Revised Convention of the Convention of 12 September 1973 establishing the Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS).

• Coming into Force: 20 March 1996
• Date of Conclusion: 22 April 1994
• Registration Number: 33965
• Citation: UNTS v. 1985
• Type of Document: Multilateral
• Subject Terms: Africa,Charters-Constitutions-Statutes,Drought
• Participants: Burkina Faso,Cabo Verde,Chad,Gambia,Guinea-Bissau,Mali,Mauritania,Niger,Senegal

No.

33965

MULTILATERAL

Revised

Convention

of

the

Convention

of

12

September

1973

establishing

the

Permanent

Inter-State

Committee

for

Drought Control

in

the

Sahel

(CILSS).

Concluded

at

Praia

on

22

April

1994

Authentic

texts:

English

and

French.

Registered

by

the

Executive

Secretariat

of

the

Permanent

Inter-State

Com-

mitteefor

Drought

Control

in

the

Sahel,

acting

on

behaIf

of

the

Parties,

on

1

August

1997.

MULTILATERAL

Convention

revisee

de

la

Convention du

12

septembre

1973

portant

creation

du Comite

permanent

inter-Etats

de

lutte

contre

la

secheresse

dans

le

Sahel

(CILSS).

Conclue

a

Praia

le

22

avril

1994

Textes

authentiques

:

anglais

etfranVais.

Enregistrie

par

le

Secritariat

ex.6cutif

du

Comite

permanent

inter-Etats

de

lutte

contre

la

sdcheresse

dans

le

Sahel,

agissant

au

nom

des

Parties,

le

Ier

aofit

1997.

Vol.

1985,

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United

Nations

-

Treaty

Series

*

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Unies

-

Recueil

des

Trait6s

1997

REVISED

CONVENTION'

OF

CILSS

-

The

President

of

Burkina

Faso,

-

The

President

of

the

Republic

of

Cape

Verde,

-

The

President

of

the

Republic

of

Chad,

-

The

President of

the

Republic

of

The

Gambia,

-

The

President of

the

Republic

of

Guinea

Bissau,

-

The

President

of

the Republic

of

Mali,

-

The

President

of

the Republic

of

Mauritania,

-

The

President

of

the

Republic

of

Niger,

-

The

President

of

the

Republic

of

Senegal,

CONSIDERING

the

ties

of

brotherhood

and

fruitful

cooperation

existing

between

their

people

and

their

governments,

CONSIDERING

the

extent

and gravity

of drought

which

has

been

exceptionally

accute

for

years

in

the

Sahelian

and

Sudano-Sahelian

zone,

CONVINCED

of

the

need for

joint

control

of

drought

and

its

effects,

CONSIDERING

the

terrible

effects

of

drought

on

their economies and

on

the

lives

of

their

populations,

I

Came

into

force

on

20

March

1996,

in

accordance

with

article

38

and

40:

Date

of

deposit

of

the

instrument

Participant

of

ratification

Burkina

Faso

............................................................

22

June

1995

Cape

Verde

..............................................................

22

January

1996

M

ali

....................................................................

28

A

ugust

1995

N

iger

...................................................................

19

February

1996

Senegal

.................................................................

15

January

1996

Subsequently,

the

Convention came

into force

for

the

following

Participant on

the

date

indicated below

in

accord-

ance

with

articles

38

and

40.

Date

of

deposit

of

the instrument

Participant

of

ratification

Chad

...................................................................

12

February

1997

(with

effect

from

13

March

1997)

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