Agreement establishing the Caribbean Development Bank. Kingston, 18 October 1969

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X 6. INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT 1

6. AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

Kingston, 18 October 1969

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ENTRY INTO FORCE: 26 January 1970, in accordance with article 64.

REGISTRATION: 26 January 1970, No. 10232.

STATUS: Signatories: 18. Parties: 28.

TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series , vol. 712, p. 217; vol. 1021, p. 437 (Addendum)

[amendment to article 29 (1) (a)] and vol. 1401, p. 265 (amendments to articles 25, 33,

34, 35 and 57).

Note: The Agreement and Protocol were adopted by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Caribbean Development

Bank which met at Kingston, Jamaica, on 18 October 1969. The Conference was convened for that purpose by the Acting

Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Caribbean Regional Secretariat in accordance with the decision of the

Commonwealth Caribbean Conference of Finance Ministers taken at its meeting held at Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago,

on 22 July 1969. Both instruments were opened for signature by the Plenipotentiary Conference at Kingston on 18 October

1969. The Conference also adopted the Final Act, approved the memorandum of understanding relating to the allocation of

the Bank's resources to multinational projects, which had been adopted by the Conference of Finance Ministers at Port of

Spain, and adopted the resolution on the duties of the Trustee designated under article 7, paragraph (8), of the Agreement.

The texts of the said memorandum and resolution are appended to the Final Act as annexes A and B.

The Protocol, to provide for procedure for amendment of article 36 of the Agreement, became void, when the amendment

proposed under the said procedure at the Inaugural Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank,

held at Nassau, Bahamas, on 31 January 1970, had failed to obtain the required majority.

By Resolution No. 9/76 adopted on 20 August 1976, the Board of Governors of the Bank has amended article 29 (1) (a)

of the Agreement (number of Directors) with effect from 2 September 1976.

Subsequently, by Resolution No. 3/85 of 15 May 1985, the Board of Governors of the Bank adopted amendments to

articles 25, 33, 34, 35 and 57 of the Agreement with effect from 24 June 1985.

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Participant1,2

Signature

Ratification,

Accession(a)

Antigua and Barbuda...................................

18 Oct 1969

30 Jan 1970

Bahamas.......................................................

18 Oct 1969

28 Jan 1970

Barbados ......................................................

18 Oct 1969

16 Jan 1970

Belize...........................................................

18 Oct 1969

26 Jan 1970

Brazil ...........................................................

12 Dec 2012 a

British Virgin Islands...................................

18 Oct 1969

30 Jan 1970

Canada .........................................................

18 Oct 1969

22 Jan 1970

Cayman Islands............................................

18 Oct 1969

27 Jan 1970

China............................................................

3 Oct 1997 a

Colombia .....................................................

22 Nov 1974 a

Dominica .....................................................

18 Oct 1969

26 Jan 1970

France ..........................................................

11 May 1984 a

Germany3,4,5 .................................................

25 May 1989 a

Grenada........................................................

18 Oct 1969

26 Jan 1970

Guyana.........................................................

18 Oct 1969

22 Jan 1970

Haiti .............................................................

1 Apr 2005 a

Participant1,2

Signature

Ratification,

Accession(a)

Italy4.............................................................

26 Oct 1988 a

Jamaica ........................................................

18 Oct 1969

9 Jan 1970

Mexico.........................................................

7 May 1982 a

Montserrat....................................................

18 Oct 1969

28 Jan 1970

St. Kitts and Nevis6......................................

18 Oct 1969

26 Jan 1970

St. Lucia.......................................................

18 Oct 1969

26 Jan 1970

St. Vincent and the

Grenadines .............................................

18 Oct 1969

26 Jan 1970

Suriname......................................................

29 Mar 2011 a

Trinidad and Tobago ...................................

18 Oct 1969

20 Jan 1970

Turks and Caicos

Islands ....................................................

18 Oct 1969

5 Jan 1970

United Kingdom of

Great Britain and

Northern Ireland.....................................

18 Oct 1969

23 Jan 1970

Venezuela (Bolivarian

Republic of) ...........................................

25 Apr 1973 a