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copies shall be deposited in the archives of the Organization, The 

 other copy shall be transmitted to the Secretary-General of the United 

 Nations for registration. In addition, the Director-General shall 

 certify copies of this Agreement and transmit one copy to each Mem- 

 ber Nati<m of the Organization and to such Non-Member Nations of 

 the Organization that may become parties to this Agreement. 



AMENDMENTS ['-] TO THE COUNCIL AGREEMENT 



At the 8th Session of the Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council held in 

 Colombo, Ceylon, December 6-22, 1958, the Agreement constituting 

 the IPFC was amended to permit re-programming of the Council's 

 activities to conform with the view expressed at the 7th Session of 

 the Council. 



The Amendments of the Agreement were as follows : 



Article II, par. 5, to delete the word "year" and insert the words 

 "two years" after the word "every". 



Article III, clause "i," to delete the word "annually" and substitute 

 the word "biennially" after "to report". 



Article VI, par. 2, to delete the words "an annual" and substitute 

 the words "a biennial" before the word "budget". 



2 Source: Enclosure to FAO circular letter of June 3, l&SQ,' reference IPFC/ICir.59/12 

 (FEFi 301). 



These amendments, which entered into force Dec. 17, 1958. are embodied in the amended 

 text of the agreement adopted at the Ninth Session of the Council ; ante, p. 244. See Art. 

 II, par. 4 ; Art. Ill, clause (i) ; Art. VII, par. 2. 



