AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
A CENTRE ON INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT
FOR AFRICA

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A Government Consultation, which met in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, from 18 to 21 September 1979, adopted the aforementioned Agreement setting up, outside the framework of FAO, the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Africa (CIRDAfrica).

In accordance with paragraph 2, Article XII, the Agreement was open for signature in Arusha on 21 September 1979 and thereafter at FAO Headquarters in Rome.

In accordance with paragraph 4, Article XXI, the Agreement entered into force on 16 April 1980. The Agreement was registered with the Secretariat of the United Nations on 14 May 1980 under No. 18818.

Amendments to paragraph 1(f) of Article V and paragraphs 5 and 6 of Article VIII of the Agreement, were adopted on 3 May 1985 at the Second Special Session of the Governing Council and entered into force, with respect to all Contracting Parties, on 2 June 1985 in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article XIII of the Agreement.

Signatories and Parties to the Agreement

The following are the signatories and the participants that deposited their instruments on the corresponding date indicated:

Participant / Signature(S) / Ratification(R) / Accession (Ac)

Benin: 26 Nov 1979(S) ; 25 Jul 1984(R)

Botswana: 21 Sep 1979(S) ; 14 Mar 1980(R)

Burkina Faso: 21 Sep 1979(S) ; 28 Mar 1980(R)

Cape Verde: 18 Mar 1980(Ac)

Central African Republic: 16 Nov 1979(S)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 21 Sep 1979(S) ; 16 Apr 1980(R)

Egypt: 21 Sep 1979(S); 9 Apr 1981(R)

Guinea: 21 Sep 1979(S)

Kenya: 16 Nov 1979(S) ; 13 Feb 1981(R)

Lesotho: 7 May 1981(S) ; 8 Jun 1981(R)

Liberia: 21 Sep 1979(S)

Malawi: 21 Sep 1979(S) ; 18 Nov 1981(R)

Mali: 21 Sep 1979(S)

Mauritania: 21 Sep 1979(S)

Mozambique: 14 Apr 1982(Ac)

Nigeria: 14 Jan 1981(Ac)

Rwanda: 16 Nov 1979(S)

Senegal: 3 Aug 1983(Ac)

Sierra Leone: 21 Sep 1979(S) ; 11 Dec 1980(R)

Sudan: 26 Sep 1980(Ac)

Tanzania: 21 Sep 1979(S) ; 20 Nov 1979(R)

Togo: 21 Sep 1979(S) ; 27 Feb 1981(R)

Uganda: 16 Nov 1979(S) ; 16 Sep 1982(R)

Zambia: 21 Sep 1979(S) ; 17 Dec 1979(R)

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