CHAPTER XIV

EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL MATTERS7aProtocol of the Reconvened Plenipotentiary Meeting on the Establishment of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and BiotechnologyVienna, 4 April 1984Entry into force3 February 1994, in accordance with article 21 of the Statutes, for all Parties to the Statutes*.Registration3 February 1994, No. 30673StatusSignatories7Parties33TextUnited Nations, <i>Treaty Series</i>, vol. 1763, p. 92; Depositary notification C.N.96.1984.TREATIES-3 of 12 June 1984.The Reconvened Plenipotentiary Meeting on the Establishment of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology held at Vienna, Austria, from 3 to 4 April 1984, adopted the said Protocol, in the English language only, in order to complete article 1(2) of the Statutes of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, concluded at Madrid on 13 September 1983. The Protocol was opened for signature to all Contracting Parties to the Statutes at Vienna, from 4 to 12 April 1984, and shall remain open for signature at the Headquarters of the United Nations, New York, until the entry into force of the Statutes. The Protocol, for all legal and practical purposes, completes the Statutes and is therefore considered as an integral part thereto and shall become effective upon the entry into force of the Statutes in accordance with article 21 thereof. * See chapter XIV-7 for the complete list of Parties to the Statutes of the International Centre for Genetic Engeneering and Biotechnology.

Participant<superscript>1</superscript>Signature ad referendum (s)Definitive signature(s), Confirmation of signatureAfghanistan15 Aug 1984 sAlgeria 4 Nov 1985 sArgentina 4 Apr 1984 sBhutan31 May 1984 sBrazil 5 May 1986 9 Mar 1990 Bulgaria 4 Apr 1984 sChile 4 Apr 1984 sColombia14 Sep 1987 sCosta Rica14 Aug 1990 11 Oct 1996 Croatia26 Aug 1993 sCuba 4 Apr 1984 sEcuador17 Jul 1990 Egypt 2 Jan 1986 13 Jan 1987 Greece 4 Apr 1984 sHungary14 Sep 1987 sIndia 4 Apr 1984 sIran (Islamic Republic of)29 Apr 1988 18 Dec 2001 Iraq23 Oct 1984 sItaly 4 Apr 1984 sMauritius19 Sep 1984 sMexico25 Oct 1984 21 Jan 1988 Morocco19 Oct 1984 sNigeria 2 May 1985 sPanama11 Dec 1984 sPeru 4 Apr 1984 sPoland 1 Aug 1990 Russian Federation18 Sep 1992 sSenegal29 Jun 1984 sSri Lanka 1 Oct 1993 sSudan29 Jan 1993 sTrinidad and Tobago 8 Feb 1985 sTunisia 5 Aug 1992 sTurkey22 Sep 1987 sVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4 Apr 1984 sViet Nam17 Sep 1984 s1The former Yugoslavia had signed the Protocol definitively on 4 April 1984. See also note 1 under “Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia", "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.