Third meeting of the Working Group on the Trans-Asian Railway

Bangkok, 5-6 November 2013

Item 5 of agenda Proposed amendments

Document E/ESCAP/TARN/WG(3)/2 The Intergovernmental Agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway Network Articles relating to amendments

Article 7 Procedures for amending the main text

Article 8 Procedures for amending annex I

Article 9

Procedures for amending annex II

Proposals received from Islamic Republic of Iran

Lao PDR

Viet Nam The Intergovernmental Agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway Network How does the Agreement function?

Article 8: Procedures for amending annex I

8 (4) Amendments that do not change a border station may be proposed by any directly concerned Party.

8 (5) The text of any amendment proposed by any Party shall be circulated to all members of the Working Group by the secretariat at least forty-five (45) days before the Working Group meeting at which it is proposed for adoption.

8 (6) An amendment shall be adopted by the Working Group by a majority of the Parties present and voting. The amendment as adopted shall be communicated by the secretariat to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall circulate it to all Parties

8 (7) An amendment adopted in accordance with paragraph 6 of the present Article shall be deemed accepted if, during a period of six (6) months from the date of notification, less than one third of the Parties notifies the Secretary-General of the United Nations of their objection to the amendment.

8 (8) An amendment accepted in accordance with paragraph 7 of the present Article shall enter into force for all the Parties three (3) months after the expiry of the period of six (6) months referred to in paragraph 7 of the present Article. Trans-Asian Railway network

Georgia (became Party May 2009)

Senaki (maritime connection) ferry links to Black Sea ports in Bulgaria, the Russian Russian Federation Samtredia PotiFederation– Port of andPoti Ukraine)(maritime connection and ferry terminal –

Gantiadi

Senaki Poti Samtredia

Akhalkalaki

Sadakhlo

Azerbaijan Trans-Asian Railway network

Georgia (became Party May 2009)

Samtredia Batumi (maritime connection) Russian Federation Samtredia Batumiterminal– Port– ferry of links Batumi to Black(maritime Sea ports connection in Bulgaria and ferryand Ukraine)

Gantiadi

Senaki Poti Samtredia Tbilisi

Akhalkalaki Batumi Gardabani

Sadakhlo

Azerbaijan Armenia Trans-Asian Railway network

Georgia (became Party May 2009)

Tbilisi (junction) [Akhalkalaki (border station and break-of-gauge) – (Kars, Turkey)] Russian Federation Tbilisi (junction) [Kartsakhi (border station) – Akhalkalaki (break-of-gauge) – (Kars, Turkey)]

Gantiadi

Senaki Poti Samtredia Tbilisi

Akhalkalaki Batumi Gardabani

Kartsaki Sadakhlo

Turkey Azerbaijan Armenia Kars-Tbilisi-Baku project Trans-Asian Railway network

Georgia (became Party May 2009)

Current description of routes

Gantiadi – Gardabani

(Veseloe, Russian Federation)

Gantiadi (border station)

Senaki (junction) Poti (maritime connection)

Samtredia (junction) Batumi (maritime connection)

Tbilisi (junction) Sadakhlo (border station) – (Ayrum, Armenia)

[Akhalkalaki (border station and break-of-gauge) – (Kars, Turkey)]

Gardabani (border station) (Beyouk Kesik, Azerbaijan) Trans-Asian Railway network

Georgia (became Party May 2009)

Amended description of routes

Gantiadi – Gardabani

(Veseloe, Russian Federation)

Gantiadi (border station) Sea ports in Bulgaria, the Ru Samtredia (junction) Poti – Port of Poti (maritime connection and ferry te

ssian Federation and Ukraine) Samtredia (junction) BatumiSea ports– Port in Bulgaria of Batumi and (maritime Ukraine) connection and rminal – ferry links to Black Tbilisi (junction) Sadakhlo (border station) – (Ayrum, Armenia)

[Kartsakhi (border station) – Akhalkalaki (break-of-gauge) – (Kars, Turkey)] ferry terminal – ferry links to Black

Gardabani (border station) (Beyouk Kesik, Azerbaijan) Gorgan Incheboroun (border station) Shahrood

Turkmenistan Gorgan Uzen-Etrek-Gorgan project Incheboroun (Gudriolum, Turkmenistan) Gorgan – Incheboroun Bandar-e- Amirabad

Turkmenistan Pakistan

(became Party November 2009) Sarakhs Mirjaveh Zahedan Mashhad Chadormalu Bafq Kerman Kashmar

Turkmenistan Bandar Abbas Bandar Ardakan Badrud Garmsar Bandar-e- Amirabad zali Tehran Esfahan Bandar-e- An Bandar-Emam Arak Astara Qom

Arzerbaijan Qazvin Miyaneh Jolfa Khorramshahr Kosravi

Azerbaijan Razi

Iraq Islamic Republic of Iran Trans-Asian Railway network

Turkey Viet Nam

Viet Nam Pakse Savannakhet Densavanh Mu Gia Thakhek

Thailand (Jinghong, China)] Thailand Vientiane Boten

China

(border station) – (border station) [Boten [Nakhon Phanom (Thailand)] ]

Nongkhai (border station) (junction) (junction and

(border station) Thakhek Mu Gia (Mu Gia, Viet Nam) Vientiane (Nongkhai, Thailand) (Nongkhai, Thanaleng border station) Thanaleng [ Vientiane [Thanaleng – Mu Gia]

Lao PDR (became Party March 2011) Trans-Asian Railway network China

Trans-Asian Railway network China Quan Trieu Viet Nam (became Party September 2009) Lao Cai Dong Dang Cai Lan Hanoi Halong Haiphong

My Thuy Lao PDR Vung Ang Dong Ha Tan Ap Lao Bao Dong Ha

Lao PDR Danang

Cambodia Ho Chi Minh City Loc Ninh Can Tho

Ho Chi Minh City Vung Tau China

Trans-Asian Railway network China Quan Trieu Viet Nam (became Party September 2009) Lao Cai Dong Dang Cai Lan Hanoi Lao Cai – Ho Chi Minh City Halong Haiphong (Hekou, China)

Lao Cai (border station) Lao PDR Vung Ang Dong Anh (junction) Luu Xa – Quan Trieu Tan Ap

Yên Viên (junction) (connects with Hanoi – Dong Dang line) Dong Ha

Gialam (junction) Haiphong (maritime connection) Danang Hanoi

Tan Ap (junction) [Mu Gia (border station) – (Lao People’s Democratic Republic)]

[Vung Ang (maritime connection) ]

Danang Cambodia

Ho Chi Minh City [Vung Tau (maritime connection)] (junction) Loc Ninh [Loc Ninh (border station) – (Kratie, Cambodia)] Ho Chi Minh City Vung Tau China

Trans-Asian Railway network China Quan Trieu Viet Nam (became Party September 2009) Lao Cai Dong Dang Cai Lan Hanoi Lao Cai – Ho Chi Minh City Halong Haiphong (Hekou, China)

Lao Cai (border station) Lao PDR Vung Ang Dong Anh (junction) Luu Xa – Quan Trieu Tan Ap

Yên Viên (junction) (connects with Hanoi – Dong Dang line) Dong Ha

Gialam (junction) Haiphong (maritime connection) Danang Hanoi

Tan Ap (junction) [Mu Gia (border station) – (Lao People’s Democratic Republic)]

[Vung Ang (maritime connection)]

Dong Ha (junction) [Lao Bao (border station) – (Lao People’s Democratic Republic)]Cambodia

[My Thuy (maritime connection)] Loc Ninh Danang

Ho Chi Minh City [Vung Tau (maritime connection)] Ho Chi Minh (junction) City Vung Tau [Loc Ninh (border station) – (Kratie, Cambodia)]

[Can Tho] China

Trans-Asian Railway network China Quan Trieu Viet Nam (became Party September 2009) Lao Cai Dong Dang Cai Lan Hanoi Halong Haiphong Hanoi – Dong Dang

Hanoi Lao PDR Vung Ang Gialam (junction) Tan Ap

Yên Viên (junction) (connects with Lao Cai – Ho Chi Minh City line) Dong Ha

Lim (junction) Pha Lai (junction) –Halong –Cai Lan(maritime connection) Danang Kep (junction) Halong – Cai Lan (maritime connection)

Luu Xa – Quan Trieu

Dong Dang (border station) Cambodia (Pingxiang, China)

Loc Ninh

Ho Chi Minh City Vung Tau China

Trans-Asian Railway network China Quan Trieu Viet Nam (became Party September 2009) Lao Cai Dong Dang Cai Lan Hanoi Halong Haiphong

Current spelling Revised spelling Lao PDR Vung Ang Tan Ap Yên Viên Yen Vien Dong Ha Gialam Gia Lam

Danang Haiphong Hai Phong

Halong Ha Long

Danang Da Nang

Hanoi Ha Noi Cambodia

Loc Ninh

Ho Chi Minh City Vung Tau