26/11/13 ECOLEX: Treaties: record details
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Treaties: record details (return)
Jurisdiction: International Type of document: Multilateral Field of application: Regional/restricted
Geographical area: Asia; Southern Asia; Indian Ocean; South Asian Seas; South-Eastern Asia; East Asian Seas; North Pacific Title (English): Agreem ent for the Establishm ent of a Centre on Integrated Rural Developm ent for Asia and the Pacific
Title (French): Accord portant création d'un Centre de développem ent rural intégré pour l'Asie et le Pacifique Title (Spanish): Acuerdo sobre el Establecim iento de un Centro de Desarollo Rural Integrado para Asia y el Pacífico Date of document: 29 July 1978
Entry into force: 23 May 1979
Depository: FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN Place of adoption: Kuala Lum pur
A vailable web site: cirdap.org/
Link to full text: TRE001115.txt (English) Language of document: English
A bstract:
Objective: To facilitate the prom otion and success of integrated rural developm ent program s through regional cooperation.
Sum m ary of provisions: The Contracting Parties undertake to establish a Centre on Integrated Rural Developm ent for Asia and the Pacific (art.I.1). The objectives of the Centre include: providing technical support to Mem ber States, fostering the exchange of ideas and experience and encouraging joint or collaborative activities. The Centre is also to assist national action and to prom ote regional cooperation with the aim of im proving the production, incom e and living conditions of sm all scale farm ers and other needy rural groups (art. I.2). To achieve these objectives, the Centre is to conduct, prom ote or assist research on various aspects of integrated rural developm ent, to hold consultative conferences, to
organise training courses, to provide technical support and to serve as a clearinghouse and data bank for inform ation. (art. I.3)
Institutional m echanism s: The Centre is to have a Governing Council consisting of all Mem ber States (art IV and V), an Executive Com m ittee (art. VI) and a Technical Com m ittee (art.VII). Moreover, the Centre shall have a Director to direct the work of the Centre in accordance with the policy and decisions adopted by the Governing Council, and under the guidance of the Executive Com m ittee (art. VIII).
(Source: IUCN ELC, 08.2005) Subject(s): Agriculture; Food
Keyword(s): international agreem ent-text; agricultural developm ent; less favoured areas; institution Treaty ID number: TRE-001115
Participants
Participant Entry intoforce Ratification A ccession A cceptanceA pproval
Consent to be bound
and other
Succession Definitesignature signature Reservation WithdrawalSimple
A fghanistan1996-05-20 1996-05-20
Bangladesh 1979-05-23 1978-10-11 1978-08-01
Fiji 2010-06-14 2010-06-14
India 1979-05-23 1979-02-05 1978-08-01
Indonesia 1979-05-23 1979-05-23 1978-08-01
Iran, Islamic
Republic of 2004-02-17 2004-02-17 Lao,
26/11/13 ECOLEX: Treaties: record details
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Dem. Rep.
Malaysia 1979-11-14 1979-11-14 1978-08-01
Myanmar 1995-05-09 1995-05-09
Nepal 1979-06-25 1979-06-25 1978-08-01
Pakistan 1979-05-23 1979-04-09 1978-08-01
Philippines 1979-05-23 1979-03-01 1978-08-01
Sri Lanka 1980-07-31 1980-07-31
Thailand 1982-05-24 1982-05-24 1982-02-11
Viet Nam 1979-05-23 1979-02-20 1978-08-01
