United Nations Treaty Series 1965

456 United Nations Treaty Series 1965

No. 7441. AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING INTERIM ARRANGEMENTS FOR A GLOBAL COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE SYSTEM. DONE AT WASHINGTON, ON 20 AUGUST 19641

SIGNATURES WITHOUT RESERVATION AS TO APPROVAL AND NOTIFICATIONS OF APPROVAL OR OF PROVISIONAL APPLICATION The above-mentioned Agreement was signed without reservation as to approval, and notifications of approval or of provisional application were deposited with the Government of the United States of America on behalf of the Governments of the fol lowing States on the dates indicated : Date of signature or deposit of notification of Date of entry approval (a) or of into force or of State provisional application (*) provisional application (*) ALGERIA ...... 19 February 1965 19 February 1965 BELGIUM ...... 10 February 1965 (*) 10 February 1965 (*) CEYLON ...... 17 February 1965 17 February 1965 COLOMBIA ...... 19 February 1965 19 February 1965 DENMARK ...... 3 March 1965 (a) 3 March 1965 ETHIOPIA ...... 19 February 1965 19 February 1965 FRANCE ...... 18 January 1965 (a) 18 January 1965 INDONESIA ...... 19 February 1965 19 February 1965 IRAQ ...... 17 February 1965 17 February 1965 ISRAEL ...... 30 November 1964 30 November 1964 ITALY ...... 10 March 1965 (a) 10 March 1965 JORDAN ...... 12 February 1965 12 February 1965 KUWAIT ...... 12 February 1965 12 February 1965 LEBANON ...... 12 February 1965 12 February 1965 LIBYA...... 12 February 1965 12 February 1965 MONACO ...... 18 February 1965 18 February 1965 NEW ZEALAND .... 12 February 1965 12 February 1965 PORTUGAL ...... 29 October 1964 (*) 29 October 1964 (*) (signed subject to approval on the same date) 14 January 1965 (a) 14 January 1965 REPUBLIC OF CHINA . . 17 February 1965 17 February 1965 SAUDI ARABIA ..... 19 February 1965 19 February 1965 SOUTH AFRICA ..... 8 February 1965 8 February 1965 SUDAN ...... 12 February 1965 5 April 1965 SWEDEN ...... 18 January 1965 («) 18 January 1965 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC . 12 February 1965 12 February 1965 TUNISIA ...... 19 February 1965 19 February 1965 UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC 19 February 1965 19 February 1965

1 United Nations, Treaty Series, Vol. 514, p. 25. 458 United Nations Treaty Series 1965

SPECIAL AGREEMENT. DONE AT WASHINGTON, ON 20 AUGUST 19641 The Special Agreement was signed on behalf of the States listed above on the same dates that their Governments signed the Agreement Establishing Interim Arrangements for a Global Commercial Communications Satellite System, with the exception of Italy and the Sudan on behalf of which the Special Agreement was signed on 17 February and 5 April respectively. For Colombia, Ethiopia, France, Lebanon, Libya, Monaco and the United Arab Republic, the Special Agreement was signed by the Governments of those States. For the remaining States the signatories were the communications entities designated by their Governments as indicated below :

State Entity designated ALGERIA ...... Minist re des Postes, des T l communications, des Travaux Publics et des Transports de l©Alg rie BELGIUM ...... R gie des T l graphes et T l phones CEYLON ...... Permanent Secretary in charge of Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Ceylon DENMARK ...... Generaldirektoratet for Post og Telegrafvesenet INDONESIA ...... Dewan Telekomunikasi IRAQ ...... Ministry of Communications of Iraq ISRAEL ...... Ministry of Posts, State of Israel ITALY ...... Societ Telespazio JORDAN ...... Ministry of Communications of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan KUWAIT ...... Ministry of Post, Telegraphs and Telephones of Kuwait NEW ZEALAND ...... Postmaster-General of New Zealand PORTUGAL ...... Administrac o G rai dos Correios, Tel grafos e Telefones REPUBLIC OF CHINA ..... Directorate General of Telecommunications of the Republic of China SAUDI ARABIA ...... Ministry of Communications of Saudi Arabia SOUTH AFRICA ...... Department of Posts and Telegraphs of the Republic of South Africa SUDAN ...... Department of Posts and Telegraphs of the Govern ment of the Republic of the Sudan SWEDEN ...... Kungl. Telestyrelsen SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC . . . Ministry of Communications of the Syrian Arab Republic TUNISIA ...... Secr tariat d© tat aux Postes, T l graphes et T l phones de Tunisie The Special Agreement entered into force in respect of the said Governments or entities designated by them on the respective dates of entry into force, or of provisional application, of the Agreement Establishing Interim Arrangements for a Global Com mercial Communications Satellite System for each of those Governments. Certified statement was registered by the United States of America on 26 May 1965.

1 See note 1, p. 456 of this volume. No. 7441