5. AMENDED AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT 

 OF THE INDO-PACIFIC FISHERIES COUNCIL, NOVEM- 

 BER 23, 1961* 



Adopted January 20^ 1961^ hy the Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council at 

 the Ninth Session^ Karachi; Approved November 23^ 1961^ hy the 

 Eleventh Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization, held 

 at Rorrhe; Entered into force November 23, 1961; And amendments 

 adopted December 17, 1958, hy the Council at the Eighth Session, 

 Colomho; Entered into force December 17, 1958. 



Agreement for the Establishment of the Indo-Pacific Fisheries 

 Council [1] as amended by the Ninth Session of the Indo-Pacific 

 Fisheries Council Karachi, Pakistan (6-23 January 1961) and 

 approved by the Eleventh Session of the Conference of the 

 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 

 Rome, Italy (4-24 November 1961) 



Preamble 



The Governments of Burma, China, [-] France, India, the Nether- 

 lands, the Eepublic of the Philippines, the United Kingdom and the 

 United States of America, Members of the Food and Agriculture 

 Organization of the United Nations, having a mutual interest in the 

 development and proper utilization of the living aquatic resources of 

 the Indo-Pacific areas, and desiring to further the attainment of these 

 ends through international co-operation by the establishment of an 

 Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council, agree as follows : 



Article I 



THE COTJNCIL 



1. The contracting Governments agree to establish, within the 

 framework of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United 

 Nations (hereinafter referred to as "the Organization"), a Council to 

 be known as the Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council, for the purpose of 



*Citation: 13 UST 2511 : TIAS 521S. 



States which are parties: Australia, Burma, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Khmer Rep., 

 Korea. Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, 

 United Ivingdom, United States. Viet Nam. 



^ The amended text printed herein replaces the text of the agreement of Feb. 26, 194S 

 (TIAS 1895; 62 Stat. (pt. 3) 3711), and also the composite text of the agreement as 

 revised at the Sixth Session of the Council, Tokyo (TIAS 3674; 7 UST 2927), and the 

 amendments to the agreement -which were adopted Dec. 17, 1958, at the Eighth Session of 

 the Council, Colombo (13 UST 2527). 



2 The Government of China having withdrawn from the FAO is deemed to have with- 

 drawn also from the Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council. (Source: FAO document 59/10/7287, 

 Oct. 5, 1959.) 



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