<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><Document><Treaty><Template>mtdsg</Template><Header><Chapter><Header>CHAPTER XXV</Header><Name>TELECOMMUNICATIONS</Name></Chapter><ExternalData><Numsect>2</Numsect><Subnumsect>b</Subnumsect><Subtitlesect>Amendments to articles 3 (5) and 9 (8) of the Constitution of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity</Subtitlesect><Conclusion>Colombo, 29 November 1991</Conclusion><EIF><Label>Entry into force</Label><Labeltext>16 March 2000, in accordance with article 22(3)of the Constitution, for all Members of the Telecommunity.</Labeltext></EIF><Registration><Label>Registration</Label><Labeltext>16 March 2000, No. 17583</Labeltext></Registration><Status><Label>Status</Label><PartiesLabel>Parties</PartiesLabel><Parties>19</Parties></Status><TreatyText><Label>Text</Label><Text>United Nations,  &lt;i&gt;Treaty Series &lt;/i&gt;, vol.2102, p. 419.</Text></TreatyText><TreatyNote/></ExternalData></Header><Participants><Table colsep="0" frame="none" rowsep="0"><TGroup cols="2"><Thead><Row rowsep="0"><Entry colname="1">Participant</Entry><Entry colname="2">Ratification, Acceptance(A), Accession(a)</Entry></Row></Thead><Tbody><Rows><Row><Entry>Australia</Entry><Entry>11 Mar	 1996 </Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Bhutan</Entry><Entry>  8 Dec	 1998 </Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Brunei Darussalam</Entry><Entry>  4 Feb	 1994 </Entry></Row><Row><Entry>China</Entry><Entry>25 May	 1993 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Indonesia</Entry><Entry>26 Sep	 1994 </Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</Entry><Entry>29 Nov	 2000 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Lao People's Democratic Republic</Entry><Entry>  3 Jul	 2000 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Malaysia</Entry><Entry>  6 May	 1997 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Maldives</Entry><Entry>  3 Feb	 1993 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Mongolia</Entry><Entry>  7 Jan	 1999 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Nepal</Entry><Entry>15 Feb	 2000 </Entry></Row><Row><Entry>New Zealand</Entry><Entry>10 Apr	 1996 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Palau</Entry><Entry>12 Oct	 1998 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Republic of Korea</Entry><Entry>18 Feb	 1993 </Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Singapore</Entry><Entry>  6 Nov	 1998 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Sri Lanka</Entry><Entry>  9 Dec	 1998 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Thailand</Entry><Entry>14 Jan	 1994 </Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Tonga</Entry><Entry>  5 Feb	 1998 </Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Viet Nam</Entry><Entry>  7 Jan	 1997 A</Entry></Row></Rows></Tbody></TGroup></Table></Participants><SpecialTables/><Declarations/><Objections/><DeclarationsUnderArticle/><Notifications/><TerritorialApplications show="YES"/><EndNotes/><Footer>XXV 2 b.   Telecommunications</Footer></Treaty></Document>