Статус Конвенции Всемирной метеорологической организации (Вашингтон, 11 октября 1947 года) [рус., англ.]

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Вступление в силу: 23.03.1950

CONVENTION OF THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION Washington, 11 October 1947

Date of most recent action: May 16, 2019

Done: Washington; October 11, 1947

Entry into force: March 23, 1950

The Convention entered into force on the thirtieth day after the date of the deposit of the thirtieth instrument of ratification or accession and shall enter into force for each State ratifying or acceding after that date on the thirtieth day after the deposit of its instrument of ratification or accession (Art. 35).

Note: The Convention was amended on April 11 and 27, 1963, April 11 and 26, 1967, and May 20, 1975.

Legend: (no mark) = ratification; a = accession; w = withdrawal or equivalent action

Notes

1. Instrument of ratification included Protocol Concerning Spain.

2. See also the below information regarding territorial application of the Convention by Australia.

3. The Republic of China signed the Convention on October 11, 1947, and deposited its ratification thereof on March 2, 1951. The Convention entered into force with respect to the Republic of China on April 1, 1951.

4. By a letter of February 25, 1972, the WMO Secretary-General informed Ministers of Foreign Affairs of States Members of the Organization that, as a result of a vote by correspondence by the Members «as from the date of this letter, the World Meteorological Organization recognizes the representatives of the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate representatives of China.» By a letter of January 30, 1973, the Secretary-General informed the Permanent Representatives of the WMO Members that he had been informed by the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Office in Geneva «that by virtue of the vote on the 24th February 1972, whereby the Organization recognized the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Government of China, the People's Republic of China is a Member of the World Meteorological Organization.» The Secretary-General's letter also stated inter alia that «The Government of the People's Republic of China has also paid the outstanding financial contribution to the Organization in respect of China as from the date of closure of the above-mentioned vote.» [February 24, 1972]

In a letter of February 1, 1973, to members of the WMO Executive Committee regarding the filling of a vacant seat on that Committee, the Secretary-General stated that «As there have recently been several developments regarding the Membership of the Organization, information on the present situation in such cases is given in the annex to this letter in the thought that it may clarify the situation regarding eligibility for nomination.» The annex included the following listing:

China (People's Republic of)

As has been notified to all Members in my circular letter S/MRP dated 30 January 1973, Mr. Chang Nai-chao has been designated as the Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China with WMO as «Director of the Meteorological Service» as defined in the General Regulations of the Organization for the purposes of the application of the relevant provisions of the Convention and the General Regulations.

5. The Department of State received on February 9, 1973, for deposit from the U.S. Mission at Geneva the instrument of ratification of the WMO Convention by the People's Republic of China. That instrument contains the following reservation to Article 29 of the Convention:

(Translation) «The Chinese Government will not be bound by any award of arbitration on any question or dispute concerning the interpretation or application of the Convention referred to arbitration without the consent of the Chinese Government.»

6. The date of entry into force of the Convention with respect to the People's Republic of China as the result of the receipt by the depositary of that State's instrument of ratification on February 9, 1973, would, under the provisions of Article 35 of the WMO Convention, be March 11, 1973, in the absence of a reservation. As no objection to the reservation made by the People's Republic of China was received by the depositary, the reservation was apparently acceptable to all Members of WMO. In view of the relationship existing between the People's Republic of China and the WMO before March 11, 1973, it would appear that if that date is determined to be the date of entry into force of the Convention with respect to China, such determination should be without prejudice to the relationship that existed before that date between China and the WMO.

See also the below information regarding territorial application of the Convention by the People's Republic of China.

7. Instrument of ratification deposited on July 26, 1949 by Czechoslovakia.

10. The German Democratic Republic deposited an instrument of accession on May 23, 1973. The Convention entered into force for the German Democratic Republic on June 22, 1973.

By letter dated October 3, 1990, the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany informed the Secretary-General of the United Nations that «...through the accession of the German Democratic Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany with effect from October 3, 1990, the two German States have united to form one sovereign State, which as a single Member of the United Nations remains bound by the provisions of the Charter in accordance with the solemn declaration of 12 June 1973...»

11. Applicable also to Land Berlin (by note dated December 21, 1954, from the Charge d'Affaires of the Federal Republic of Germany).

12. See also the below information regarding territorial application of the Convention by the Netherlands.

13. See also the below information regarding territorial application of the Convention by Portugal.

On February 4, 2003, the name of the State of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was changed to Serbia and Montenegro. Following the Declaration of Independence adopted by the National Assembly of Montenegro on June 3, 2006, the President of the Republic of Serbia notified the Secretary-General of the United Nations that the membership of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro in the United Nations, including all organs and organizations of the United Nations system, is continued by the Republic of Serbia. The United Nations confirmed the membership on June 6, 2006.

16. See also the below information regarding territorial application of the Convention by South Africa.

17. See also the below information regarding territorial application of the Convention by Spain.

18. See also the below information regarding territorial application of the Convention by the United Kingdom.

19. An instrument of accession was deposited by the Government of [the Republic of] Viet-Nam on March 2, 1955. The Convention entered into force for Viet-Nam on April 1, 1955.

By note of July 29, 1976, the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of the Office of the Permanent Observer of the Socialist Republic of Viet-Nam to the United Nations and Permanent Delegation to the other international organizations in Geneva informed the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization that the Socialist Republic of Viet-Nam «will continue to assume the status of official membership within the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)...» This note was circulated by the Secretary General to Ministers of Foreign Affairs of members of the WMO by a note of August 11, 1976, which was received by the Government of the United States of America on August 16, 1976.

20. The Yemen Arab Republic deposited an instrument of accession on June 8, 1971.

By note of May 19, 1990, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen informed the Secretary General of the United Nations that the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and the Yemen Arab Republic will merge in a single sovereign State called the «Republic of Yemen» ...All treaties and agreements concluded between either the Yemen Arab Republic or the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and other States and international organizations in accordance with international law which are in force on May 22, 1990... between the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and the Yemen Arab Republic and other States will continue...»

Territories or groups of territories maintaining their own meteorological services which by virtue of the declarations given on their behalf by the State responsible for their international relations, in accordance with the provisions of Article 3(d) and 34(a) of the Convention, are separate members of the World Meteorological Organization:

France for:

Netherlands for:

People's Republic of China, for:

Portugal, for:

Notifications received by the Depositary Government of territories and areas to which the Convention of the World Meteorological Organization has been applied by various States, by virtue of the membership of those States in the World Meteorological Organization <3>

Australia:

Denmark for:

France for:

South Africa for:

Spain for:

United Kingdom for:

<1> The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington transmitted to the Department of State a diplomatic note, dated January 9, 1986, which reads as follows:

«The Royal Netherlands Embassy presents its compliments to the Department of State and has the honor to request the Department's attention for the following with respect to the Department's capacity of depositary of [the Convention of the World Meteorological Organization].»

«Effective January 1, 1986 the island of Aruba — formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles — obtained internal autonomy as a country within the Kingdom of The Netherlands. Consequently the Kingdom of The Netherlands as of January 1, 1986 consists of three countries, to wit: the Netherlands proper, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. „Since the abovementioned event concerns only a change in internal constitutional relations within the Kingdom of The Netherlands, and as the Kingdom as such, under international law, will remain the subject with which treaties are concluded, the aforementioned change will have no consequences in international law with regard to treaties concluded by the Kingdom, the application of which (treaties) were extended to the Netherlands Antilles, including Aruba.“»

«These treaties, thus, will remain applicable for Aruba in its new status as autonomous country within the Kingdom of The Netherlands effective January 1, 1986.»

«Consequently the [Convention] to which the Kingdom of the Netherlands is a Party, and which [has] been extended to the Netherlands Antilles will as of January 1, 1986 apply to all three countries of the Kingdom of The Netherlands.»

«The Embassy would appreciate if the other Parties concerned would be notified of the above.»

«The Royal Netherlands Embassy avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Department of State the assurance of its highest consideration.»

The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington transmitted to the Department of State a diplomatic note, dated October 6, 2010, which reads in pertinent part as follows:

«The Kingdom of the Netherlands currently consists of three parts: the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. The Netherlands Antilles consists of the islands of Curaçao , Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. „With effect from 10 October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles will cease to exist as a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. From that date onwards, the Kingdom will consist of four parts: the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. Curaçao and Sint Maarten will enjoy internal self-government within the Kingdom, as Aruba and, up to 10 October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles do.“»

«These changes constitute a modification of the internal constitutional relations within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Kingdom of the Netherlands will accordingly remain the subject of international law with which agreements are concluded. The modification of the structure of the Kingdom will therefore not affect the validity of the international agreements ratified by the Kingdom for the Netherlands Antilles; these agreements will continue to apply to Curaçao and Sint Maarten.»

«The other islands that have until now formed part of the Netherlands Antilles — Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba — will become part of the Netherlands, thus constituting „the Caribbean part of the Netherlands“. The agreements that now apply to the Netherlands Antilles will also continue to apply to these islands; however, the Government of the Netherlands will now be responsible for implementing these agreements.»

<2> Declaration received from United Kingdom on December 14, 1948, in accordance with provisions of Article 3(d) and 34 (a) of the Convention on behalf of Hong Kong as separate member of WMO.

The Secretary-General of WMO informed the Secretary of State by note of July 17, 1996, of the receipt from the Chinese Permanent Representative to the WMO of a Declaration by the People's Republic of China with regard to the status of Hong Kong with effect from 1 July 1997. The text of the PRC Declaration appears below:

«I am instructed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China to notify Your Excellency of the declaration of the People's Republic of China as follows:»

«In accordance with the Joint Declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the Question of Hong Kong, signed in Beijing on 19 December 1984, the People's Republic of China will resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong with effect from 1 July 1997. Hong Kong, as an inseparable part of the territory of the People's Republic of China, will become a Special Administrative Region with effect from that date. The People's Republic of China will undertake international responsibility for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.»