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592UNTS215 AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMISSION FOR CONTROLLING THE DESERT LOCUST IN THE NEAR EAST Rome, 2 July 1965 as amended by the Commission at its Seventh Session (18-22 October 1976) and approved by the FAO Council at its Seventy-Second Session (8-10 November 1977) PREAMBLE The Contracting Governments, having regard to the urgent necessity of preventing losses to agriculture in certain countries in the Near East caused by the Desert Locust, hereby establish within the framework of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (hereinafter referred to as the Organization) a Commission to be known as the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Near East, whose object shall be to promote national and international research and action with respect to the control of the Desert Locust in the Near East. The Near East (hereinafter referred to as the Region) is defined for the purpose of this Agreement, as consisting of the territories of Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Arab Republic and Yemen and of other territories in the Arabian Peninsula situated south of the latitude 27 degrees north. Article I MEMBERSHIP 1. The Members of the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Near East (hereinafter referred to as the Commission) shall be such Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization situated in the Region defined in the Preamble as accept this Agreement in accordance with the provision of this Agreement. 2. The Commission may, by a two-thirds majority of its Members, admit to membership such other States, situated in the Region that are Members of the United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies or the International Atomic Energy Agency as have submitted an application for membership of the Commission and a declaration made in a formal instrument that they accept this Agreement as in force at the time of admissi