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             INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER AGREEMENT 1994

                         (Geneva, 26.I.1994)

                               Preamble

     The Parties to this Agreement,
     Recalling the Declaration and the  Programme  of  Action  on  the
Establishment  of  A New International Economic Order;  the Integrated
Programme for Commodities;  A New  Partnership  for  Development:  the
Cartagena  Commitment  and  the  relevant  objectives contained in the
Spirit of Cartagena,
     Recalling the International Tropical Timber Agreement,  1983, and
recognizing the work of the International Tropical Timber Organization
and  its  achievements  since its inception,  including a strategy for
achieving international trade  in  tropical  timber  from  sustainably
managed sources,
     Recalling further  the  Rio  Declaration   on   Environment   and
Development,   the  Non-Legally  Binding  Authoritative  Statement  of
Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management,  Conservation and
Sustainable  Development  of  all  Types of Forests,  and the relevant
Chapters of Agenda 21 as adopted by the United Nations  Conference  on
Environment  and  Development  in  June 1992,  in Rio de Janeiro;  the
United  Nations  Framework  Convention  on  Climate  Change;  and  the
Convention on Biological Diversity,
     Recognizing the  importance  of  timber  to  the   economies   of
countries with timber-producing forests,
     Further recognizing the need to promote and apply comparable  and
appropriate  guidelines and criteria for the management,  conservation
and sustainable development of all types of timber-producing forests,
     Taking into account the linkages of tropical timber trade and the
international  timber  market  and  the  need  for  taking  a   global
perspective  in  order  to  improve  transparency in the international
timber market,
     Noting the commitment of all members, made in Bali, Indonesia, in
May  1990,  to  achieve  exports  of  tropical  timber  products  from
sustainably managed sources by the year 2000 and recognizing Principle
10 of the Non-Legally Binding Authoritative  Statement  of  Principles
for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable
Development of  all  Types  of  Forests  which  states  that  new  and
additional  financial  resources  should  be  provided  to  developing
countries to enable them to sustainably manage,  conserve and  develop
their  forests,  including  through  afforestation,  reforestation and
combatting deforestation and forest and land degradation,
     Noting also  the statement of commitment to maintain,  or achieve
by the year 2000,  the  sustainable  management  of  their  respective
forests made by consuming members who are parties to the International
Tropical Timber Agreement,  1983 at the fourth session of  the  United
Nations Conference for the Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the
International Tropical Timber Agreement,  1983 in Geneva on 21 January
1994,
     Desiring to strengthen the framework of international cooperation
and  policy  development  between  members in finding solutions to the
problems facing the tropical timber economy,
     Have agreed as follows:

                        Chapter I. OBJECTIVES

                              Article 1

                              Objectives

     Recognizing the   sovereignty   of  members  over  their  natural
resources,  as defined in Principle 1 (a) of the  Non-Legally  Binding
Authoritative  Statement  of  Principles for a Global Consensus on the
Management,  Conservation and Sustainable Development of all Types  of
Forests,   the   objectives   of  the  International  Tropical  Timber
Agreement, 1994 (hereinafter referred to as "this Agreement") are:
     (a) To   provide   an   effective   framework  for  consultation,
international cooperation and policy  development  among  all  members
with regard to all relevant aspects of the world timber economy;
     (b) To   provide   a   forum   for   consultation   to    promote
non-discriminatory timber trade practices;
     (c) To contribute to the process of sustainable development;
     (d) To  enhance  the  capacity of members to implement a strategy
for achieving exports of tropical  timber  and  timber  products  from
sustainably managed sources by the year 2000;
     (e) To promote the expansion and diversification of international
trade  in  tropical  timber  from sustainable sources by improving the
structural  conditions  in  international  markets,  by  taking   into
account,  on  the  one  hand,  a long-term increase in consumption and
continuity of supplies,  and,  on the other,  prices which reflect the
costs  of sustainable forest management and which are remunerative and
equitable for members, and the improvement of market access;
     (f) To  promote  and support research and development with a view
to improving forest management and efficiency of wood  utilization  as
well  as  increasing the capacity to conserve and enhance other forest
values in timber-producing tropical forests;
     (g) To   develop   and  contribute  towards  mechanisms  for  the
provision of new and  additional  financial  resources  and  expertise
needed  to  enhance  the  capacity  of producing members to attain the
objectives of this Agreement;
     (h) To  improve  market  intelligence  with  a  view  to ensuring
greater transparency in the international timber market, including the
gathering,  compilation,  and  dissemination  of  trade-related  data,
including data related to species being traded;
     (i) To  promote  increased  and  further  processing  of tropical
timber from sustainable sources in producing member countries  with  a
view to promoting their industrialization and thereby increasing their
employment opportunities and export earnings;
     (j) To  encourage  members  to  support  and  develop  industrial
tropical timber reforestation and forest management activities as well
as  rehabilitation  of  degraded forest land,  with due regard for the
interests of local communities dependent on forest resources;
     (k) To  improve  marketing  and  distribution  of tropical timber
exports from sustainably managed sources;
     (l) To  encourage  members  to develop national policies aimed at
sustainable utilization and conservation of  timber-producing  forests
and  their genetic resources and at maintaining the ecological balance
in the regions concerned, in the context of tropical timber trade;
     (m) To promote the access to,  and transfer of,  technologies and
technical cooperation to implement the objectives of  this  Agreement,
including  on  concessional and preferential terms and conditions,  as
mutually agreed; and
     (n) To  encourage information-sharing on the international timber
market.

                       Chapter II. DEFINITIONS

                              Article 2

                             Definitions

     For the purposes of this Agreement:
     1. "Tropical  timber"  means  non-coniferous  tropical  wood  for
industrial uses,  which grows or is produced in the countries situated
between  the  Tropic  of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.  The term
covers logs,  sawnwood,  veneer  sheets  and  plywood.  Plywood  which
includes  in  some  measure  conifers of tropical origin shall also be
covered by this definition;
     2. "Further  processing"  means  the  transformation of logs into
primary wood products, semi-finished and finished products made wholly
or almost wholly of tropical timber;
     3. "Member"  means   a   Government   or   an   intergovernmental
organization  referred to in article 5 which has consented to be bound
by  this  Agreement  whether  it  is   in   force   provisionally   or
definitively;
     4. "Producing member" means  any  country  with  tropical  forest
resources  and  / or a net exporter of tropical timber in volume terms
which is listed  in  annex  A  and  which  becomes  a  party  to  this
Agreement,  or  any  country with tropical forest resources and / or a
net exporter of tropical timber in volume terms which is not so listed
and  which  becomes  a  party to this Agreement and which the Council,
with the consent of that country, declares to be a producing member;
     5. "Consuming  member"  means any country listed in annex В which
becomes a party to this Agreement,  or any country not so listed which
becomes  a  party  to  this Agreement and which the Council,  with the
consent of that country, declares to be a consuming member;
     6. "Organization"   means   the   International  Tropical  Timber
Organization established in accordance with article 3;
     7. "Council"  means  the  International  Tropical  Timber Council
established in accordance with article 6;
     8. "Special  vote"  means a vote requiring at least two thirds of
the votes cast by producing members present and voting and at least 60
per  cent  of  the votes cast by consuming members present and voting,
counted separately, on condition that these votes are cast by at least
half  of the producing members present and voting and at least half of
the consuming members present and voting;
     9. "Simple distributed majority vote" means a vote requiring more
than half of the votes cast by producing members  present  and  voting
and  more than half of the votes cast by consuming members present and
voting, counted separately;
     10. "Financial  year"  means  the  period  from  1  January to 31
December inclusive;
     11. "Freely  usable  currencies"  means  the  deutsche mark,  the
French franc,  the Japanese yen, the pound sterling, the United States
dollar  and  any other currency which has been designated from time to
time by a competent international monetary organization  as  being  in
fact  widely  used to make payments for international transactions and
widely traded in the principal exchange markets.

             Chapter III. ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION

                              Article 3

       Headquarters and structure of the International Tropical
                         Timber Organization

     1. The  International Tropical Timber Organization established by
the International Tropical Timber Agreement,  1983 shall  continue  in
being for the purposes of administering the provisions and supervising
the operation of this Agreement.
     2. The   Organization   shall   function   through   the  Council
established under article  6,  the  committees  and  other  subsidiary
bodies referred to in article 26 and the Executive Director and staff.
     3. The headquarters of the Organization  shall  be  in  Yokohama,
unless the Council, by special vote, decides otherwise.
     4. The headquarters of the Organization shall  at  all  times  be
located in the territory of a member.

                              Article 4

                    Membership in the Organization

     There shall  be two categories of membership in the Organization,
namely:
     (a) Producing; and
     (b) Consuming.

                              Article 5

            Membership by intergovernmental organizations

     1. Any reference in this  Agreement  to  "Governments"  shall  be
construed   as   including   the  European  Community  and  any  other
intergovernmental organization having responsibilities in  respect  of
the   negotiation,   conclusion   and   application  of  international
agreements,  in  particular  commodity  agreements.  Accordingly,  any
reference in this Agreement to signature,  ratification, acceptance or
approval,  or  to  notification  of  provisional  application,  or  to
accession shall,  in the case of such intergovernmental organizations,
be construed as including  a  reference  to  signature,  ratification,
acceptance or approval, or to notification of provisional application,
or to accession, by such intergovernmental organizations.
     2. In the case of voting on matters within their competence, such
intergovernmental organizations shall vote  with  a  number  of  votes
equal to the total number of votes attributable to their member States
in accordance with article 10.  In such cases,  the member  States  of
such intergovernmental organizations shall not be entitled to exercise
their individual voting rights.

          Chapter IV. INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER COUNCIL

                              Article 6

       Composition of the International Tropical Timber Council

     1. The  highest  authority  of  the  Organization  shall  be  the
International Tropical Timber Council,  which shall consist of all the
members of the Organization.
     2. Each  member  shall  be  represented  in  the  Council  by one
representative and may designate alternates  and  advisers  to  attend
sessions of the Council.
     3. An alternate representative shall be empowered to act and vote
on  behalf  of  the  representative  during the latter`s absence or in
special circumstances.

                              Article 7

                 Powers and functions of the Council

     1. The Council shall exercise all  such  powers  and  perform  or
arrange  for the performance of all such functions as are necessary to
carry out the provisions of this Agreement.
     2. The  Council  shall,  by  special  vote,  adopt such rules and
regulations as are necessary to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this
Agreement and as are consistent therewith,  including its own rules of
procedure and  the  financial  rules  and  staff  regulations  of  the
Organization.  Such  financial  rules  shall,  inter alia,  govern the
receipt and expenditure of funds under the Administrative Account, the
Special Account and the Ball Partnership Fund. The Council may, in its
rules of procedure,  provide for a procedure whereby it  may,  without
meeting, decide specific questions.
     3. The Council shall keep such records as are  required  for  the
performance of its functions under this Agreement.

                              Article 8

              Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Council

     1. The  Council shall elect for each calendar year a Chairman and
a Vice-Chairman, whose salaries shall not be paid by the Organization.
     2. The Chairman and the Vice-Chairman shall be elected,  one from
among the representatives of producing  members  and  the  other  from
among  the  representatives of consuming members.  These offices shall
alternate each year between the two categories of  members,  provided,
however,  that  this  shall  not prohibit the re-election of either or
both, under exceptional circumstances, by special vote of the Council.
     3. In  the  temporary absence of the Chairman,  the Vice-Chairman
shall act in his place.  In the temporary absence of both the Chairman
and  the  Vice-Chairman,  or in the absence of one or both of them for
the rest of the term for which they  were  elected,  the  Council  may
elect  new  officers  from  among the representatives of the producing
members and / or from  among  the  representatives  of  the  consuming
members,  as the case may be,  on a temporary basis or for the rest of
the term for which the predecessor or predecessors were elected.

                              Article 9

                       Sessions of the Council

     1. As a general rule, the Council shall hold at least one regular
session a year.
     2. The Council shall meet  in  special  session  whenever  it  so
decider or at the request of:
     (a) The Executive Director, in agreement with the Chairman of the
Council; or
     (b) A majority of producing members or a  majority  of  consuming
members; or
     (c) Members holding at least 500 votes.
     3. Sessions  of  the Council shall be held at the headquarters of
the  Organization  unless  the  Council,  by  special  vote,   decides
otherwise.  If  on  the  invitation  of  any  member the Council meets
elsewhere than at the headquarters of the  Organization,  that  member
shall  pay  the  additional  cost  of  holding  the  meeting away from
headquarters.
     4. Notice  of any sessions and the agenda for such sessions shall
be communicated to members by the  Executive  Director  at  least  six
weeks in advance,  except in cases of emergency,  when notice shall be
communicated at least seven days in advance.

                              Article 10

                        Distribution of votes

     1. The producing members shall together hold 1,000 votes and  the
consuming members shall together hold 1,000 votes.
     2. The votes of the producing members  shall  be  distributed  as
follows:
     (a) Four hundred votes shall be  distributed  equally  among  the
three producing regions of Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. The
votes  thus  allocated  to  each  of  these  regions  shall  then   be
distributed equally among the producing members of that region;
     (b) Three hundred votes shall be distributed among the  producing
members  in  accordance  with  their  respective  shares  of the total
tropical forest resources of all producing members; and
     (c) Three  hundred votes shall be distributed among the producing
members in proportion to the average of the values of their respective
net  exports  of  tropical  timber  during  the most recent three-year
period for which definitive figures are available.
     3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2 of this article,
the total votes allocated to the producing members  from  the  African
region,  calculated  in  accordance  with paragraph 2 of this article,
shall be distributed equally among  all  producing  members  from  the
African region.  If there are any remaining votes, each of these votes
shall be allocated to a producing member from the African region:  the
first to the producing member which is allocated the highest member of
votes calculated in accordance with paragraph 2 of this  article,  the
second  to  the producing member which is allocated the second highest
number of votes,  and so on until all the remaining  votes  have  been
distributed.
     4. For purposes of the calculation of the distribution  of  votes
under  paragraph  2  (b) of this article,  "tropical forest resources"
means productive closed broad-leaved forests as defined  by  the  Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
     5. The votes of the consuming members  shall  be  distributed  as
follows:  each  consuming  member  shall  have  10 initial votes:  the
remaining votes shall be distributed among the  consuming  members  in
proportion  to  the  average volume of their respective net imports of
tropical timber during the three-year period commencing four  calendar
years prior to the distribution of votes.
     6. The Council shall distribute the votes for each financial year
at  the beginning of its first session of that year in accordance with
the provisions of this article.  Such  distribution  shall  remain  in
effect for the rest of that year,  except as provided for in paragraph
7 of this article.
     7. Whenever  the  membership  of the Organization changes or when
any member has its voting  rights  suspended  or  restored  under  any
provision of this Agreement,  the Council shall redistribute the votes
within the affected category or categories of  members  in  accordance
with the provisions of this article. The Council shall, in that event,
decide when such redistribution shall become effective.
     8. There shall be no fractional votes.

                              Article 11

                   Voting procedure of the Council

     1. Each  member  shall be entitled to cast the member of votes it
holds and no member shall be entitled to divide its  votes.  А  member
may,  however,  cast differently from such votes any votes which it is
authorized to cast under paragraph 2 of this article.
     2. By  written  notification to the Chairman of the Council,  any
producing member may authorize,  under  its  own  responsibility,  any
other producing member,  and any consuming member may authorize, under
its own responsibility,  any other consuming member,  to represent its
interests and to cast its votes at any meeting of the Council.
     3. When abstaining, a member shall be deemed not to have cast its
votes.

                              Article 12

             Decisions and recommendations of the Council

     1. The  Council shall endeavour to take all decisions and to make
all recommendations by consensus.  If consensus cannot be reached, the
Council  shall  take  all  decisions and make all recommendations by a
simple distributed majority vote, unless this Agreement provides for a
special vote.
     2. Where a member avails itself of the provisions of article  11,
paragraph 2,  and its votes are cast at a meeting of the Council, such
member shall,  for the purposes of paragraph 1  of  this  article,  be
considered as present and voting.

                              Article 13

                        Quorum for the Council

     1. The  quorum  for  any  meeting  of  the  Council  shall be the
presence of a majority of members of  each  category  referred  to  in
article 4,  provided that such members hold at least two thirds of the
total votes in their respective categories.
     2. If  there  is no quorum in accordance with paragraph 1 of this
article on the day fixed for the meeting and on the following day, the
quorum  on the subsequent days of the session shall be the presence of
a majority of members of each  category  referred  to  in  article  4,
provided that such members hold a majority of the total votes in their
respective categories.
     3. Representation  in  accordance  with article 11,  paragraph 2,
shall be considered as presence.

                              Article 14

        Cooperation and coordination with other organizations

     1. The  Council  shall  make  arrangements  as  appropriate   for
consultations  and cooperation with the United Nations and its organs,
including the United  Nations  Conference  on  Trade  and  Development
(UNCTAD)   and   the  Commission  on  Sustainable  Development  (CSD),
intergovernmental organizations,  including the General  Agreement  on
Tariffs  and Trade (GATT) and the Convention on International Trade in
Endangered  Species   of   Wild   Fauna   and   Flora   (CITES),   and
non-qovernmental organizations.
     2. The  Organization  shall,  to  the  maximum  extent  possible,
utilize   the   facilities,   services   and   expertise  of  existing
intergovernmental,  governmental or non-governmental organizations, in
order  to  avoid duplication of efforts in achieving the objectives of
this Agreement and to enhance the complementarity and  the  efficiency
of their activities.

                              Article 15

                        Admission of observers

     The Council  may  invite  any non-member Government or any of the
organizations referred to in article 14,  article 20 and  article  29,
interested  in  the  activities  of  the  Organization  to  attend  as
observers any of the meetings of the Council.

                              Article 16

                     Executive Director and staff

     1. The Council shall,  by special  vote,  appoint  the  Executive
Director.
     2. The terms and  conditions  of  appointment  of  the  Executive
Director shall be determined by the Council.
     3. The Executive  Director  shall  be  the  chief  administrative
officer  of  the  Organization and shall be responsible to the Council
for the administration and operation of this Agreement  in  accordance
with decisions of the Council.
     4. The Executive Director shall appoint the staff  in  accordance
with regulations to be established by the Council.  The Council shall,
by special vote, decide the number of executive and professional staff
the  Executive  Director  may  appoint.  Any  changes in the number of
executive and professional staff shall be decided by  the  Council  by
special  vote.  The  staff  shall  be  responsible  to  the  Executive
Director.
     5. Neither  the  Executive  Director  nor any member of the staff
shall have any financial interest in the timber industry or trade,  or
associated commercial activities.
     6. In the performance of their duties, the Executive Director and
staff  shall  not seek or receive instructions from any member or from
any authority external to the Organization.  They shall  refrain  from
any  action  which  might  reflect  adversely  on  their  positions as
international officials ultimately responsible to  the  Council.  Each
member  shall  respect  the exclusively international character of the
responsibilities of the Executive Director and  staff  and  shall  not
seek to influence them in the discharge of their responsibilities.

                 Chapter V. PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES

                              Article 17

                      Privileges and immunities

     1. The  Organization  shall  have legal personality.  It shall in
particular have the capacity to contract,  to acquire and  dispose  of
movable and immovable property, and to institute legal proceedings.
     2. The status,  privileges and immunities of the Organization, of
its Executive Director,  its staff and experts, and of representatives
of members while in the  territory  of  Japan  shall  continue  to  be
governed by the Headquarters Agreement between the Government of Japan
and the International Tropical Timber Organization signed at Tokyo  on
27  February  1988,  with  such amendments as may be necessary for the
proper functioning of this Agreement.
     3. The  Organization  may  conclude,  with one or more countries,
agreements to be approved by the Council relating  to  such  capacity,
privileges   and  immunities  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  proper
functioning of this Agreement.
     4. If  the  headquarters  of the Organization is moved to another
country,  the member in question shall,  as soon as possible, conclude
with  the  Organization a headquarters agreement to be approved by the
Council. Pending the conclusion of such an Agreement, the Organization
shall  request the new host Government to grant,  within the limits of
its national legislation, exemption from taxation on remuneration paid
by  the Organization to its employees,  and on the assets,  income and
other property of the Organization.
     5. The  headquarters  agreement  shall  be  independent  of  this
Agreement. It shall, however, terminate:
     (a) By   agreement   between   the   host   Government   and  the
Organization;
     (b) In  the  event  of the headquarters of the Organization being
moved from the country of the host Government; or
     (c) In the event of the Organization ceasing to exist.

                         Chapter VI. FINANCE

                              Article 18

                          Financial accounts

     1. There shall be established:
     (a) The Administrative Account;
     (b) The Special Account;
     (c) The Bali Partnership Fund; and
     (d) Such other accounts as the Council shall deem appropriate and
necessary.
     2. The  Executive  Director  shall   be   responsible   for   the
administration  of these accounts and the Council shall make provision
therefor in the financial rules of the Organization.

                              Article 19

                        Administrative Account

     1. The  expenses  necessary  for  the  administration   of   this
Agreement  shall  be brought into the Administrative Account and shall
be met by annual contributions paid  by  members  in  accordance  with
their   respective  constitutional  or  institutional  procedures  and
assessed in accordance with paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of this article.
     2. The expenses of delegations to the Council, the committees and
any other subsidiary bodies of the Council referred to in  article  26
shall  be  net  by  the  members  concerned.  In  cases where a member
requests special services from the  Organization,  the  Council  shall
require that member to pay the costs of such services.
     3. Before the end of  each  financial  year,  the  Council  shall
approve   the  administrative  budget  of  the  Organization  for  the
following financial year and shall assess  the  contribution  of  each
member to that budget.
     4. The contribution of each member to the  administrative  budget
for each financial year shall be in the proportion which the number of
its votes at the time the administrative  budget  for  that  financial
year  is  approved  bears  to  the total votes of all the members.  In
assessing contributions,  the votes of each member shall be calculated
without  regard to the suspension of any member`s voting rights or any
redistribution of votes resulting therefrom.
     5. The   initial   contribution   of   any   member  joining  the
Organization after the entry into force of  this  Agreement  shall  be
assessed by the Council on the basis of the number of votes to be held
by that member and the period remaining in the current financial year,
but  the assessment made upon other members from the current financial
year shall not thereby be altered.
     6. Contributions  to  administrative  budgets shall become due on
the first day of each financial  year.  Contributions  of  members  in
respect  of  the  financial  year  in which they join the Organization
shall be due on the date on which they become members.
     7. If  a  member  has  not  paid  if  full  contribution  to  the
administrative budget  within  four  months  after  such  contribution
becomes  due  in  accordance  with  paragraph  6 of this article,  the
Executive Director shall  request  that  member  to  make  payment  as
quickly   as   possible.  If  that  member  has  still  not  paid  its
contribution within two months after such request,  that member  shall
be  requested  to state the reasons for its inability to make payment.
If at the expiry of seven months from the due  date  of  contribution,
that  member  has  still not paid its contribution,  its voting rights
shall be suspended until  such  time  as  it  has  paid  in  full  its
contribution,  unless the Council, by special vote, decides otherwise.
If,  on the contrary,  a member has paid its full contribution to  the
administrative  budget  within  four  months  after  such contribution
becomes due in accordance  with  paragraph  6  of  this  article,  the
member`s  contribution  shall receive a discount as may be established
by the Council in the financial rules of the Organization.
     8. A member whose rights have been suspended under paragraph 7 of
this article shall remain liable to pay its contribution.

                              Article 20

                           Special Account

     1. There shall be established two sub-accounts under the  Special
Account:
     (a) The Pre-Project Sub-Account; and
     (b) The Project Sub-Account.
     2. The possible sources of finance for the  Special  Account  may
be:
     (a) The Common Fund for Commodities;
     (b) Regional and international financial institutions; and
     (c) Voluntary contributions.
     3. The resources of the Special Account shall be  used  only  for
approved pre-projects or projects.
     4. All expenditures under the Pre-Project  Sub-Account  shall  be
reimbursed  from  the Project Sub-Account if projects are subsequently
approved and funded.  If within six months of the entry into force  of
this  Agreement  the  Council  does  not  receive  any  funds  for the
Pre-Project Sub-Account,  it  shall  review  the  situation  and  take
appropriate action.
     5. All receipts pertaining to specific identifiable  pre-projects
or  projects  under  the  Special  Account  shall be brought into that
Account.  All expenditures incurred on such pre-projects or  projects,
including remuneration and travel expenses of consultants and experts,
shall be charged to the same Account.
     6. The  Council  shall,  by  special  vote,  establish  terms and
conditions on which it would,  when  and  where  appropriate,  sponsor
projects   for   loan  financing,  where  a  member  or  members  have
voluntarily assumed full obligations  and  responsibilities  for  such
loans. The Organization shall have no obligations for such loans.
     7. The Council may nominate  and  sponsor  any  entity  with  the
consent  of  that  entity,  including a member or members,  to receive
loans for the financing of approved projects and to undertake all  the
obligations  involved,  except  that the Organization shall reserve to
itself the right to monitor the use of resources and to follow  up  on
the implementation of projects so financed.  However, the Organization
shall not  be  responsible  for  guarantees  voluntarily  provided  by
individual members or other entities.
     8. No member shall be responsible by reason of its membership  in
the  Organization  for any liability arising from borrowing or lending
by any other member or entity in connection with projects.
     9. In  the  event that voluntary unearmarked funds are offered to
the Organization, the Council may accept such funds. Such funds may be
utilized for approved pre-projects and projects.
     10. The Executive Director shall endeavour to seek, on such terms
and conditions as the Council may decide, adequate and assured finance
for pre-projects and projects approved by the Council.
     11. Contributions  for  specified approved projects shall be used
only for the projects for which they were originally intended,  unless
otherwise  decided  by  the Council in agreement with the contributor.
After the completion of a project,  the Organization shall  return  to
each  contributor  for  specific  projects  the  balance  of any funds
remaining pro rata to each contributor`s share in  the  total  of  the
contributions  originally  made  available for financing that project,
unless otherwise agreed to by the contributor.

                              Article 21

                      The Bali Partnership Fund

     1. A Fund for sustainable management of tropical timber-producing
forests  is hereby established to assist producing members to make the
investments necessary to achieve the objective of  article  1  (d)  of
this Agreement.
     2. The Fund shall be constituted by:
     (a) Contributions from donor members;
     (b) Fifty per cent of income earned as  a  result  of  activities
related to the Special Account;
     (c) Resources from other private and  public  sources  which  the
Organization may accept consistent with its financial rules.
     3. Resources of the Fund shall be allocated by the  Council  only
for  pre-projects  and projects for the purpose set out in paragraph 1
of this article and approved in accordance with article 25.
     4. In  allocating  resources of the Fund,  the Council shall take
into account:
     (a) The   special   needs  of  members  whose  forestry  sectors`
contribution  to  their  economies  is  adversely  affected   by   the
implementation  of  the strategy for achieving the exports of tropical
timber and timber products from sustainably  managed  sources  by  the
year 2000;
     (b) The needs  of  members  with  significant  forest  areas  who
establish conservation programmes in timber-producing forests.
     5. The  Council  shall  examine  annually  the  adequacy  of  the
resources  available  to  the  Fund and endeavour to obtain additional
resources needed by producing members to achieve the  purpose  of  the
Fund.  The ability of members to implement the strategy referred to in
paragraph 4 (a) of this article will be Influenced by the availability
of resources.
     6. The Council shall establish policies and financial  rules  for
the operation of the Fund,  including rules covering the settlement of
accounts on termination or expiry of this Agreement.

                              Article 22

                           Forms of payment

     1. Contributions to the Administrative Account shall  be  payable
in  freely usable currencies and shall be exempt from foreign-exchange
restrictions.
     2. Financial  contributions  to  the Special Account and the Bali
Partnership Fund shall be payable  in  freely  usable  currencies  and
shall be exempt from foreign-exchange restrictions.
     3. The  Council  may  also  decide  to  accept  other  forms   of
contributions  to  the  Special  Account or the Bali Partnership Fund,
including scientific and technical equipment or personnel, to meet the
requirements of approved projects.

                              Article 23

                  Audit and publication of accounts

     1. The Council shall appoint independent auditors for the purpose
of auditing the accounts of the Organization.
     2. Independently   audited   statements   of  the  Administrative
Account, of the Special Account and of the Bali Partnership Fund shall
be  made  available  to members as soon as possible after the close of
each financial year,  but not later than six months after  that  date,
and be considered for approval by the Council at its next session,  as
appropriate. A summary of the audited accounts and balance sheet shall
thereafter be published.

                 Chapter VII. OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES

                              Article 24

                   Policy work of the Organization

     In order  to  achieve  the  objectives set out in article 1,  the
Organization shall undertake policy work and project activities in the
areas  of Economic Information and Market Intelligence,  Reforestation
and Forest Management and Forest Industry,  in a balanced  manner,  to
the extent possible integrating policy work and project activities.

                              Article 25

                Project activities of the Organization

     1. Bearing in mind the needs of developing countries, members may
submit pre-project and project proposals to the Council in the  fields
of   research   and  development,  market  intelligence,  further  and
increased  wood  processing  in  producing   member   countries,   and
reforestation and forest management.  Pre-projects and projects should
contribute to the achievement of one or more of the objectives of this
Agreement.
     2. The Council,  in approving pre-projects  and  projects,  shall
take into account:
     (a) Their relevance to the objectives of this Agreement;
     (b) Their environmental and social effects;
     (c) The desirability of maintaining an  appropriate  geographical
balance;
     (d) The interests and characteristics of each of  the  developing
producing regions;
     (e) The desirability of equitable distribution of resources among
the fields referred to in paragraph 1 of this article;
     (f) Their cost-effectiveness; and
     (g) The need to avoid duplication of efforts.
     3. The Council shall  establish  a  schedule  and  procedure  for
submitting,  appraising,  and  prioritizing  pre-projects and projects
seeking  funding  from  the  Organization,  as  well  as   for   their
implementation, monitoring and evaluation. The Council shall decide on
the approval of pre-projects and projects for financing or sponsorship
in accordance with article 20 or article 21.
     4. The  Executive  Director  may  suspend  disbursement  of   the
Organization`s  funds  to  a  pre-project or project if they are being
used contrary to the project document or in  cases  of  fraud,  waste,
neglect  or mismanagement.  The Executive Director will provide to the
Council at its next  session  a  report  for  its  consideration.  The
Council shall take appropriate action.
     5. The Council may, by special vote, terminate its sponsorship of
any pre-project or project.

                              Article 26

                     Establishment of Committees

     1. The  following  are  hereby  established  as Committees of the
Organization:
     (a) Committee on Economic Information and Market Intelligence;
     (b) Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management;
     (c) Committee on Forest Industry; and
     (d) Committee on Finance and Administration.
     2. The  Council  may,  by  special  vote,  establish  such  other
committees  and  subsidiary  bodies  as  it  deems   appropriate   and
necessary.
     3. Participation in each of the committees shall be open  to  all
members.  The rules of procedure of the committees shall be decided by
the Council.
     4. The committees and subsidiary bodies referred to in paragraphs
1 and 2 of this article shall be responsible to,  and work  under  the
general  direction  of,  the  Council.  Meetings of the committees and
subsidiary bodies shall be convened by the Council.

                              Article 27

                     Functions of the Committees

     1. The Committee on Economic Information and Market  Intelligence
shall:
     (a) Keep under review the availability and quality of  statistics
and other information required by the Organization;
     (b) Analyse the  statistical  data  and  specific  indicators  as
decided  by  the  Council  for  the monitoring of international timber
trade;
     (c) Keep under continuous review the international timber market,
its current situation and short-term prospects on  the  basis  of  the
data   mentioned   in   subparagraph  (b)  above  and  other  relevant
information, including information related to undocumented trade;
     (d) Make  recommendations  to  the  Council on the need for,  and
nature of,  appropriate studies on tropical timber,  including prices,
market elasticity, market substitutability, marketing of new products,
and long-term prospects of the international tropical  timber  market,
and monitor and review any studies commissioned by the Council;
     (e) Carry out any other tasks related to the economic,  technical
and statistical aspects of timber assigned to it by the Council;
     (f) Assist  in  the  provision  of   technical   cooperation   to
developing  member  countries  to  improve  their relevant statistical
services.
     2. The Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management shall:
     (a) Promote  cooperation   between   members   as   partners   in
development of forest activities in member countries,  inter alia,  in
the following areas:
     (i) Reforestation;
     (ii) Rehabilitation;
     (iii) Forest management;
     (b) Encourage the increase of technical assistance  and  transfer
of  technology in the fields of reforestation and forest management to
developing countries;
     (c) Follow up ongoing activities in this field,  and identify and
consider problems and possible solutions to them in  cooperation  with
the competent organizations;
     (d) Review regularly the future needs of international  trade  in
industrial tropical timber and,  on this basis,  identify and consider
appropriate  possible  schemes  and   measures   in   the   field   of
reforestation, rehabilitation and forest management;
     (e) Facilitate  the  transfer  of  knowledge  in  the  field   of
reforestation  and  forest management with the assistance of competent
organizations;
     (f) Coordinate  and harmonize these activities for cooperation in
the  field  of  reforestation  and  forest  management  with  relevant
activities pursued elsewhere,  such as those under the auspices of the
Food and Agriculture Organization of the  United  Nations  (FAO),  the
United  Nations  Environment  Programme  (UNEP),  the World Bank,  the
United Nations  Development  Programme  (UNDP),  regional  development
banks and other competent organizations.
     3. The Committee on Forest Industry shall:
     (a) Promote  cooperation  between member countries as partners in
the  development  of  processing  activities   in   producing   member
countries, inter alia, in the following areas:
     (i) Product development through transfer of technology;
     (ii) Human resources development and training;
     (iii) Standardization of nomenclature of tropical timber;
     (iv) Harmonization of specifications of processed products;
     (v) Encouragement of investment and joint ventures; and
     (vi) Marketing,  including  the  promotion  of  lesser  known and
lesser used species;
     (b) Promote  the  exchange  of information in order to facilitate
structural changes involved in increased and further processing in the
interests  of  all  member countries,  in particular developing member
countries;
     (c) Follow up ongoing activities in this field,  and identify and
consider problems and possible solutions to them in  cooperation  with
the competent organizations;
     (d) Encourage the  increase  of  technical  cooperation  for  the
processing  of  tropical  timber  for  the benefit of producing member
countries.
     4. In  order  to  promote  the  policy  and  project  work of the
Organization  in  a  balanced  manner,  the  Committee   on   Economic
Information  and  Market Intelligence,  the Committee on Reforestation
and Forest Management and the Committee on Forest Industry shall each:
     (a) Be   responsible   for   ensuring  the  effective  appraisal,
monitoring and evaluation of pre-projects and projects;
     (b) Make  recommendations to the Council relating to pre-projects
and projects;
     (c) Follow up the implementation of pre-projects and projects and
provide for the collection  and  dissemination  of  their  results  as
widely as possible for the benefit of all members;
     (d) Develop and advance policy ideas to the Council;
     (e) Review  regularly  the results of project and policy work and
make  recommendations  to  the  Council   on   the   future   of   the
Organization`s programme;
     (f) Review regularly the strategies,  criteria and priority areas
for   programme   development   and  project  work  contained  in  the
Organization`s Action Plan and recommend revisions to the Council;
     (g) Take  account of the need to strengthen capacity building and
human resource development in member countries;
     (h) Carry  out  any  other task related to the objectives of this
Agreement assigned to them by the Council.
     5. Research  and  development  shall  be a common function of the
Committees referred to in paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of this article.
     6. The Committee on Finance and Administration shall:
     (a) Examine and make recommendations to the Council regarding the
approval of the Organization`s administrative budget proposals and the
management operations of the Organization;
     (b) Review the assets of the Organization to ensure prudent asset
management and that the Organization has sufficient reserves to  carry
out its work;
     (c) Examine and  make  recommendations  to  the  Council  on  the
budgetary  implications  of  the Organization`s annual work programme,
and the actions that might be taken to secure the resources needed  to
implement it;
     (d) Recommend to the Council the choice of  independent  auditors
and review the independent audited statements;
     (e) Recommend to the  Council  any  modifications  it  may  judge
necessary to the Rules of Procedure or the Financial Rules;
     (f) Review the Organization`s revenues and the  extent  to  which
they constrain the work of the Secretariat.

   Chapter VIII. RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMON FUND FOR COMMODITIES

                              Article 28

          Relationship with the Common Fund for Commodities

     The Organization shall take full advantage of the  facilities  of
the Common Fund for Commodities.

           Chapter IX. STATISTICS, STUDIES AND INFORMATION

                              Article 29

                 Statistics, studies and information

     1. The  Council shall establish close relationships with relevant
intergovernmental, governmental and non-governmental organizations, in
order  to  help  ensure  the  availability of recent reliable data and
information on the trade in  tropical  timber,  as  well  as  relevant
information   on   non-tropical   timber  and  on  the  management  of
timber-producing forests.  As deemed necessary for  the  operation  of
this   Agreement,   the   Organization,   in   cooperation  with  such
organizations,  shall compile,  collate and,  where relevant,  publish
statistical   information   on   production,  supply,  trade,  stocks,
consumption  and  market  prices  of  timber,  the  extent  of  timber
resources and the management of timber-producing forests.
     2. Members shall, to the fullest extent possible not inconsistent
with  their national legislation,  furnish,  within a reasonable time,
statistics and information on timber,  its trade  and  the  activities
aimed  at achieving sustainable management of timber-producing forests
as well as other relevant information as requested by the Council. The
Council  shall  decide on the type of information to be provided under
this paragraph and on the format in which it is to be presented.
     3. The  Council  shall  arrange  to  have  any  relevant  studies
undertaken of the trends and of short- and long-term problems  of  the
international   timber   markets  and  of  the  progress  towards  the
achievement of sustainable management of timber-producing forests.

                              Article 30

                       Annual report and review

     1. The Council shall,  within six months after the close of  each
calendar  year,  publish  an  annual report on its activities and such
other information as it considers appropriate.
     2. The Council shall annually review and assess:
     (a) The international timber situation;
     (b) Other factors, issues and developments considered relevant to
achieve the objectives of this Agreement.
     3. The review shall be carried out in the light of:
     (a) Information supplied  by  members  in  relation  to  national
production, trade, supply, stocks, consumption and prices of timber;
     (b) Other statistical data and specific  indicators  provided  by
members as requested by the Council;
     (c) Information supplied by members on their progress towards the
sustainable management of their timber-producing forests;
     (d) Such other relevant information as may be  available  to  the
Council  either  directly  or  through the organizations in the United
Nations system and intergovernmental, governmental or non-governmental
organizations.
     4. The Council shall promote the exchange of views  among  member
countries regarding:
     (a) The status  of  sustainable  management  of  timber-producing
forests and related matters in member countries;
     (b) Resource flows and requirements in  relation  to  objectives,
criteria and guidelines set by the Organization.
     5. Upon request,  the Council  shall  endeavour  to  enhance  the
technical  capacity  of  member  countries,  in  particular developing
member  countries,  to  obtain  the  data   necessary   for   adequate
information-sharing, including the provision of resources for training
and facilities to members.
     6. The  results of the review shall be included in the reports of
the Council`s deliberations.

                       Chapter X. MISCELLANEOUS

                              Article 31

                       Complaints and disputes

     Any complaint that a member has failed to fulfil its  obligations
under  this Agreement and any dispute concerning the interpretation or
application of this Agreement shall be referred  to  the  Council  for
decision. Decisions of the Council on these matters shall be final and
binding.

                              Article 32

                    General obligations of members

     1. Members shall,  for the duration of this Agreement,  use their
best  endeavours  and  cooperate  to  promote  the  attainment  of its
objectives and to avoid any action contrary thereto.
     2. Members undertake to accept and carry out the decisions of the
Council under the provisions of this Agreement and shall refrain  from
implementing  measures  which  would  have  the  effect of limiting or
running counter to them.

                              Article 33

                       Relief from obligations

     1. Where it is necessary on account of exceptional  circumstances
or  emergency  or  force  majeure  not  expressly provided for in this
Agreement,  the Council may,  by special vote,  relieve a member of an
obligation  under  this Agreement if it is satisfied by an explanation
from that member regarding the reasons why the  obligation  cannot  be
met.
     2. The Council,  in granting relief to a member under paragraph 1
of  this  article,  shall state explicitly the terms and conditions on
which,  and the period for which,  the  member  is  relieved  of  such
obligation, and the reasons for which the relief is granted.

                              Article 34

       Differential and remedial measures and special measures

     1. Developing  importing  members  whose  interests are adversely
affected by measures taken under  this  Agreement  may  apply  to  the
Council  for  appropriate  differential  and  remedial  measures.  The
Council shall consider taking appropriate measures in accordance  with
section III,  paragraphs 3 and 4,  of resolution 93 (IV) of the United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
     2. Members  in  the  category  of  least  developed  countries as
defined by the United Nations may apply to  the  Council  for  special
measures in accordance with section III, paragraph 4, of resolution 93
(IV) and with paragraphs 56  and  57  of  the  Paris  Declaration  and
Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the 1990s.

                              Article 35

                                Review

     The Council  shall  review the scope of this Agreement four years
after its entry into force.

                              Article 36

                          Non-discrimination

     Nothing in this Agreement  authorizes  the  use  of  measures  to
restrict  or  ban  international  trade in,  and in particular as they
concern imports of and utilization of, timber and timber products.

                     Chapter XI. FINAL PROVISIONS

                              Article 37

                              Depositary

     The Secretary-General of the United Nations is hereby  designated
as the depositary of this Agreement.

                              Article 38

           Signature, ratification, acceptance and approval

     1. This Agreement shall be open for signature,  at United Nations
Headquarters from 1 April 1994 until one month after the date  of  its
entry  into  force,  by  Governments  invited  to  the  United Nations
Conference for  the  Negotiation  of  a  Successor  Agreement  to  the
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983.
     2. Any Government referred to in paragraph 1 of this article may:
     (a) At  the time of signing this Agreement,  declare that by such
signature it expresses its consent  to  be  bound  by  this  Agreement
(definitive signature); or
     (b) After signing this Agreement, ratify, accept or approve it by
the deposit of an instrument to that effect with the depositary.

                              Article 39

                              Accession

     1. This  Agreement shall be open for accession by the Governments
of all States upon conditions established by the Council,  which shall
include a time-limit for the deposit of instruments of accession.  The
Council may,  however,  grant extensions of time to Governments  which
are  unable  to  accede  by  the  time-limit  set in the conditions of
accession.
     2. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of
accession with the depositary.

                              Article 40

               Notification of provisional application

     A signatory Government which intends to ratify, accept or approve
this Agreement,  or a Government for which the Council has established
conditions for accession but which has not yet been  able  to  deposit
its instrument,  may,  at any time, notify the depositary that it will
apply this Agreement provisionally either when it enters into force in
accordance  with  article  41,  or,  if  it is already in force,  at a
specified date.

                              Article 41

                           Entry into force

     1. This Agreement  shall  enter  into  force  definitively  on  1
February  1995  or  on  any  date  thereafter,  if  12  Governments of
producing countries holding at least 55 per cent of the total votes as
set out in annex A to this Agreement,  and 16 Governments of consuming
countries holding at least 70 per cent of the total votes as  set  out
in  annex  В to this Agreement have signed this Agreement definitively
or have ratified,  accepted or approved it or acceded thereto pursuant
to article 38, paragraph 2, or article 39.
     2. If this Agreement has not entered into force definitively on 1
February 1995, it shall enter into force provisionally on that date or
on any date  within  six  months  thereafter,  if  10  Governments  of
producing countries holding at least 50 per cent of the total votes as
set out in annex A to this Agreement,  and 14 Governments of consuming
countries  holding  at least 65 per cent of the total votes as set out
in annex В to this Agreement have signed this  Agreement  definitively
or  have  ratified,  accepted  or  approved it pursuant to article 38,
paragraph 2,  or have notified the depositary under  article  40  that
they will apply this Agreement provisionally.
     3. If the requirements for entry into force under paragraph 1  or
paragraph 2 of this article have not been met on 1 September 1995, the
Secretary-General of the United Nations shall invite those Governments
which  have  signed  this  Agreement  definitively  or  have ratified,
accepted or approved it pursuant to article 38,  paragraph 2,  or have
notified   the   depositary   that  they  will  apply  this  Agreement
provisionally,  to meet at the earliest  time  practicable  to  decide
whether to put this Agreement into force provisionally or definitively
among themselves in whole or in part.  Governments which decide to put
this Agreement into force provisionally among themselves may meet from
time to time to review the situation and decide whether this Agreement
shall enter into force definitively among themselves.
     4. For any Government which has not notified the depositary under
article  40  that it will apply this Agreement provisionally and which
deposits its  instrument  of  ratification,  acceptance,  approval  or
accession after the entry into force of this Agreement, this Agreement
shall enter into force on the date of such deposit.
     5. The  Executive  Director of the Organization shall convene the
Council as soon as  possible  after  the  entry  into  force  of  this
Agreement.

                              Article 42

                              Amendments

     1. The  Council may,  by special vote,  recommend an amendment of
this Agreement to members.
     2. The Council shall fix a date by which members shall notify the
depositary of their acceptance of the amendment.
     3. An  amendment  shall  enter  into  force  90  days  after  the
depositary has  received  notifications  of  acceptance  from  members
constituting  at  least  two  thirds  of  the  producing  members  and
accounting for at least 75 per cent of  the  votes  of  the  producing
members,  and  from  members  constituting  at least two thirds of the
consuming members and accounting for at least 75 per cent of the votes
of the consuming members.
     4. After the depositary informs the Council that the requirements
for   entry   into   force   of  the  amendment  have  been  met,  and
notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2 of this article relating
to  the  date  fixed  by  the  Council,  a member may still notify the
depositary of its acceptance of  the  amendment,  provided  that  such
notification is made before the entry into force of the amendment.
     5. Any member  which  has  not  notified  its  acceptance  of  an
amendment  by the date on which such amendment enters into force shall
cease to be a party to this Agreement as from that date,  unless  such
member  has  satisfied  the  Council  that its acceptance could not be
obtained  in  time   owing   to   difficulties   in   completing   its
constitutional or institutional procedures, and the Council decides to
extend for that member the period for  acceptance  of  the  amendment.
Such member shall not be bound by the amendment before it has notified
its acceptance thereof.
     6. If  the requirements for the entry into force of the amendment
have not been met by the date fixed by the Council in accordance  with
paragraph  2  of  this  article,  the  amendment  shall  be considered
withdrawn.

                              Article 43

                              Withdrawal

     1. A member may withdraw from this Agreement at  any  time  after
the  entry  into  force  of this Agreement by giving written notice of
withdrawal to the depositary.  That member shall simultaneously inform
the Council of the action it has taken.
     2. Withdrawal shall become effective 90 days after the notice  is
received by the depositary.
     3. Financial obligations to the Organization incurred by a member
under this Agreement shall not be terminated by if withdrawal.

                              Article 44

                              Exclusion

     If the  Council  decides  that  any  member  is  in breach of its
obligations under this Agreement and decides further that such  breach
significantly  impairs  the  operation of this Agreement,  it may,  by
special vote,  exclude that member from this  Agreement.  The  Council
shall immediately so notify the depositary.  Six months after the date
of the Council`s decision,  that member shall cease to be a  party  to
this Agreement.

                              Article 45

         Settlement of accounts with withdrawing or excluded
           members or members unable to accept an amendment

     1. The Council shall determine any settlement of accounts with  a
member which ceases to be a party to this Agreement owing to:
     (a) Non-acceptance  of  an  amendment  to  this  Agreement  under
article 42;
     (b) Withdrawal from this Agreement under article 43; or
     (c) Exclusion from this Agreement under article 44.
     2. The  Council  shall  retain  any  contribution  paid  to   the
Administrative  Account,  to  the  Special  Account  or  to  the  Bali
Partnership Fund by a member which  ceases  to  be  a  party  to  this
Agreement.
     3. A member which has ceased to be  a  party  to  this  Agreement
shall  not  be entitled to any share of the proceeds of liquidation or
the other assets of the Organization.  Nor shall such member be liable
for  payment of any part of the deficit,  if any,  of the Organization
upon termination of this Agreement.

                              Article 46

                 Duration, extension and termination

     1. This Agreement shall remain in force  for  a  period  of  four
years after its entry into force unless the Council,  by special vote,
decides to extend,  renegotiate or terminate it in accordance with the
provisions of this article.
     2. The Council may,  by  special  vote,  decide  to  extend  this
Agreement for two periods of three years each.
     3. If,  before the expiry of the four-year period referred to  in
paragraph  1  of  this  article,  or before the expiry of an extension
period referred to in paragraph 2 of this article, as the case ray be,
a  new agreement to replace this Agreement has been negotiated but has
not yet entered into force either definitively or  provisionally,  the
Council  may,  by  special  vote,  extend  this  Agreement  until  the
provisional or definitive entry into force of the new agreement.
     4. If  a new agreement is negotiated and enters into force during
any period of  extension  of  this  Agreement  under  paragraph  2  or
paragraph  3  of  this  article,  this Agreement,  as extended,  shall
terminate upon the entry into force of the new agreement.
     5. The  Council  may  at  any  time,  by special vote,  decide to
terminate this  Agreement  with  effect  from  such  date  as  it  may
determine.
     6. Notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement, the Council
shall  continue in being for a period not exceeding 18 months to carry
out the liquidation of the Organization,  including the settlement  of
accounts,  and,  subject  to relevant decisions to be taken by special
vote,  shall have during that period such powers and functions as  may
be necessary for these purposes.
     7. The Council shall notify the depositary of any decision  taken
under this article.

                              Article 47

                             Reservations

     Reservations may   not  be  made  with  respect  to  any  of  the
provisions of this Agreement.

                              Article 48

              Supplementary and transitional provisions

     1. This Agreement shall be the  successor  to  the  International
Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983.
     2. All acts by or on behalf of the Organization  or  any  of  its
organs under the International Tropical Timber Agreement,  1983, which
are in effect on the date of entry into force of  this  Agreement  and
the terms of which do not provide for expiry on that date shall remain
in effect unless changed under the provisions of this Agreement.
     In witness   whereof   the  undersigned,  being  duly  authorized
thereto,  have affixed their signatures under this  Agreement  on  the
dates indicated.

     Done at Geneva,  on twenty-six January, one thousand nine hundred
and ninety-four,  the text of this Agreement in the  Arabic,  Chinese,
English,   French,   Russian   and  Spanish  languages  being  equally
authentic.

                                               (Follow the signatures)


                                                               Annex A

              LIST OF PRODUCING COUNTRIES WITH TROPICAL
         FOREST RESOURCES AND / OR NET EXPORTERS OF TROPICAL
           TIMBER IN VOLUME TERMS, AND ALLOCATION OF VOTES
                    FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 41

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|   Bolivia                                             |        21  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Brazil                                              |       133  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Cameroon                                            |        23  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Colombia                                            |        24  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Congo                                               |        23  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Costa Rica                                          |         9  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Cote d`Ivoire                                       |        23  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Dominican Republic                                  |         9  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Ecuador                                             |        14  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   El Salvador                                         |         9  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Equatorial Guinea                                   |        23  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Gabon                                               |        23  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Ghana                                               |        23  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Guyana                                              |        14  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Honduras                                            |         9  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   India                                               |        34  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Indonesia                                           |       170  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Liberia                                             |        23  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Malaysia                                            |       139  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Mexico                                              |        14  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Myanmar                                             |        33  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Panama                                              |        10  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Papua New Guinea                                    |        28  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Paraguay                                            |        11  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Peru                                                |        25  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Philippines                                         |        25  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Tanzania, United Republic of                        |        23  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Thailand                                            |        20  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Togo                                                |        23  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Trinidad and Tobago                                 |         9  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Venezuela                                           |        10  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Zaire                                               |        23  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Total                                               |      1000  |
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                                                               Annex В

              LIST OF CONSUMING COUNTRIES AND ALLOCATION
               OF VOTES FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 41

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|   Afghanistan                                         |        10  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Algeria                                             |        13  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Australia                                           |        18  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Austria                                             |        11  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Bahrain                                             |        11  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Bulgaria                                            |        10  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Canada                                              |        12  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Chile                                               |        10  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   China                                               |        36  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Egypt                                               |        14  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   European Community                                  |     (302)  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|     Belgium / Luxembourg                              |        26  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|     Denmark                                           |        11  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|     France                                            |        44  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|     Germany                                           |        35  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|     Greece                                            |        13  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|     Ireland                                           |        13  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|     Italy                                             |        35  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|     Netherlands                                       |        40  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|     Portugal                                          |        18  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|     Spain                                             |        25  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|     United Kingdom                                    |        42  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Finland                                             |        10  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Japan                                               |       320  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Nepal                                               |        10  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   New Zealand                                         |        10  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Norway                                              |        10  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Republic of Korea                                   |        97  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Russian Federation                                  |        13  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Slovakia                                            |        11  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Sweden                                              |        10  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Switzerland                                         |        11  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   United States of America                            |        51  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   Total                                               |      1000  |
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