<?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>3</Numsect><Subnumsect>a</Subnumsect><Subtitlesect>Amendments to the Agreement establishing the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development</Subtitlesect><Conclusion>Islamabad, 21 July 1999</Conclusion><EIF><Label>Entry into force</Label><Labeltext>14 December 2001, in accordance with article 14(1).</Labeltext></EIF><Registration><Label>Registration</Label><Labeltext>14 December 2001, No. 19609</Labeltext></Registration><Status><Label>Status</Label><PartiesLabel>Parties</PartiesLabel><Parties>18</Parties></Status><TreatyText><Label>Text</Label><Text>United Nations,  &lt;i&gt;Treaty Series &lt;/i&gt;, vol. 2167, p. 422.</Text></TreatyText><TreatyNote><Text>On 21 July 1999, the Governing Council adopted unanimously, at its meeting in Islamabad, the Amendments proposed by the Government of Iran to the above Agreement. The Council also determined under article 14 (2) that the Amendments were of such a nature as to require implementation by all Contracting Parties.</Text></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">Acceptance(A)</Entry></Row></Thead><Tbody><Rows><Row><Entry>Afghanistan</Entry><Entry>23 Dec	 1999 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Bangladesh</Entry><Entry>21 Jun	 2000 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Bhutan</Entry><Entry>12 Oct	 2000 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Brunei Darussalam</Entry><Entry>  5 Jul	 2000 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Cambodia</Entry><Entry>10 Jul	 2001 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>China&lt;superscript&gt;1&lt;/superscript&gt;</Entry><Entry>10 Apr	 2000 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Fiji</Entry><Entry>11 Feb	 2000 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Indonesia</Entry><Entry>23 Apr	 2001 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</Entry><Entry>30 Nov	 1999 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Micronesia (Federated States of)</Entry><Entry>22 Jun	 2001 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Myanmar</Entry><Entry>  3 Apr	 2000 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Pakistan</Entry><Entry>17 Aug	 2001 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Republic of Korea</Entry><Entry>14 Sep	 2001 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Samoa</Entry><Entry>25 Nov	 1999 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Singapore</Entry><Entry>10 Jan	 2000 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Sri Lanka</Entry><Entry>20 Aug	 1999 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Thailand</Entry><Entry>  2 Jul	 2001 A</Entry></Row><Row><Entry>Viet Nam</Entry><Entry>27 Jan	 2000 A</Entry></Row></Rows></Tbody></TGroup></Table></Participants><SpecialTables/><Declarations/><Objections/><DeclarationsUnderArticle/><Notifications/><TerritorialApplications show="NO"/><EndNotes><Note><index>1</index><text>With a declaration to the effect that &#8220;...The State Council has also decided that the Amendment is applicable to the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People&#8217;s Republic of China. However, the Amendment does not apply tentatively to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People&#8217;s Republic of China until further notice.&#8221;</text></Note></EndNotes><Footer>XXV 3 a.   Telecommunications</Footer></Treaty></Document>