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United Nations A/CN.4/730* General Assembly Distr.: General 20 March 2019 Original: English/French International Law Commission Seventy-first session Geneva, 29 April–7 June and 8 July–9 August 2019 Succession of States in respect of State responsibility Information on treaties which may be of relevance to the future work of the Commission on the topic Memorandum by the Secretariat Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................. 5 II. Treaties which may be of relevance to the future work of the Commission on the topic ... 9 A. Vienna Conventions ....................................................... 9 1. Vienna Convention on the law of treaties (1969) ........................... 9 2. Vienna Convention on succession of States in respect of treaties (1978) ....... 9 3. Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of State Property, Archives and Debts (1983) ............................................ 12 B. Other multilateral treaties and bilateral treaties ................................... 13 1. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Trans-Jordan: Treaty of Alliance (1946) .................................................... 13 2. United States of America and Philippines: Treaty of general relations and Protocol (1946) ...................................................... 13 3. India and Pakistan: Agreement as to the devolution of international rights and obligations upon the Dominions of India and Pakistan (1947) ................ 14 4. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Burma: Treaty regarding the recognition of Burmese independence and related matters (1947) . 15 5. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Ceylon: External Affairs Agreement (1947) ............................................. 15 * Reissued for technical reasons on 10 May 2019. 19-04715* (E) 100519 *1904715* A/CN.4/730 6. Netherlands and Indonesia: Round Table Conference Agreement (1949) ....... 16 7. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Israel: Agreement for the settlement of financial matters outstanding as a result of the termination of the Mandate for Palestine (1950) ..................................... 17 8. India and France: Treaty of cession of the territory of the Free Town of Chandernagore (1951) ................................................ 17 9. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Jordan: Agreement for the settlement of financial matters outstanding as a result of the termination of the mandate for Palestine (1951) ..................................... 18 10. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Libya: Agreement regarding certain financial matters (1953) ................................ 18 11. Laos and France: Treaty of Friendship and Association (1953) ............... 19 12. France and Viet Nam: Treaty of Independence of Viet Nam (1954) ............ 19 13. France and India: Agreement for the settlement of the question of the future of the French Establishments in India (1954) ................................ 20 14. Italy and Libyan Arab Republic: Agreement on economic cooperation and settlement of issues arising from Resolution 388 (V) of 15 December 1950 of the General Assembly of the United Nations (1956) ........................ 20 15. France and Morocco: Treaty (1956) ..................................... 21 16. France and India: Treaty of Cession of the French Establishments of Pondicherry, Karikal, Mahe and Yanam (1956) ............................ 21 17. United States of America, Belgium, France, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Final Declaration of the International Conference in Tangier and annexed Protocol (1956) ...................................................... 22 18. Federation of Malaya and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Exchange of letters constituting an agreement concerning succession to rights and obligations arising from international instruments (1957) .......... 23 19. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Ghana: Exchange of letters constituting an agreement relative to the inheritance of international rights and obligations by the Government of Ghana (1957) .................. 23 20. France and United Arab Republic: General Agreement (1958) ............... 23 21. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United Arab Republic: Agreement concerning financial and commercial relations and British property in Egypt (1959) .............................................. 24 22. Italy and Somalia: Treaty of Friendship (1960) ............................ 25 23. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece and Turkey and Cyprus: Treaty concerning the Establishment of the Republic of Cyprus (1960) . 26 24. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Nigeria: Exchange of letters constituting an agreement relative to the inheritance of international rights and obligations by the Government of the Federation of Nigeria (1960) .. 26 25. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Sierra Leone: Exchange of letters constituting an agreement relating to the inheritance of international rights and obligations by the Government of Sierra Leone (1961) . 26 2/42 19-04715 A/CN.4/730 26. France and Algeria: Exchange of letters and declarations adopted on 19 March 1962 at the close of the Evian talks, constituting an agreement (1962) ......... 27 27. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Jamaica: Exchange of letters constituting an agreement relating to the inheritance of international rights and obligations by the Government of Jamaica (1962) ................. 28 28. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Trinidad and Tobago: Exchange of letters constituting an agreement relating to the inheritance of international rights and obligations by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (1962) ....................................................... 29 29. New Zealand and Western Samoa: Exchange of letters constituting an agreement relative to the inheritance of international rights and obligations by the Government of Western Samoa (1962) ................................... 29 30. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Federation of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore: Agreement relating to Malaysia (1963) ............................................................. 30 31. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Malta: Exchange of letters constituting an agreement relative to the inheritance of international rights and obligations by the Government of Malta (1964) .................. 31 32. Singapore and Malaysia: Agreement relating to the separation of Singapore from Malaysia as an independent and sovereign State (1965) ..................... 31 33. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Gambia: Exchange of letters constituting an agreement relating to the inheritance of international rights and obligations by the Government of the Gambia (1966) .............. 32 34. United States of America and Egypt: Agreement concerning claims of nationals of the United States (1976) ............................................ 32 35. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Seychelles: Exchange of notes constituting an agreement concerning treaty succession (1976) ............................................................. 33 36. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Vanuatu: Exchange of notes constituting an agreement concerning the United Kingdom contribution towards compensation claims arising out of civil disturbances in Vanuatu in 1980 (1984) ......................................................... 33 37. Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic: Treaty on the Establishment of German Unity (1990) .................................. 34 38. Treaty on the legal succession in respect of the external public debt and assets of the USSR (1991) ..................................................... 35 39. Agreement establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States; Protocol to the Agreement establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States; Alma Ata Declaration (1991) ................................................... 36 40. Germany and United States of America: Agreement concerning the settlement of certain property claims (1992) .......................................... 37 41. Slovakia and Hungary: Special Agreement for submission to the International Court of Justice of the differences concerning the Gabcikovo–Nagymaros Project (1993) ....................................................... 38 19-04715 3/42 A/CN.4/730 42. Australia and Nauru: Agreement for the settlement of the case in the International Court of Justice concerning certain phosphate lands in Nauru (1993) ............................................................. 38 43. United States of America and Viet Nam: Agreement concerning the settlement of certain property claims (1995) .......................................... 39 44. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Agreement on the Regulation of Relations and Promotion of Cooperation (1996) ................................................... 40 45. Croatia and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Agreement on Normalization of Relations (1996) ..................................................... 40 46. Agreement