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10 MAI 1994. - An Act to amend the Protocol to amend the 1971 Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, particularly as Waterfowl Habitats, made in Paris on 3 December 1982 (1) (2); Amendments to the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterbird Habitats, adopted in Regina on May 28, 1987 (1) (2)

ALBERT II, King of the Belgians,
To all, present and to come, Hi.
The Chambers adopted and We sanction the following:
Single article. The Protocol to amend the 1971 Convention on Wetlands of International Importance particularly as Habitats of Waterfowl, made in Paris on 3 December 1982 and the Amendments to the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, particularly as Habitats of Waterfowl, adopted in Regina on 28 May 1987, will come out their full and full effect.
Promulgation of this law, let us order that it be clothed with the seal of the State and published by the Belgian Monitor.
Given in Brussels on 10 May 1994.
ALBERT
By the King:
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
W. CLAES
Minister of Agriculture,
A. BOURGEOIS
Minister of the Environment,
J. SANTKIN
Seal of the state seal:
The Minister of Justice,
Mr. WATHELET
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Note
(1) Session 1993-1994:
House of Representatives:
Documents. - Bill No. 1184-1. - Report, number 1184-2.
Annales parliamentarians. - Discussion, session of December 7, 1993. - Vote, session of December 9, 1993.
Senate:
Documents. - Draft adopted in the House of Representatives, No. 908-1. - Report, no. 908-2.
Annales parliamentarians. - Discussion, session, 3 February 1994. - Vote, session of 3 February 1994.
(2) See also the Decree of the Flemish Region of 14 July 1998 (Moniteur belge of 22 August 1998), the Decree of the Walloon Region of 23 March 1995 (Moniteur belge of 21 April 1995); the Order of the Brussels-Capital Region of 27 April 1995 (Belgian Monitor of 23 June 1995).

Protocol to amend the Convening
on Wetlands of International Importance
especially as habitats of sauvagine
Contracting Parties,
Considering that the effectiveness of the Convention on Wetlands of International Imporantce, particularly as habitats of waterfowl, adopted at Ramsar on 2 February 1971 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"), requires an increase in the number of Contracting Parties;
Recognizing that the addition of authentic versions would facilitate wider participation in the Convention;
Considering, further that the text of the Convention does not provide for a procedure, amendment, which makes it difficult for any amendment of the text to be deemed necessary;
The following agreed:
Article 1^er
The following article shall be inserted between Article 10 and Article 11 of the Convention;
"Article 10bis.
1° This Convention may be amended at a meeting of the Contracting Parties convened for this purpose in accordance with this Article.
2° Amendment proposals may be submitted by any Contracting Party.
3° The text of any amendment proposal and the reasons for this proposal shall be communicated to the organization or Government acting as the permanent office within the meaning of the Convention (referred to below as "the Bureau"), and shall be communicated by the Bureau without delay to all Contracting Parties. Any comments on the text from a Contracting Party shall be communicated to the Bureau within three months of the date on which the amendments were communicated to the Contracting Parties by the Bureau. The Bureau, immediately after the deadline for submission of comments, shall communicate to the Contracting Parties all comments received at that date.
4° A meeting of the Contracting Parties to consider an amendment communicated in comfort with paragraph 3 shall be convened by the Bureau at the written request of a third of the number of Contracting Parties. The Bureau shall consult with Parties on the date and venue of the meeting.
5° Amendments shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the Contracting Parties present and voting.
6° When adopted, an amendment shall enter into force for the Contracting Parties that have accepted it, on the first day of the fourth month following the date on which two thirds of the Contracting Parties have deposited an instrument of adequacy of the Depositary. For any Contracting Party that deposits an instrument of acceptance after the date on which two thirds of the Contracting Parties have deposited an instrument of acceptance, the amendment shall enter into force on the first day of the fourth month following the date on which the instrument of acceptance of that Party is deposited. »
Art. 2
The words "the English text serving as a reference in the event of a divergence of interpretation" contained in the clause following Article 12 of the Convention are replaced by the words "all texts being equally authentic".
Art. 3
The corrected text of the French orginal version of the Convention is reproduced in the annex to the present Protocol.
Art. 4
This Protocol will be open for signature from 3 December 1982 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.
Art. 5
1° Any State referred to in Article 9, paragraph 2 of the Convention may become a Contracting Party to the Protocol by:
(a) signature without reservation of ratification, acceptance or approval;
(b) signature subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, followed by ratification, acceptance or approval;
(c) accession.
2° Ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession to the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (hereinafter referred to as "The Depositary").
3° Any State that becomes a Contracting Party to the Convention after the entry into force of this Protocol shall be considered to be a Party to the Convention as amended by the Protocol, unless it has expressed a different intention at the time of the deposit of the instrument to which Article 9 of the Convention refers.
4° Any State that is a Contracting Party to this Protocol without being a Contracting Party to the Convention shall be considered a Party to the Convention as amended by this Protocol from the date of entry into force of this Protocol for that State.
Art. 6
1° This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the fourth month following the date on which two thirds of the States which are Contracting Parties to the Convention at the date on which this Protocol is open for signature have signed it without reservation of ratification, acceptance or approval, or have ratified, accepted, approved or acceded to it.
2° With respect to any State that becomes a Contracting Party to this Protocol after the date of its entry into force in the manner described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 5 above, the Protocol shall enter into force on the date of its signature without reservation of ratification, acceptance or approval, or of its ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
3° For any State that becomes a Contracting Party to this Protocol in the manner described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 5 above during the period from the opening of this Protocol to its entry into force, this Protocol shall enter into force on the date determined by paragraph (1) above.
Art. 7
1° The original text of this Protocol in English and French, each of these versions being equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Depositary who shall transmit certified copies thereof to all States, which shall have signed it or which shall have deposited an instrument of accession.
2° The Depositary shall inform as soon as possible all Contracting Parties to the Convention and all States that have signed and acceded to this Protocol:
(a) signatures of this Protocol;
(b) the deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval of this Protocol;
(c) the deposit of instruments of accession to this Protocol;
(d) the entry into force of this Protocol.
3° When this Protocol comes into force, the Depositary shall register with the United Nations Secretariat in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter.
In faith, the undersigned, duly authorized to do so, have signed this Protocol.
Done in Paris, December 3, 1982.
Amendments to the Convention Adopted by the special conference
Article 6
1° The current text of paragraph 1^er is replaced by the following:
“A Conference of the Contracting Parties shall be established to review and promote the implementation of this Convention. The Bureau referred to in Article 8, paragraph 1, shall convene ordinary sessions of the Conference at a maximum of three years, unless the Conference decides otherwise, and special sessions when the written request is made by at least one third of the Contracting Parties. The Conference of the Contracting Parties shall determine, at each of its regular sessions, the date and venue of its next regular session. »
2. The sentence that opens paragraph 2 is as follows:
“The Conference of the Contracting Parties shall have competence:”
3° An additional paragraph is at the end of paragraph 2, as follows:
"(f) adopt other recommendations or resolutions to promote the operation of this Convention. »
4° Paragraph 4 is added, as follows:
“The Conference of the Contracting Parties shall adopt an internal process at each of its sessions. »
5° Paragraph 5 and paragraph 6 are added, as follows:
Paragraph 5: “The Conference of the Contracting Parties shall regularly establish and consider the financial redistribution of this Convention. At each of its regular sessions, it shall adopt the budget for the following year by a two-thirds majority of the Contracting Parties present and voting. »
Paragraph 6: "Each Contracting Party shall contribute to this budget in accordance with a scale of assessment adopted unanimously by the Contracting Parties present and voting at a regular session of the Conference of the Contracting Parties. »
Article 7
Paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
"Each of the Contracting Parties represented at a Conference shall have one vote, with recommendations, resolutions and decisions adopted by a simple majority of the Contracting Parties present and voting, unless this Convention provides for other provisions. »

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