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[Title] Agreement on Cooperation among the Original Members of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization

[Place] Washington
[Date] September 19, 1997
[Source] Joyakushu (tasukokukanjoyaku) Heisei 9 nen, Gaimusho joyakukyoku, pp.439-440.
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[Full text]

The Government of Japan, the Government of the Republic of Korea, and the Government of the United States of America (hereinafter referred to as the "Parties"),

Bearing in mind the paramount importance of the concrete cooperation among the Parties in the decision-making process and management of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (hereinafter referred to as "KEDO"),

Have agreed as follows:

ARTICLE I

The Parties, as the governments of the original Members of KEDO, shall maintain the principle and practice of closely consulting in order to reach a consensus among themselves and of acting on that consensus on any draft decision of the Executive Board of KEDO or any proposal to amend, terminate, or suspend the Agreement on the Establishment of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, as amended (hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement").

ARTICLE II

With reference to Article VI (e) of the Agreement, the Parties shall not submit a draft decision to the Executive Board nor agree to a draft decision at the Executive Board unless there is a consensus among the Parties for the draft decision.

ARTICLE III

With reference to Article XIV (c) and (d) of the Agreement, the Parties shall not agree to any proposal to amend, terminate, or suspend the Agreement unless there is a consensus among the Parties on the proposal.

ARTICLE IV

The Parties shall not agree to a draft decision of the Executive Board to increase the number of representatives serving on the Executive Board beyond five unless appropriate amendments to the Agreement are made on the decision-making process of the Executive Board and on the procedure for amending, terminating, or suspending the Agreement, consistent with the basic principles that the Parties shall act on a consensus among themselves in the decision-making process of the Executive Board and in the procedure for amending, terminating, or suspending the Agreement and that such consensus shall be the determining factor in such process and procedure.

ARTICLE V

(a) This agreement shall enter into force upon signature.

(b) This agreement may be amended, terminated, or suspended by written agreement of the Parties.

DONE at Washington, this nineteenth day of September, 1997, in three copies in the English language.

For the Government of Japan:

(Signed) Kunihiko Saito

For the Government of the Republic of Korea:

(Signed) Park Kun-Woo

For the Government of the United States of America:

(Signed) Paul M. Cleveland