Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development
| Coming into Force | 30 November 1977 |
| Subject Terms | Charters-Constitutions-Statutes,Development,Agriculture,International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) |
| Registration Date | 30 November 1977 |
| Citation | UNTS v. 1059 (p.191) |
| Registration Number | 16041 |
| Date of Conclusion | 13 June 1976 |
| Party Submitting the Application for Registration | ex officio |
| Type of Document | Multilateral |
| Depositary | Secretary-General of the United Nations |
| Participants | Afganistán,Albania,Argelia,Angola,Antigua and Barbuda,Argentina,Armenia,Australia,Austria,Azerbaiján,Bahamas,Bangladesh,Barbados,Bélgica,Belize,Benin,Bhutan,Bolivia,Bosnia & Herzegovina,Botswana,Brasil,Burundi,Camboya,Canada,Cabo Verde,Central African Empire,Chad,Chile,China,Colombia,Comoros,Congo,Cook Islands,Costa Rica,Croacia,Cuba,Cyprus,Democratic People's Republic of Korea,Democratic Yemen,Dinamarca,Djibouti,Dominica,República Dominicana,Ecuador,Egipto,El Salvador,Equatorial Guinea,Eritrea,Estonia,Ethiopia,Federal Republic of Germany,Fiji,Finlandia,France,Gabon,Gambia,Georgia,Germany,Ghana,Greece,Grenada,Guatemala,Guinea,Guinea-Bissau,Guyana,Haiti,Honduras,Hungria,Islandia,India,Indonesia,Iran,Iraq,Ireland,Islamic Republic of Iran,Israel,Italia,Ivory Coast,Jamaica,Japón,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kenya,Kiribati,Kuwait,Kyrgyzstan,Lao People's Democratic Republic,Lebanon,Lesotho,Liberia,Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,Luxembourg,Madagascar,Malawi,Malaysia,Maldives,Mali,Malta,Marshall Islands,Mauritania,Mauritius,México,Micronesia (Federated States of),Mongolia,Montenegro,Morocco,Mozambique,Myanmar,Namibia,Nauru,Nepal,Holanda,New Zealand,Nicaragua,Niger,Nigeria,Niue,None,Noruega,Oman,Pakistán,Palau,Panamá,Papua New Guinea,Paraguay,Perú,Philippines,Polonia,Portugal,Qatar,Republic of Korea,Republic of Moldova,Rumania,Russian Federation,Rwanda,Samoa,Sao Tome and Principe,Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Seychelles,Sierra Leone,Solomon Islands,Somalia,South Africa,South Sudan,España,Sri Lanka,St. Christopher and Nevis,St. Lucia,St. Vincent and the Grenadines,Sudan,Suriname,Swaziland,Suecia,Suiza,Syrian Arab Republic,Tajikistan,Thailand,The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,Timor-Leste,Togo,Tonga,Trinidad and Tobago,Tunisia,Turquia,Tuvalu,Uganda,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,United Arab Emirates,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,United Republic of Cameroon,United Republic of Tanzania,United States,Upper Volta,Uruguay,Uzbekistan,Vanuatu,Venezuela,Viet Nam,Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of),Zaire,Zambia,Zimbabwe |
No.
16041
MULTILATERAL
Agreement
establishing
the
International
Fund
for
Agri
cultural
Development
(with
schedules).
Concluded
at
Rome
on
13
June
1976
Authentic
texts:
English,
French,
Arabic and
Spanish.
Registered
ex
officio
on
30
November
1977.
MULTILATERAL
Accord
portant
création
du
Fonds
international
de
dévelop
pement
agricole
(avec
annexes).
Conclu
à
Rome
le
13
juin
1976
Textes
authentiques
:
anglais,
français,
arabe
et
espagnol.
Enregistré
d'office
le
30
novembre
1977.
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1059,
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Nations
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AGREEMENT
1
ESTABLISHING
THE
INTERNATIONAL
FUND
FOR
AGRICULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT
PREAMBLE
Recognizing
that
the
continuing
food
problem
of
the
world
is
afflicting
a
large
segment
of
the
people
of
the
developing
countries
and
is
jeopardizing
the
most
fundamental
principles
and
values
associated
with
the
right
to
life
and
human
dignity;
Considering
the need
to
improve
the
conditions
of
life
in
the
developing
countries
and
to
promote
socio-economic
development
within the
context
of
the
priorities
and
objectives
of
the
developing
countries,
giving
due
regard
to
both
economic
and
social
benefits;
Bearing
in
mind
the responsibility
of
the
Food
and
Agriculture
Organization
of
the
United
Nations
within
the
United
Nations
system,
to
assist
the
efforts
1
Came into
force
for
the
States
indicated
hereafter
on
30
November
1977,
upon
receipt
by
the
Secretary-
General
of
the
United
Nations
of
instruments
of
ratification,
acceptance,
approval
or
accession
from
six
States
in
category
I,
six
States
in
category
II
and
24
States
in
category
III
(the
initial
contributions
of
States
in
categories
I
and
II
having
deposited
such
instruments
amounting
to
at
least
the
equivalent
of
750
million
United
States
dollars),
within
18
months
of
the
date
on
which
the
Agreement
was
opened
for
signature,
in
accordance
with
article
13,
section
3
(a):
State
in
category
1,
II
(*)
or
III
(**)
Australia
.....
Bangladesh**
.
Botswana**
...
Canada.......
Cape
Verde**
.
Chad**
.......
Date
of
deposit
of
the
instrument
of
ratification,
acceptance
(A),
approval
t
AA)
or
accession
(a)
21
October
1977
9
May
1977
21
July
1977
«
28
November
1977
12
October
1977
«
3
November
1977
15
November
1977
28
June
1977
19
July
1977
1 1
October
1977
31
October
1977
7
September
1977
30
November
1977
14
October
1977
12
July
1977
28
March
1977
27
September
1977
14
October
1977
13
April
1977
25
October
1977
A
10
November
1977
29
July
1977
15
April
1977a
30
Seotember
1977
State
in
categorv
1,
II
(*)
or
III
!**)
Malta**
.....................
(For
the
Kingdom
in
Europe.)
Pakistan**
...................
Romania**t
.................
Rwanda**
...................
Somalia**
...................
Sri
Lanka**
.................
Thailand**
...................
Tunisia**
....................
United
Kingdom
of
Great
Britain
United
Republic
of
United
Republic
of
Tanzania**.
United
States
of
America
.....
Zaire**
......................
Dale
of
deposit
of
the
instrument
of
ratification,
acceptance
(A),
approval
(
AA)
or
accession
(a)
23
September
1977
31
October
1977
29
July
1977
A
10
October
1977
28
October
1977
25
October
1977
8
July
1977
9
March
1977
13
April
1977
4
April
1977
25
November
1977
29
November
1977
15
July
1977
14
October
1977
8
September
1977
23
March
1977
18
November
1977
17
June
1977
21
October
1977
30
November
1977
23
August
1977
31
August
1977
9
September
1977
20
June
1977
«
25
November
1977
4
October
1977
13
October
1977
12
October
1977
Denmark
....................
Ecuador**
...................
Egypt**t
....................
El
Salvador**
................
Ethiopia**
...................
Finland......................
Germany,
Federal
Republic
of..
(With
a
declaration
to
the
effect
that
the
Agreement
shall
also apply
to
Berlin
(West)
with
effect
from
the
date
on
which
it
enters
into
force
for
the
Federal
Re
public.)
Guinea**
....................
India**
......................
Indonesia*
...................
Ireland
......................
Jamaica**
...................
Japan
.......................
Kenya**
....................
Kuwait*1
....................
Libyan
Arab
Jamahiriya*
......
Mali**
......................
t
See
p.
317
of
this
volume
for
the
texts
of
the
reservations
and
declarations
made
upon
ratification.
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of
developing
countries
to
increase
food
and
agricultural
production,
as
well
as
that
organization's
technical
competence
and
experience
in
this
field;
Conscious
of
the
goals
and
objectives
of
the
International
Development
Strategy
for
the
Second
United
Nations
Development
Decade
and
especially
the
need
to
spread
the
benefits
of
assistance
to
all;
Bearing
in
mind
paragraph
(/)
of part
2
("Food")
of
section
I
of
General
Assembly
resolution
3202
(S-VI)
1
on
the
Programme
of
Action
on
the
Establish
ment
of
a
New
International
Economic
Order;
Bearing
in
mind
also
the
need
for
effecting
transfer
of
technology for
food
and
agricultural
development
and
section
V
("Food
and
Agriculture")
of
General
Assembly
resolution
3362
(S-VII)
2
on
development
and
international
economic
co-operation,
with
particular
reference
to
paragraph
6
thereof
regarding
the
establishment
of
an
International
Fund
for
Agricultural
Development;
Recalling
paragraph
13
of
General
Assembly
resolution
3348
(XXIX)
3
and
resolutions
I
4
and
II
s
of
the
World
Food
Conference
on
the
objectives
and
strategies
of
food
production
and
on
the
priorities
for
agricultural
and
rural
development;
Recalling
resolution
XIII
6
of
the
World
Food
Conference
which
recognized:
(i)
the
need
for
a
substantial
increase
in
investment
in
agriculture
for
increasing
food
and
agricultural
production
in
the
developing
countries;
(ii)
that
provision
of
an
adequate
supply
and
proper
utilization
of
food are the
common
responsibility
of
all
members
of
the
international
community;
and
(iii)
that
the
prospects
of
the
world
food
situation
call
for
urgent
and
co-ordinated
measures
by
all
countries;
and
which
resolved
that
an
International
Fund
for
Agricultural
Development
should
be
established
immediately
to
finance
agricultural
development
projects
primarily
for
food
production
in
the
developing
countries;
The
Contracting
Parties
have
agreed
to
establish
the
International
Fund
for
Agricultural
Development,
which
shall
be
governed
by
the
following
provisions:
Article
I.
DEFINITIONS
For
the
purposes
of
this
Agreement
the
terms
set
out
below
shall
have
the
following
meaning,
unless
the
context otherwise
requires:
(a)
"Fund"
shall
mean
the
International
Fund
for
Agricultural
Development.
(b)
"Food
production"
shall
mean
the
production
of
food
including
the
development
of
fisheries
and
livestock.
(c)
"State"
shall
mean
any
State,
or
any
grouping
of
States
eligible
for
membership
of
the
Fund
in
accordance
with section
1
(b)
of
article
3.
1
United
Nations,
Official
Records
of
the General
Assembly,
Sixth
Special
Session,
Supplement
No.
I
(A/9559),
p.
5.
2
Ibid.,
Seventh
Special
Session,
Supplement
No,
I
(A/10301),
p.
3.
J
Ibid.,
Twenty-ninth
Session,
Supplement
No.
31
(A/9631),
p.
75.
4
United
Nations,
Report
of
the
Work!
Food
Conference
(E/CONF.65/20),
Sales
No.
E.75.II.A.3,
p, 4.
5
Ibid,
,
p.
5.
6
Ibid.,
p.
12.
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