CHAPTER X
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT19Multilateral Agreement for the Establishment of an International Think Tank for Landlocked Developing CountriesNew York, 24 September 20106 October 2017, in accordance with article 12(1) which reads as follows: "The present Agreement shall enter into force on the sixtieth day after the date of deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.".6 October 2017, No. 54748Signatories7Parties14United Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 3208. Depositary notification C.N.639.2010.TREATIES-2 of 7 October 2010Following the resolution <a href="/doc/source/docs/A_RES_58_201-E.pdf" target="_blank">58/201</a> of the General Assembly of 23 December 2003 adopting the outcome of the International Ministerial Conference and the Almaty Programme of Action, and the resolution <a href="/doc/source/docs/A_RES_64_214-E.pdf" target="_blank">A/RES/64/214</a> of the General Assembly of 22 December 2009 welcoming the establishment of the think tank for the landlocked developing countries in Ulaanbaata, the 9th Annual Ministerial Meeting of Landlocked Developping Countries, held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 24 September 2010, endorsed the final text of the Multilateral Agreement for the Establishment of an International Think Tank for Landlocked Developing Countries which was deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 24 September 2010. In accordance with its article X, the Agreement was opened for signature at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 1 November 2010 and will remain open for signature at United Nations Headquarters in New York until 31 October 2011.
ParticipantSignatureApproval(AA), Acceptance(A), Ratification, Accession(a)Afghanistan19 Oct 2011 20 Feb 2013 Armenia28 Oct 2011 19 Nov 2012 Azerbaijan 1 Mar 2019 aBhutan 3 Apr 2018 aBurkina Faso10 Nov 2016 aEthiopia22 Sep 2011 9 Jan 2018 Kazakhstan 3 Feb 2015 aKyrgyzstan 1 Jun 2017 aLao People's Democratic Republic27 Sep 2011 26 Sep 2012 Mongolia25 Apr 2011 8 Nov 2011 AANepal 7 Aug 2017 aNiger26 Sep 2011 17 Oct 2018 Paraguay22 Sep 2011 29 Dec 2016 Tajikistan 5 Jul 2017 a
AzerbaijanDeclaration:“The Republic of Azerbaijan declares that, until the liberation of its territories occupied by the Republic of Armenia from the occupation and complete elimination of the consequences of that occupation, the Republic of Azerbaijan shall not cooperate with the Republic of Armenia within the framework of the Multilateral Agreement for the Establishment of an International Think Tank for Landlocked Developing Countries …”KyrgyzstanReservation:"The Kyrgyz Republic shall be exempted from the contributions to the Think Tank's budget stipulated in Article VIII of the Agreement, as well as any other contributions that might be established in the future for the States Parties of the Agreement."