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1. The geographic scope of this Agreement
is the area of the migration systems of African-Eurasian
waterbirds, as defined in Annex 1 to this Agreement, hereafter
referred to as the "Agreement Area". 2. For the purpose
of this Agreement:
(a) "Convention" means the Convention
on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals,
1979;
(b) "Convention Secretariat" means the body established under
Article IX of the Convention;
(c) "Waterbirds" means those species of birds that are ecologically
dependent on wetlands for at least part of their annual cycle,
have a range which lies entirely or partly within the Agreement
Area and are listed in Annex 2 to this Agreement;
(d) "Agreement secretariat" means the body established under
Article VI, paragraph 7, subparagraph (b), of this Agreement;
(e) "Parties" means, unless the context otherwise indicates,
Parties to this Agreement; and
(f) "Parties present and voting" means the Parties present
and casting an affirmative or negative vote; those abstaining
from voting shall not be counted amongst the Parties present
and voting.
In addition, the terms defined in Article I, subparagraphs
1(a) to (k), of the Convention shall have the same meaning,
mutatis mutandis, in this Agreement.
3. This Agreement is an AGREEMENT within the
meaning of Article IV, paragraph 3, of the Convention.
4. The annexes to this Agreement form an integral
part thereof. Any reference to the Agreement includes a
reference to its annexes.
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