At the request of interested Member Nations in North-West Africa, a draft agreement for the establishment of a commission for controlling the desert locust in that area, within the framework of FAO, was prepared by the Organization. The Agreement was reviewed in March 1970 by the FAO North-West African Desert Locust Research and Control Coordination Sub-Committee. The Agreement was approved by the FAO Council at its Fifty-fifth Session (November 1970) and submitted to Member Nations for acceptance.
In accordance with paragraph 1, Article XIX, the Agreement entered into force on 17 August 1971, date of receipt of the third instrument of acceptance. The Agreement was registered with the Secretariat of the United Nations on 24 September 1971 under No. 11354.
At its Sixth Session (April 1977), the Commission adopted amendments to the Agreement which were approved by the FAO Council at its Seventy-second Session (November 1977). These amendments entered into force for all the parties to the Agreement.
The following participants deposited their instruments of acceptance on the corresponding date indicated:
|
Participant |
Acceptance |
| Algeria1 |
17 Aug 1971 |
|
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya2 |
13 May 1971 |
|
Mauritania3 |
16 Jan 1989 |
|
Morocco |
1 Oct 1971 |
|
Tunisia |
22 Jul 1971 |
Pursuant to its Article XVIII.1, the Agreement shall be considered terminated on 20 September 2007 (date on which the withdrawal of Mauritania shall become effective), since the number of Members of the Commission will fall below three, unless the two remaining Members of the Commission decide, with the approval of the Conference of the Organization, to maintain the Agreement in force.