国际搜救卫星COSPAS－SARSAT系统计划协定 THE INTERNATIONAL COSPAS-SARSAT PROGRAMME AGREEMENT

ning such proposed amendment.

　　18.3 The amendment shall enter into force sixty days after theDepositary has received notification of acceptance from all the Parties.

　　18.4 The Depositary shall promptly notify all the Parties of thereceipt of notifications of acceptance of amendments and of the entry intoforce of amendments.

　　ARTICLE 19 DEPOSITARY

　　19.1 The Depositaries of

this Agreement shall be the Secretary-Generalof the International Civil Aviation Organization and the Secretary-Generalof the International Maritime Organization.

　　19.2 The Depositary shall promptly inform all the Parties to thisAgreement of the date of each signature， of the date of deposit of eachinstrument of ratification， acceptance， approval or accession， of the dateof entry into force of this Agreement， and of the receipt of othernotifications.

　　19.3 This Agreement shall be registered with the United NationsSecretariat in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the UnitedNations.

　　ARTICLE 20 ENTRY INTO FORCE AND DURATION

　　20.1 This Agreement shall be open for signature by Canada， theRepublic of France， the United States of America and the Union of SovietSocialist Republics. Signature may be made not subject to ratification，acceptance or approval， or may be accompanied by a declaration that it issubject to ratification， acceptance or approval.

　　20.2 This Agreement shall enter into force for Canada， the Republic ofFrance， the United States of America and the Union of Soviet SocialistRepublics on the sixtieth day following the date on which these fourStates have either signed the Agreement not subject to ratification，acceptance or approval， or have deposited instruments of ratification，acceptance or approval with the Depositary.

　　20.3 Upon entry into force of this Agreement， the Parties shall takethe necessary measures in order to ensure that the Memorandum ofUnderstanding， which was signed 5 October 1984 and came into effect 8 July1985， among the Ministry of Merchant Marine of the Union of SovietSocialist Republics， the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationof the United States of America， the Department of National Defence ofCanada and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales of France concerningCooperation in the COSPAS-SARSAT Search and Rescue Satellite System，ceases to be in effect.

　　20.4 This Agreement shall remain in force for a period of fifteenyears from the date on which it enters into force and shall be extendedautomatically for successive periods of five years.

　　IN WITNESS WHEREOF， the undersigned * have signed this Agreement.

　　[* Signature Omitted.]

　　DONE AT PARIS this first day of July one thousand nine hundred andeighty-eight， in the English， French and Russian languages， all textsbeing equally authentic， in two originals deposited with theSecretary-General of the International Civil Aviation Organization and theSecretary-General of the International Maritime Organization respectively.Certified copies of the Agreement shall be transmitted by the Depositaryto the Parties

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