CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION, MANAGEMENT AND
DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENT
OF THE EASTERN AFRICAN REGION
Nairobi, 21 June 1985
The Contracting Parties,
Fully aware of the economic and social value of the
marine and coastal environment of the Eastern African
region,
Conscious of their responsibility to preserve their
natural heritage for the benefit and enjoyment of
present and future generations,
Recognizing the special hydrographic and ecological
characteristics of the region which require special care
and responsible management,
Recognizing further the threat to the marine and
coastal environment, its ecological equilibrium,
resources and legitimate uses posed by pollution and by
the insufficient integration of an environmental
dimension into the development process,
Seeking to ensure that resource development shall be
in harmony with the maintenance of the environmental
quality of the region and the evolving principles of
rational environmental management,
Realizing fully the need for co-operation amongst
themselves and with competent international and regional
organizations in order to ensure a coordinated and
comprehensive development of the natural resources of
the region,
Recognizing the desirability of promoting the wider
acceptance and national implementation of existing
international environmental agreements,
Noting, however, that existing international
conventions concerning the marine and coastal
environment do not cover, in spite of the progress
achieved, all aspects and sources of marine pollution
and environmental degradation and do not entirely meet
the special requirements of the Eastern African region,
Desirous to adopt a regional convention elaborated
within the framework of the Action Plan for the
Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and
Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region
adopted at Nairobi on 21 June 1985,
Have agreed as follows:
Article 1
GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE
1. This Convention shall apply to the Eastern African
region, hereinafter referred to as "the Convention area"
as defined in paragraph (a) of article 2.
2. Except as may be otherwise provided in any protocol
to this Convention, the Convention area shall not
include internal waters of the Contracting Parties.
Article 2
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Convention:
(a) the "Convention area" shall be comprised of the
marine and coastal environment of that part of the
Indian Ocean situated within the Eastern African region
and falling within the jurisdiction of the Contracting
Parties to this Convention. The extent of the coastal
environment to be included within the Convention area
shall be indicated in each protocol to this Convention
taking into account the objectives of the protocol
concerned;
(b) "pollution" means the introduction by man directly
or indirectly, of substances or energy into the marine
environment, including estuaries, resulting in such
deleterious effects as harm to living resources hazards
to human health, hindrance to marine activities,
including fishing, impairment of quality for use of sea
water and reduction of amenities;
(c) "Organization" means the body designated as
responsible for carrying out secretariat functions
pursuant to article 16 of this Convention.
Article 3
GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. The Contracting Parties may enter into bilateral or
multilateral agreements, including regional or
subregional agreements, for the protection and
management of the marine and coastal environment of the
Convention area. Such agreements shall be consistent
with this Convention and in accordance with
international law. Copies of such agreements shall be
communicated to the Organization and. through the
Organization, to all Contracting Parties to this
Convention.
2. Nothing in this Convention or its protocols shall be
deemed to affect obligations assumed by a Contracting
Party under agreements previously concluded.
3. This Convention and its protocols shall be construed
in accordance with international law relating to their
subject matter. Nothing in this Convention and its
protocols shall prejudice the present or future claims
and legal views of any Contracting Party concerning the
nature and extent of its maritime jurisdiction.
Article 4
GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
1. The Contracting Parties shall, individually or
jointly, take all appropriate measures in conformity
with international law and in accordance with this
Convention and those of its protocols in force to which
they are party, to prevent, reduce and combat pollution
of the Convention area and to ensure Sound environmental
management of natural resources, using for this purpose
the best practicable means at their disposal, and in
accordance with their capabilities.
2. The Contracting Parties shall co-operate in the
formulation and adoption of protocols to facilitate the
effective implementation of this Convention.
3. The Contracting Parties shall take all appropriate
measures in conformity with international law for the
effective discharge of the obligations prescribed in
this Convention and its protocols and shall endeavour to
harmonize their policies in this regard.
4. The Contracting Parties shall co-operate with the
competent international, regional and subregional
organizations to ensure the effective implementation of
this Convention and its protocols. They shall assist
each other in fulfilling their obligations under this
Convention and its protocols.
5. In taking the measures referred to in paragraph 1,
the Contracting Parties shall ensure that the
application of such measures does not cause pollution of
the marine environment outside the Convention area.
Article 5
POLLUTION FROM SHIPS
The Contracting Parties shall take all appropriate
measures to prevent, reduce and combat pollution of the
Convention area caused by discharges from ships and, for
this purpose, to ensure the effective implementation of
the applicable international rules and standards
established by, or within the framework of, the
competent international organization.
Article 6
POLLUTION CAUSED BY DUMPING
The Contracting Parties shall take all appropriate
measures to prevent, reduce and combat pollution of the
Convention area caused by dumping of wastes and other
matter at sea from ships, aircraft, or man-made
structures at sea, taking into account applicable
international rules and standards and recommended
practices and procedures.
Article 7
POLLUTION FROM LAND-BASED SOURCES
The Contracting Parties shall endeavour to take all
appropriate measures to prevent, reduce and combat
pollution of the Convention area caused by coastal
disposal or by discharges emanating from rivers,
estuaries, coastal establishments, outfall structures or
any other sources within their territories.
Article 8
POLLUTION FROM SEA-BED ACTIVITIES
The Contracting Parties shall take all appropriate
measures to prevent, reduce and combat pollution of the
Convention area resulting directly or indirectly from
exploration and exploitation of the sea-bed and its
subsoil.
Article 9
AIRBORNE POLLUTION
The Contracting Parties shall take all appropriate
measures to prevent, reduce and combat pollution of the
Convention area resulting from discharges into the
atmosphere from activities under their jurisdiction.
Article 10
SPECIALLY PROTECTED AREAS
The Contracting Parties shall, individually or
jointly, take all appropriate measures to protect and
preserve rare or fragile ecosystems as well as rare,
depleted, threatened or endangered species of wild fauna
and flora and their habitats in the Convention area. To
this end the Contracting Parties shall, in areas under
their jurisdiction, establish protected areas, such as
parks and reserves, and shall regulate and, where
required and subject to the rules of international law,
prohibit an activity likely to have adverse effects on
the species, ecosystems or biological processes that
such areas are established to protect. The establishment
of such areas shall not affect the rights of other
Contracting Parties and third States and in particular
other legitimate uses of the sea.
Article 11
CO-OPERATION IN COMBATING POLLUTION IN CASES OF
EMERGENCY
1. The Contracting Parties shall co-operate in taking
all necessary measures to respond to pollution
emergencies in the Convention area and to reduce or
eliminate pollution or the threat of pollution resulting
therefrom. To this end, the Contracting Parties shall,
individually and jointly, develop and promote
contingency plans for responding to incidents involving
pollution or the threat thereof in the Convention area.
2. When a Contracting Party becomes aware of a case in
which the Convention area is in imminent danger of being
polluted or has been polluted, it shall immediately
notify other States likely to be affected by such
pollution, as well as competent international
organizations. Furthermore, it shall inform, as soon as
feasible, such other States and the Organization of any
measures it has taken to minimize or reduce pollution or
the threat thereof.
Article 12
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE FROM ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES
The Contracting Parties shall take all appropriate
measures to prevent, reduce and combat environmental
damage in the Convention area, in particular the
destruction of marine and coastal ecosystems, caused by
engineering activities such as land reclamation and
dredging.
Article 13
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
1. As part of their environmental management policies,
the Contracting Parties shall, in cooperation with
competent regional and international organizations if
necessary, develop technical and other guidelines to
assist the planning of their major development projects
in such a way as to prevent or minimize harmful impacts
on the Convention area.
2. Each Contracting Party shall assess, within its
capabilities, the potential environmental effects of
major projects which it has reasonable grounds to expect
may cause substantial pollution of, or significant and
harmful changes to, the Convention area.
3. With respect to the assessments referred to in
paragraph 2, the Contracting Parties shall, if
appropriate in consultation with the Organization,
develop procedures for the dissemination of information
and, if necessary, for consultations among the
Contracting Parties concerned.
Article 14
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION
1. The Contracting Parties shall co-operate, directly or
with the assistance of competent regional and
international organizations, in scientific research,
monitoring, and the exchange of data and other
scientific information relating to the purposes of this
Convention and its protocols.
2. To this end, the Contracting Parties shall develop
and co-ordinate their research and monitoring programmes
concerning pollution and natural resources in the
Convention area and shall establish, in co-operation
with competent regional and international organizations,
a regional network of national research centres and
institutes to ensure compatible results. With the aim of
further protecting the Convention area, the Contracting
Parties shall endeavour to participate in international
arrangements for research and monitoring outside the
Convention area.
3. The Contracting Parties shall co-operate, within
their available capabilities, directly or through
competent regional and international organizations, in
the provision to other Contracting Parties of technical
and other assistance in fields relating to pollution and
sound environmental management of the Convention area.
Article 15
LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION
The Contracting Parties shall co-operate, directly
or with the assistance of competent regional and
international organizations, with a view of formulating
and adopting appropriate rules and procedures which are
in conformity with international law in the field of
liability and compensation for damage resulting from
pollution of the Convention area.
Article 16
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
1. The Contracting Parties designate the United Nations
Environment Programme as the secretariat of the
Convention to carry out the following functions:
(a) to prepare and convene the meetings of Contracting
Parties and conferences provided for in articles 17,18
and 19;
(b) to transmit to the Contracting Parties information
received in accordance with articles 11, 13 and 23;
(c) to perform the functions assigned to its protocols
to this Convention;
(d) to consider enquiries by, and information from the
Contracting Parties and to consult with them on
questions relating to this Convention and protocols;
(e) to co-ordinate the implementation of operative
activities agreed upon by the meetings Contracting
Parties;
(f) to ensure the necessary co-ordination with other
regional and international bodies that Contracting
Parties consider competent;
(g) to enter into such administrative arrangements as
may be required for the effective discharge of
secretariat functions.
2. Each Contracting Party shall designate appropriate
authority to serve as the channel of communication with
the Organization for purposes of this Convention and its
protocols.
Article 17
MEETINGS OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES
1. The Contracting Parties shall hold ordinary meetings
once every two years. It shall be the function of the
ordinary meetings of the Contracting Parties to keep
under review the implementation of this Convention and
its protocols and, in particular:
(a) to consider information submitted by the Contracting
Parties under article 23;
(b) to adopt, review and amend annexes to this
Convention and to its related protocols, in accordance
with the provisions of article 20;
(c) to make recommendations regarding the adoption of
any additional protocols or amendments to this
Convention or its protocols in accordance with the
provisions of articles 18 and 19;
(d) to establish working groups as required to consider
any matters concerning this Convention and its
protocols;
(e) to assess periodically the state of the environment
in the Convention area;
(f) to consider co-operative activities to be undertaken
within the framework of this Convention and its
protocols, including their financial and institutional
implications, and to adopt decisions relating thereto;
(g) to consider and undertake any additional action that
may be required for the achievement of the purposes of
this Convention and its protocols.
2. The Organization shall convene the first ordinary
meeting of the Contracting Parties within nine months of
the date on which the Convention enters into force in
accordance with article 29.
3. Extraordinary meetings shall be convened at the
request of any Contracting Party or upon the request of
the Organization, provided that such requests are
supported by a two-thirds majority of the Contracting
Parties. It shall be the function of the extraordinary
meeting of the Contracting Parties to consider only
those items proposed in the request for the holding of
the extraordinary meeting.
Article 18
ADOPTION OF PROTOCOLS
1. The Contracting Parties, at a conference of
plenipotentiaries, may adopt additional protocols to
this Convention pursuant to paragraph 2 of article 4.
2. If so requested by a two-thirds majority of the
Contracting Parties, the Organization shall convene a
conference of plenipotentiaries for the purpose of
adopting additional protocols to this Convention.
Article 19
AMENDMENT OF THE CONVENTION AND ITS PROTOCOLS
1. Any Contracting Party may propose amendments to this
Convention. Amendments shall be adopted by a conference
of plenipotentiaries which shall be convened by the
Organization at the request of a two-thirds majority of
the Contracting Parties.
2. Any Contracting Party to this Convention may propose
amendments to any protocol. Such amendments shall be
adopted by a conference of plenipotentiaries which shall
be convened by the Organization at the request of a two-
thirds majority of the Contracting Parties to the
protocol concerned.
3. The text of any proposed amendment shall be
communicated by the Organization to all Contracting
Parties at least ninety days before the opening of the
conference of plenipotentiaries.
4. Any amendment to this Convention shall be adopted by
a two-thirds majority vote of the Contracting Parties to
the Convention which are present and voting at the
conference of plenipotentiaries and shall be submitted
by the Depositary for acceptance by all Contracting
Parties to the Convention. Amendments to any protocol
shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority vote of the
Contracting Parties to the protocol which are present
and voting at the conference of plenipotentiaries and
shall be submitted by the Depositary for acceptance by
all Contracting Parties to the protocol.
5. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval
of amendments shall be deposited with the Depositary.
Amendments adopted in accordance with paragraph 4 shall
enter into force between Contracting Parties having
accepted such amendments on the thirtieth day following
the date of receipt by the Depositary of the instruments
of at least six of the Contracting Parties to this
Convention or to the protocol concerned, as the case may
be. Thereafter the amendments shall enter into force for
any other Contracting Party on the thirtieth day after
the date on which that Party deposits its instrument.
6. After the entry into force of an amendment to this
Convention or to a protocol, any new Contracting Party
to this Convention or such protocol shall become a
Contracting Party to the Convention or protocol as
amended.
Article 20
ANNEXES AND AMENDMENT OF ANNEXES
I . Annexes to this Convention or to a protocol shall
form an integral part of the Convention or, as the case
may be, such protocol.
2. Except as may be otherwise provided in any protocol
with respect to its annexes, the following procedure
shall apply to the adoption and entry into force of
amendments to annexes to this Convention or to annexes
to a protocol:
(a) any Contracting Party may propose amendments to
annexes to this Convention or annexes to any protocol at
the meetings convened pursuant to article 17;
(b) such amendments shall be adopted by a two-thirds
majority vote of the Contracting Parties to the
instrument in question;
(c) the Depositary shall without delay communicate the
amendments so adopted to all Contracting Parties to this
Convention;
(d) any Contracting Party that is unable to accept an
amendment to annexes to this Convention or to annexes to
any protocol shall so notify the Depositary in writing
within a period determined by the Contracting Parties
concerned when adopting the amendment;
(e) the Depositary shall without delay notify all
Contracting Parties of notifications received pursuant
to the preceding subparagraph;
(f) on expiry of the period determined in accordance
with subparagraph (d) above, the amendment to the annex
shall become effective for all Contracting Parties to
this Convention or to the protocol concerned which have
not submitted a notification in accordance with the
provisions of that subparagraph;
(g) a Contracting Party may at any time substitute an
acceptance for a previous declaration of objection, and
the amendment shall thereupon enter into force for that
Party.
3. The adoption and entry into force of a new annex to
this Convention or to any protocol shall be subject to
the same procedure as that for the adoption and entry
into force of an amendment to an annex, provided that,
if it entails an amendment to the Convention or a
protocol, the new annex shall not enter into force until
such time as that amendment enters into force.
4. Any amendment to the Annex on Arbitration shall be
proposed and adopted, and shall enter into force, in
accordance with the procedures set out in article 19.
Article 21
RULES OF PROCEDURES AND FINANCIAL RULES
1. The Contracting Parties shall adopt rules of
procedure for their meetings.
2. The Contracting Parties shall adopt financial rules,
prepared in consultation with the Organization, to
determine, in particular, their financial participation
in the co-operative activities undertaken for the
purposes of this Convention and of protocols to which
they are parties.
Article 22
SPECIAL EXERCISE OF THE RIGHT TO VOTE
In their fields of competence, the regional
intergovernmental integration organizations referred to
in article 26 shall exercise their right to vote with a
number of votes equal to the number of their member
States which are Contracting Parties to this Convention
and to one or more protocols. Such organizations shall
not exercise their rights to vote if the member States
concerned exercise theirs and vice versa.
Article 23
TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION
The Contracting Parties shall transmit regularly to
the Organization information on the measures adopted by
them in the implementation of this Convention and of
protocols to which they are parties, in such form as the
meetings of Contracting Parties may determine.
Article 24
SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
1. In case of a dispute between Contracting Parties as
to the interpretation or application of this Convention
or its protocols, they shall seek a settlement of the
dispute through negotiation or any other peaceful means
of their own choice.
2. If the Parties concerned cannot settle the dispute
through the means mentioned in the preceding paragraph,
the dispute shall, upon common agreement of the Parties
concerned, be submitted to arbitration under the
conditions set out in the Annex on Arbitration.
Article 25
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CONVENTION AND ITS PROTOCOLS
1. No State or regional intergovernmental integration
organization may become a Contracting Party to this
Convention unless it becomes at the same time a
Contracting Party to at least one protocol to the
Convention. No State or regional intergovernmental
integration organization may become a Contracting Party
to a protocol unless it is, or becomes at the same time,
a Contracting Party to this Convention.
2. Decisions concerning any protocol shall be taken only
by the Contracting Parties to the protocol concerned.
Article 26
SIGNATURE
This Convention, the Protocol concerning Protected
Areas and Wild Fauna and Flora in the Eastern African
Region and the Protocol concerning Co-operation in
Combating Marine Pollution in Cases of Emergency in the
Eastern African Region shall be open for signature at
Nairobi from 21 June 1985 to 20 June 1986 by any State
invited as participant to the Conference of
Plenipotentiaries on the Protection, Management and
Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the
Eastern African Region, held at Nairobi from 17 June
1985 to 21 June 1985. They shall also be open for
signature between the same dates by any regional
intergovernmental integration organization exercising
competence in fields covered by the Convention and such
protocols and having at least one member State which
belongs to the Eastern African region provided that such
regional organization has been invited to participate in
the Conference of Plenipotentiaries.
Article 27
RATIFICATION, ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL
This Convention and its protocols shall be subject
to ratification, acceptance or approval by the States
and organizations referred to in article 26. Instruments
of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be
deposited with the Government of the Republic of Kenya
which will assume the functions of Depositary.
Article 28
ACCESSION
1. This Convention and its protocols shall be open for
accession by the States and organizations referred to in
article 26 as from the day following the date on which
the Convention or the protocol concerned is closed for
signature.
2. After the entry into force of this Convention and of
any protocol, any State or regional intergovernmental
integration organization not referred to in article 26
may accede to the Convention and to any protocol,
subject to prior approval by three-fourths of the
Contracting Parties to the Convention or the protocol
concerned.
3. Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the
Depositary.
Article 29
ENTRY INTO FORCE
1. This Convention shall enter into force on the same
date as the first protocol entering into force.
2. Any protocol to this Convention, except as otherwise
provided in such protocol, shall enter into force on the
ninetieth day following the date of deposit of the sixth
instrument of ratification, acceptance, or approval of,
or accession to, such protocol by the States referred to
in article 26.
3. Thereafter, this Convention and any protocol shall
enter into force with respect to any State or
organization referred to in article 26 or article 28 on
the ninetieth day following the date of deposit of its
instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or
accession.
Article 30
WITHDRAWAL
1. At any time after three years from the date of entry
into force of this Convention with respect to a
Contracting Party, that Contracting Party may withdraw
from this Convention by giving written notification to
the Depositary.
2. Except as may be otherwise provided in any protocol
to this Convention, any Contracting Party may, at any
time after three years from the date of entry into force
of such protocol with respect to that Contracting Party,
withdraw from such protocol by giving written
notification to the Depositary.
3. Withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date
on which notification of withdrawal is received by the
Depositary.
4. Any Contracting Party which withdraws from this
Convention shall be considered as also having withdrawn
from any protocol to which it was a Contracting Party.
5. Any Contracting Party which, upon its withdrawal from
a protocol, is no longer a Contracting Party to any
protocol to this Convention, shall be considered as also
having withdrawn from the Convention itself.
Article 31
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPOSITARY
1. The Depositary shall inform the signatories and the
Contracting Parties, as well as the Organization, of:
(a) the signature of this Convention and of its
protocols and the deposit of instruments of
ratification, acceptance, approval or accession;
(b) the date on which the Convention or any protocol
will come into force for each Contracting Party;
(c) notification of withdrawal and the date on which it
will take effect;
(d) the amendments adopted with respect to the
Convention or to any protocol, their acceptance by the
Contracting Parties and the date of their entry into
force;
(e) all matters relating to new annexes and to the
amendment of any annex.
2. The original of this Convention and of any protocol
shall be deposited with the Depositary, the Government
of the Republic of Kenya, which shall send certified
copies thereof to the Signatories, the Contracting
Parties and the Organization.
3. As soon as the Convention or any protocol enters into
force, the Depositary shall transmit a certified copy of
the instrument concerned to the Secretary-General of the
United Nations for registration and publication in
accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United
Nations.
In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly
authorized by their respective Governments, have signed
this Convention.
Done at Nairobi this twenty-first day of June one
thousand nine hundred and eighty-five in single copy in
the English and French languages, the two texts being
equally authentic.
Annex on arbitration
Article 1
Unless the agreement referred to in article 24 of
the Convention provides otherwise, the arbitration
procedure shall be conducted in accordance with articles
2 to 10 below.
Article 2
The claimant party shall notify the Organization
that the parties agree to submit the dispute to
arbitration pursuant to paragraph 2 of article 24 of the
Convention. The notification shall state the subject-
matter of arbitration and include, in particular, the
articles of the Convention or the protocol, the
interpretation or application of which are at issue. The
Organization shall forward the information thus received
to all Contracting Parties to the Convention or to the
protocol concerned.
Article 3
The arbitral tribunal shall consist of three
members. Each of the parties to the dispute shall
appoint an arbitrator and the two arbitrators so
appointed shall designate by common agreement the third
arbitrator who shall be the chairman of the tribunal.
The latter shall not be a national of one of the parties
to the dispute, nor have his usual place of residence in
the territory of one of these parties, nor be employed
by any of them, nor have dealt with the case in any
other capacity.
Article 4
1. If the chairman of the arbitral tribunal has not been
designated within two months of the appointment of the
second arbitrator, the Secretary-General of the United
Nations shall, at the request of either party, designate
him within a further two months' period.
2. If one of the parties to the dispute does not appoint
an arbitrator within two months of receipt of the
request, the other party may inform the Secretary-
General of the United Nations who shall designate the
chairman of the arbitral tribunal within a further two
months' period. Upon designation, the chairman of the
arbitral tribunal shall request the party which has not
appointed an arbitrator to do so within two months.
After such period, he shall inform the Secretary-General
of the United Nations who shall make this appointment
within a further two months' period.
Article 5
1. The arbitral tribunal shall render its decision in
accordance with international law and in accordance with
the provisions of this Convention and the protocol or
protocols concerned.
2. Any arbitral tribunal constituted under the
provisions of this annex shall draw up its own rules of
procedure .
Article 6
1. The decisions of the arbitral tribunal, both on
procedure and on substance, shall be taken by majority
vote of its members.
2. The arbitral tribunal may take all appropriate
measures in order to establish the facts. It may, at the
request of one of the parties, recommend essential
interim measures of protection.
3. The parties to the dispute shall provide all
facilities necessary for the effective conduct of the
proceedings .
4. The absence or default of a party to the dispute
shall not constitute an impediment to the proceedings .
Article 7
The arbitral tribunal may hear and determine
counterclaims arising directly out of the subject-matter
of the dispute.
Article 8
Unless the arbitral tribunal determines otherwise
because of the particular circumstances of the case, the
expenses of the tribunal, including the remuneration of
its members, shall be borne by the parties to the
dispute in equal shares. The tribunal shall keep a
record of all its expenses, and shall furnish a final
statement thereof to the parties.
Article 9
Any Contracting Party that has an interest of a
legal nature in the subject-matter of the dispute which
may be affected by the decision in the case, may
intervene in the proceedings with the consent of the
arbitral tribunal.
Article 10
l. The arbitral tribunal shall render its award within
five months of the date on which it is established
unless it finds it necessary to extend the time-limit
for a period which should not exceed five months .
2. The award of the arbitral tribunal shall be
accompanied by a statement of reasons. It shall be final
and binding upon the parties to the dispute.
3. Any dispute which may arise between the parties
concerning the interpretation or execution of the award
may be submitted by either party to the arbitral
tribunal which made the award or, if the latter cannot
be seized thereof, to another arbitral tribunal
constituted for this purpose in the same manner as the
first.