstances, of a decision by the Executive 
Committee.


Article IV 

FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION

The following shall be the functions of the Commission: 
1. Joint Action and Assistance 

The Commission shall.

a) plan and implement joint action for the survey and control of 
the Desert Locust in the Region wherever required and, to this 
effect, arrange means whereby adequate resources can be made 
available;

b) assist and promote, in any manner which it considers 
appropriate, any national, regional or international action 
relating to the control or survey of the Desert Locust;

c) determine, in consultation with the Members concerned, the 
nature and extent of assistance needed by such Members for 
implementing their national programme and for supporting regional 
programmes;

d) assist, at the request of any Member whose territory is faced 
with Desert Locust situations beyond the capacity of its national 
services to control and survey, in any measures jointly agreed to 
that may become necessary;

e) maintain at strategic localities determined by the Commission, 
in consultation with the Members concerned, reserves of anti-
locust equipment, insecticides and other supplies, to be used in 
cases of emergency in accordance with decisions of the Executive 
Committee including supplementing of the national resources of any 
Member.

2. Information and Co-ordination

The Commission shall:

a) ensure that all Members are provided with current information 
in regard to Desert Locust infestations, and collect and 
disseminate information on experience gained, research conducted 
and programs adopted on the national regional and international 
levels in connection with the control of the Desert Locust;

b) assist the national research organizations of Members and co-
ordinate research in the Region by arranging visits of research 
and survey units and other appropriate means.

3. Co-operation
The Commission may:

a) enter into arrangements or agreements, through the Director-
General of the Organization, with nations in the Region that are 
not Members of the United Nations, for common action in connection 
with survey and control of locusts in the Region;

b) enter into or encourage arrangements, through the Director-
General, with other United Nations Specialized Agencies or other 
international organizations concerned, for common action on the 
study and control of locusts and for the mutual exchange of 
information on problems concerning locusts.

4. Administrative matters

The Commission shall:

a) consider and approve the report of the Executive Committee on 
the activities of the Commission, the Programme and Budget of the 
Commission for the ensuing financial period, and the annual 
accounts;

b) keep the Director-General of the Organization fully informed of 
its activities and transmit to him the accounts, the Programme and 
the Budget of the Commission, the latter for submission to the 
Council of the Organization prior to implementation.

c) transmit to the Director-General the reports and 
recommendations of the Commission, for such action by the Council 
or Conference of the Organization as may be appropriate.


Article V

SESSIONS OF THE COMMISSION

1. Each Member of the Commission shall be represented at sessions 
of the Commission by a delegate who may be accompanied by an 
alternate and by experts and advisers. Alternates, experts and 
advisers may take part in the proceedings of the Commission but 
may not vote unless authorized by the delegate to substitute for 
him.

2. A majority of the Members of the Commission shall constitute a 
quorum. Each Member shall have one vote. Decisions of the 
Commission shall be taken by a majority of the votes cast except 
as otherwise provided for in this Agreement.

3. A Member which is in arrears in the payment of its financial 
contributions to the Commission shall have no vote if the amount 
of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the Contributions 
due from it for the two preceding financial years.

4. The Commission shall elect, at the beginning of each regular 
session, a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman from amongst the 
delegates. These Officers shall hold office until the beginning of 
the next regular session and shall be eligible for re-election.

5. The Director-General of the Organization in consultation with 
the Chairman of the Commission shall convene a regular session of 
the Commission at least once a year. Special sessions may be 
convened by the Director-General in consultation with the Chairman 
of the Commission, if so requested by the Commission in regular 
session or by at least one third of the Members during intervals 
between regular session.

6. The Director-General of the Organization or a representative 
designated by him shall have the right to participate without vote 
in all meetings of the Commission or its subsidiary bodies.


Article VI 

OBSERVERS AND CONSULTANTS

1. Participation of international organizations in the work of the 
Commission and the relations between the Commission and such 
organizations shall be governed by the relevant provisions of the 
Constitution and the General Rules of the Organization as well as 
by the rules on relations with international organizations adopted 
by the Conference or Council of the Organization. All such 
relations shall be dealt with by the Director-General of the 
Organization.

2. Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization that 
are not Members of the Commission may, upon their request, be 
represented by an observer at sessions of the Commission and of 
its subsidiary bodies.

3. States which, while not Members of the Commission nor Members 
or Associate Members of the Organization, are Members of the 
United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies or the  
International Atomic Energy Agency may, upon request and subject 
to the concurrence of the Executive Committee and to the 
Provisions relating to the granting of observer status to nations 
adopted by the Conference of the Organization, be invited to 
attend sessions of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies in an 
observer capacity.

4. The Commission may invite consultants or experts to attend its 
sessions.


Article VII

SECRETARIAT

The Director-General of the Organization shall provide the 
Secretary and staff of the Commission who, for administrative 
purposes, shall be responsible to him. They shall be appointed 
under the same terms and conditions as the staff of the 
Organization.


Article VIII

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

1. An Executive Committee shall be established and shall be 
composed of one representative (preferably a locust specialist) of 
each of the Members of the Commission. The Chairman and Vice-
Chairman of the Executive Committee shall be elected from amongst 
its Members and shall hold office for one year. They shall be 
eligible for re-election .

2. The Executive Committee shall meet at least once between any 
two successive regular Sessions of the Commission. The Chairman of 
the Executive Committee shall, in consultation with the Director-
General of the Organization, convene Sessions of the Committee.

3. The Secretary of the Commission shall act as Secretary of the 
Executive Committee.


Article IX 

FUNCTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee shall:

a) make proposals to the Commission concerning policy matters and 
the programme of activities;

b) ensure the implementation of the policies and programmes 
approved by the Commission;

c) submit draft programmes of work and budget and annual accounts 
to the Commission;

d) prepare the draft annual report on the activities of the 
Commission for the approval of the Commission with the view of its 
transmission to the Director-General of the Organization.

e) carry out such other functions as the Commission may delegate 
to it.


Article X

RULES OF PROCEDURE AND FINANCIAL REGULATIONS

The Commission may, by a two-thirds majority of its membership, 
adopt and amend its own Rules of Procedure and Financial 
Regulations which shall be consistent with the General Rules and 
the Financial Regulations respectively of the Organization. The 
Rules of Procedure and Financial Regulations of the Commission and 
any amendment thereto shall come into force upon approval by the 
Director-General of the Organization, and as from the date of such 
approval, the Financial Regulations and amendments thereto being 
subject to confirmation by the Council of the Organization.


Article XI

SUBSIDIARY BODIES

1. The Commission may, if necessary, establish sub-commissions, 
committees or working parties, subject to the availability of the 
necessary funds in the relevant chapters of the approved budgets 
of the Commission and of the Organization. The determination of 
such availability shall be made by the Director-General of the 
Organization. Before taking any decision involving expenditure in 
connection with the establishment of subsidiary bodies, the 
Commission shall have before it a report from the Director-General 
on the administrative and financial implications thereof. 

2. Sessions of sub-commissions, committees and working parties 
shall be convened by the Chairman of such bodies in consultation 
with the Director-General of the Organization.

3. Membership in subsidiary bodies shall either be open to all 
Members of the Commission or shall consist of selected Members of 
the Commission, or of individuals appointed in their personal 
capacity, as determined by the Commission.

4. The procedure of subsidiary bodies shall be governed mutatis 
mutandis by the Rules of Procedure of the Commission.


Article XII

FINANCE

1. Each Member of the Commission undertakes to contribute annually 
its share of the Budget in accordance with a scale of 
contributions to be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the 
membership of the Commission. The contributions of the Members of 
the Commission shall initially, be calculated on the basis of the 
financial contributions worked out in respect of the Members in 
connection with the United Nations Special Fund Desert Locust 
Project, subject to such modifications as may be determined by the 
Commission as the result of acceptances of the Agreement in 
addition to those provided for in Article XX of the Agreement.

2. Contributions by Members may be made partly in cash and partly 
in kind, the proportion of each being determined by the 
Commission. For budgetary purposes, the cash value of 
contributions in kind shall be calculated by such means as the 
Commission may decide.

3. The Commission may also accept contributions and donations from 
other sources.

4. Contributions shall be payable in currencies to be determined 
by the Commission after consultation with each Member and with the 
concurrence of the Director-General of the Organization.

5. All contributions and donations received shall be placed in a 
Trust Fund administered by the Director-General of the 
Organization in conformity with the Financial Regulations of the 
Organization.


Article XIII

EXPENSES

1. The expenses of the Commission shall be paid out of its Budget 
except those relating to such staff and facilities which can be 
made available by the Organization. The expenses to be borne by 
the Organization shall be determined and paid within the limits of 
an annual budget prepared by the Director-General and approved by 
the Conference of the Organization in accordance with the 
Constitution, General Rules and the Financial Regulations of the 
Organization.

2. Expenses relating to attendance by one delegate of each Member 
Government of the Commission at sessions of the Commission or its 
subsidiary bodies shall be borne by the Commission. Expenses of 
alternates, advisers and observers, shall be borne by their 
respective governments or organizations.

3. Expenses of individuals invited in their personal capacity to 
attend sessions or participate in the work of the Commission or 
its subsidiary bodies shall be borne by such individuals except 
when they have been requested to perform a specific task on behalf 
of the Commission or its subsidiary bodies.

4. The expenses of the Secretariat shall be borne by the 
Organization.


Article XIV

AMENDMENTS

1. This Agreement may be amended by a two-thirds majority of the 
membership of the Commission.

2. Proposals for amendments may be made by any Member of the 
Commission in a communication addressed to the Director-General of 
the Organization not later than 120 days before the Session of the 
Commission at which the proposal is to be considered. The 
Director-General shall inform all Members of the Commission of all 
proposals for amendment, within 30 days of receipt of such 
proposals.

3. Any amendment to this Agreement shall require the approval of 
the Council of the Organization unless the Council considers it 
desirable to refer the amendment to the Conference of the 
Organization for approval.

4. Amendments not involving new obligations for Members of the 
Commission shall take effect from the date of the approval by the 
Council or Conference, as appropriate.

5. Amendments involving new obligations for Members of the 
Commission shall, after approval by the Conference or Council of 
the Organization, come into force in respect of each Member only 
upon acceptance by it. The instruments of acceptance of amendments 
involving new obligations shall be deposited with the Director 
General of the Organization. The Director-General shall inform all 
Members of the Commission and the Secretary-General of the United 
Nations of such acceptance. The rights and obligations of any 
Member of the Commission that has not accepted an amendment 
involving new obligations shall continue to be governed by the 
provisions of the Agreement in force prior to the amendment.

6. The Director-General of the Organization shall inform all 
Members of the Commission, all Members and Associate Members of 
the Organization and the Secretary-General of the United Nations 
of the entry into force of any amendment.


Article XV

ACCEPTANCE

l. Acceptance of this Agreement by any Members or Associate 
Members of the Organization shall be effected by the deposit of an 
instrument of acceptance with the Director-General of the 
Organization and shall take effect on receipt of such instrument 
by the Director-General.

2. Acceptance of this Agreement by non-member Nations of this 
Organization shall become effective on the date on which the 
Commission approves the application for membership in conformity 
with the provisions of Article I of this Agreement.

3. The Director-General of the Organization shall inform all 
Members of the Commission, all Members and Associate Members of 
the Organization and the Secretary-General of the United Nations 
of all acceptances that have become effective.

4. Acceptance of this Agreement may be made subject to 
reservations which shall become effective only upon unanimous 
approval by the Members of the Commission. The Director-General of 
the Organization shall notify forthwith all Members of the 
Commission of any reservations. Members of the Commission not 
having replied within three months from the date of the 
notification shall be deemed to have accepted the reservation. 
Failing such approval the nation making the reservation shall not 
become a party to this Agreement.


Article XVI

TERRITORIAL APPLICATION

The Members of the Commission shall, when accepting this 
Agreement, state explicitly to which territories their 
participation shall extend. In the absence of such a declaration, 
participation shall be deemed to apply to all the territories for 
the international relations of which the Member is responsible. 
Subject to the provisions of Article XVIII-2, the scope of the 
territorial application may be modified by a subsequent 
declaration.


Article XVII

INTERPRETATION AND SETTLEMENT 0F DISPUTES

Any dispute regarding the interpretation or application of this 
Agreement, if not settled by the Commission, shall be referred to 
a Committee composed of one member appointed by each of the 
parties to the dispute, and in addition an independent chairman 
chosen by the members of the Committee. The recommendations of 
such a Committee, while not binding in character, shall become the 
basis for renewed consideration by the parties concerned of the 
matter out of which the disagreement arose. If as the result of 
this procedure the dispute is not settled, it shall be referred to 
the International Court of Justice in accordance with the Statute 
of the Court, unless the parties to the dispute agree to another 
method of settlement.


Article XVIII

WITHDRAWAL

1. Any Member may withdraw from the Commission at any time after 
the expiration of one year from the date on which its acceptance 
took effect or from the date on which the Agreement entered into 
force, whichever is the later, by giving written notice of 
withdrawal to the Director-General of the Organization, who shall 
forthwith inform all Members of the Commission, all Member Nations 
and Associate Members of the Organization and the Secretary-
General of the United Nations. The withdrawal shall become 
effective one year from the date of receipt of the notification of 
withdrawal.

2. A Member of the Commission may give notice of withdrawal with 
respect to one or more of the territories for the international 
relations of which it is responsible. When a Member gives notice 
of its own withdrawal from the Commission, it shall state to which 
territory or territories the withdrawal is to apply. In the 
absence of such a declaration, the withdrawal shall be deemed to 
apply to all the territories for the international relations of 
which the Member of the Commission is responsible, except that 
such withdrawal shall not be deemed to apply to an Associate 
Member.

3. Any Member of the Commission that gives notice of withdrawal 
from the Organization shall be deemed to have simultaneously 
withdrawn from the Commission, and this withdrawal shall be deemed 
to apply to all the territories for the international relations of 
which the Member concerned is responsible, except that such 
withdrawal shall not be deemed to apply to an Associate Member.


Article XIX

TERMINATION

1. This Agreement shall be considered terminated if and when the 
number of Members of the Commission falls below three, unless the 
remaining two Members of the Commission decide to continue, with 
the approval of the Conference of the Organization. The Director-
General of the Organization shall inform all Members of the 
Commission, all Members and Associate Members of the Organization 
and the Secretary-General of the United Nations of such 
termination.

2. On termination of the Agreement all assets of the Commission 
shall be liquidated by the Director-General of the Organization 
and after settlement of the liabilities the balance shall be 
distributed proportionately amongst Members on the basis of the 
scale of contributions in force at the time. Nations whose 
contributions are in arrears for two consecutive years shall not 
be entitled to a share of the assets.


Article XX

ENTRY INTO FORCE

1 This Agreement shall enter into force as soon as three eligible 
Members or Associate Members of the Organization have become 
parties to it by the deposit of an instrument of acceptance in 
accordance with the provisions of Article XV of this Agreement

2. The Director-General shall notify all Nations having deposited 
instruments of acceptance as well as all Member Nations and 
Associate Members of the Organization and the Secretary-General of 
the United Nations of the date on which this Agreement comes into 
force.


Article XXI

AUTHENTIC LANGUAGES

The English, French and Spanish texts of this Agreement shall be 
equally authentic.