ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING:

WHEREAS the Statute of the Centre for Science and Technology of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries and Other Developing Countries was adopted at New York on the Fourth day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and eighty five, which Statute is reproduced word for word in the Annexure to this document;

AND WHEREAS it is fit and expedient to confirm and ratify the aforesaid Statute;

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT KNOWN that the Government of  ................................ having seen and considered the said Statute, do hereby confirm and accede to the same. The Government of ......................... further declares that it accepts the provisional application of the Statute of the Centre pending its formal entry into force.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I, ......................... (Head of .........................) have signed these Presents and affixed hereunto my seal at ......................... this the ......................... day of ......................... of the year two thousand and ......................... A.D.

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