Host country agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Secretariat of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia regarding the Terms and Conditions of the Secretariat's Location in the Territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Astana on the 26 June, 2007)

Host country agreement
between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
and the Secretariat of the Conference
on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia
regarding the Terms and Conditions of the Secretariat's Location
in the Territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan
(Astana on the 26 June, 2007)

The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Secretariat of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia, hereinafter referred to as "the Parties",

Being guided by universally recognized principles and rules of international law,

Aiming at implementation of provisions of the Almaty Act and the .Statute of the Secretariat of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia determining the Republic Kazakhstan as the Host Country of the Secretariat of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia, and also

Wishing to provide in the territory of the Republic Kazakhstan necessary terms and conditions for the Secretariat of Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia for its proper functioning,

Have agreed as follows:

Article 1

General Provisions

1. The present Agreement shall regulate the issues, concerning Seat of residence of the Secretariat of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2. For the purpose of the present Agreement, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereunder assigned to them:

(a) The "Government" is the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan; (b)The "CICA" is the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building

Measures in Asia; (c)The "Secretariat" is the Secretariat of the Conference on Interaction and

Confidence Building Measures in Asia; (d)The "Headquarters of the CICA" is the Secretariat premises, allocated to

the CICA by the Government (buildings or parts of buildings and the land

ancillary thereto in the Host Country, irrespective of ownership used for

the purposes of the CICA);

(e) The "Member State" is the CICA Member State;

(f) The "Sending State11 is the Member State, which seconds its nationals to work in the Secretariat;

(g)The "Chairman" is the Member State, chairing the CICA;

(h)The "Host Country" is the Republic of Kazakhstan;

(i) The "Executive Director" is the CICA Executive Director;

(j) The "members of the professional personnel"' are the members of the

professional personnel of the Secretariat, seconded to the Secretariat by

the Member States; (k)The "members of the family" are the members of the family of the

Executive Director, the Deputy Executive Director and the members of

the professional personnel of the Secretariat (spouse and children under

18) forming part of their household.

Article 2

Legal capacity of the Secretariat