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ANNEXES

1. List of Contracting States and Other Signatories of the Convention 11

2. Disputes Before the Centre 15

3. Panels of Conciliators and of Arbitrators 36

4. ICSID Documents and Publications 38

5. Resolutions Adopted by the Administrative Council 40

6. Report and Financial Statements 43INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR SETTLEMENT

OF INVESTMENT DISPUTES September 12, 2005

Dear Mr. Chairman, Pursuant to Administrative and Financial Regulation 5(4), I am pleased to submit to the Administrative Council for its approval the Annual Report on the Operation of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes required by Article 6(1)(g) of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States. This Annual Report covers the fiscal year July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005. The Report includes the audited financial statements of the Centre, presented pursuant to Administrative and Financial Regulation 19. Sincerely yours, Roberto Dañino Secretary-General Mr. Paul Wolfowitz Chairman Administrative Council International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes E T TLEM

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SECRETARIAT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR

SETTLEMENT OF IN VESTM ENT DISPUTES

2005 Roberto Dañino, Secretary-General Antonio R. Parra, Deputy Secretary-General

LEGAL STAFF

Gabriela Alvarez-Avila, Senior Counsel Gonzalo Flores, Senior Counsel Milanka Kostadinova, Senior Counsel Ucheora Onwuamaegbu, Senior Counsel Margrete Stevens, Senior Counsel Aurélia Antonietti, Counsel Claudia Frutos-Peterson, Counsel Eloïse Obadia, Counsel Martina Polasek, Counsel José Antonio Rivas Campo, Counsel Francisco Ceballos, Consultant Mercedes Cordido-Freytes de Kurowski, Consultant Frauke Nitschke, Consultant Mireigne Denis, Paralegal Sylvie Grégoire, Paralegal Ashley Grubor, Paralegal Justin Lee, Paralegal Francisca Murphy, Paralegal Morgan Ruthman, Paralegal

BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING STAFF

Ginette Moïse-Luabeya, Administrative Assistant

ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLIENT SUPPORT STAFF

Alix Ahimon, Language Program Assistant Sonia C. Lee, Program Assistant Gloria Peralta, Language Program Assistant Malkiat Singh, Program AssistantI C S I D A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 0 52 3I C S I D A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 0 52 3

Malkiat Singh, Program AssistantI C S I D A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 0 52 3I C S I D A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 0 52 3 INTRODUCTION BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL The past fiscal year marked the fortieth anniversary of the signing of the ICSID Convention. As a multilateral legal framework for international investment dispute settlement, the ICSID Convention has come to have a profound influence on the development of international investment law and has contributed to improve the investment climate in developing countries, a topic which remains at the forefront of the development agenda. ICSID registered twenty-five new cases during the fiscal year, bringing to 184 the total number of cases registered by the Centre since its inception. With these new registrations, ICSID administered a record 103 cases during a single year. Membership of the Centre rose to 142 States following the ratification of the ICSID Convention by Cambodia and Y emen. The fortieth anniversary of the Convention is an appropriate time to step back and reflect on ICSID’s track-record and plan for the future. Moreover, this anniversary coincides with a shift in leadership following the decision of Antonio R. Parra, Deputy Secretary-General, to retire from ICSID after almost two decades of remarkably able and loyal service to the Centre. ICSID has thus begun during the past fiscal year the process of strategic planning for the years ahead. Central to these efforts is a constructive dialogue with partners and clients regarding the strengths and perceived weaknesses of the ICSID process. During the year, ICSID held a series of meetings with different constituencies inviting creative ideas and recommendations for the future development of the institution. Successful dispute resolution depends on a sound and effective framework of procedural rules. The ICSID Secretariat has, in the past year, been working on a number of amendments to the ICSID Rules and Regulations. In October 2004, the Secretariat released a Discussion Paper on Possible Improvements of the Framework for ICSID

rules. The ICSID Secretariat has, in the past year, been working on a number of amendments to the ICSID Rules and Regulations. In October 2004, the Secretariat released a Discussion Paper on Possible Improvements of the Framework for ICSID Arbitration, which was distributed to the member States and also made available to the public for comments. This was followed in May 2005 by a Working Paper on suggested changes to the ICSID Rules and Regulations. The key proposed amendments concern some preliminary procedures in regard to provisional measures and expedited review of requests for dismissal of unmeritorious claims; access of third parties to proceedings; publication of awards; and disclosure requirements for arbitrators.ICSID also continued its work on several recent initiatives for improving its services and addressing current challenges. These include the active promotion of conciliation as an alternative to arbitration in suitable cases. The Secretariat makes an effort to alert the parties of the conciliation option, each time an ICSID arbitration proceeding is commenced. ICSID is also examining the possibility of establishing a mediation service for investment disputes in collaboration with other World Bank Group organizations and to enhance its training programs in the field of investor-State dispute settlement. Continuing our publication activities, we are working on putting online our many publications relating to international investment law and arbitration, making these important sources of information more widely available. The Secretariat focused during the year on identifying well-qualified candidates among women and developing country nationals for nomination as arbitrators in ICSID cases in an effort to expand and diversify the pool of arbitrators. We have also taken steps to strengthen ICSID’s financial standing through the revision of our Schedule of Fees. Another highlight of the past fiscal year was the Secretariat’s move to new facilities and the addition of paralegal staff. In closing, I would like to recognize once again the outstanding service to ICSID of Antonio R. Parra, marked by his professionalism, collegiality, and high personal standards. While we regret his departure, we wish Mr. Parra all the very best in his new endeavors

In closing, I would like to recognize once again the outstanding service to ICSID of Antonio R. Parra, marked by his professionalism, collegiality, and high personal standards. While we regret his departure, we wish Mr. Parra all the very best in his new endeavors at the University College London Faculty of Laws. He leaves the Centre a stronger place by his significant contributions to the remarkable growth of the institution. The ICSID Secretariat’s goal is to build on this legacy in a constantly changing environment. Roberto Dañino Secretary-General I C S I D4A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 0 5 5 NEW MEMBERS In the course of the year, Y emen and Cambodia became ICSID Contracting States by depositing instruments of ratification of the ICSID Convention. In addition, the Convention was signed by Syria. With the latest signature and two ratifications, there were 155 signatories and 142 Contracting States of the ICSID Convention at the end of FY 2005. A complete list of Contracting States and other signatories of the ICSID Convention is provided in Annex 1. DISPUTES BEFORE THE CENTRE During the fiscal year, the Centre registered 25 new cases. A record number of 103 cases were either simultaneously pending or concluded in the course of the year. By the end of FY 2005, the total number of cases registered with the Centre since its inception reached 184. Of the new cases registered, 24 were arbitration proceedings and one a conciliation proceeding. Five of the new cases were brought under the ICSID Additional Facility Rules, and the rest were ICSID Convention conciliation and arbitration proceedings. The jurisdiction of ICSID is being asserted under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in one of the new arbitration cases. All of the remaining 23 new arbitration proceedings were initiated on the basis of ICSID arbitration provisions contained in bilateral investment treaties. In addition to the new cases, the Centre instituted proceedings pursuant to five applications for annulment of

American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in one of the new arbitration cases. All of the remaining 23 new arbitration proceedings were initiated on the basis of ICSID arbitration provisions contained in bilateral investment treaties. In addition to the new cases, the Centre instituted proceedings pursuant to five applications for annulment of awards, and an application for interpretation of an award. T wo of the applications for annulment challenge awards rendered in FY 2005.

Fifteen ICSID proceedings were concluded in the period. These include the discontinuance of an ICSID conciliation proceeding brought in the previous fiscal year. Five ICSID arbitration proceedings were also discontinued at the request of one or both of the parties concerned following an amicable settlement of the disputes. Awards were rendered in seven arbitration proceedings. One of the awards embodied the parties’ settlement agreement. T wo other awards upheld the claims in whole or in part. Jurisdiction was declined in the remaining four of the awards. Final decisions were also issued in two proceedings in which parties sought post-award remedies. These include a proceeding for the annulment of an award and a proceeding for a supplementary decision in a NAFTA case conducted under the ICSID Additional Facility Rules. The statistical figures relating to the geographical distribution of the ICSID caseload by respondent States show that the majority of the cases pending before the Centre duringthe fiscal year, as before, involved Western Hemisphere countries. The remaining cases were again almost evenly divided among countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South and East Asia. One third of the current cases relate to projects in the energy sector and the rest involve disputes regarding investments in virtually all other economic sectors. In total, 58 different hearings and sessions were held in the cases pending before the Centre during the fiscal year. T wenty-nine ICSID arbitral tribunals and five ad hoc committees were constituted or reconstituted in the pending cases. In addition, a Consolidation Tribunal was established pursuant to NAFTA Article 1126, following a

Centre during the fiscal year. T wenty-nine ICSID arbitral tribunals and five ad hoc committees were constituted or reconstituted in the pending cases. In addition, a Consolidation Tribunal was established pursuant to NAFTA Article 1126, following a request by a respondent State seeking an order for consolidation of two proceedings initiated under the Investment Chapter of NAFTA. Sixty-seven individuals from 27 different countries were appointed to serve as ICSID arbitrators or ad hoc committee members. The parties or party-selected arbitrators nominated 67 percent of the total of 99 appointments made in the cases pending during the year. The remaining 33 percent of the total appointments were made by ICSID. About 25 percent of all appointees were nationals of developing countries. Women were appointed on four out of the five ad hoc committees constituted by the Chairman of the ICSID Administrative Council during the year. The proceedings before the ICSID tribunals and ad hoc committees during the year were conducted in one of the three official languages of ICSID, English, French and Spanish, in 39 of the cases. T wo of these three languages were used in different combinations as procedural languages in the rest of the proceedings. In addition to administering the arbitration and conciliation cases under the ICSID Convention and the Additional Facility Rules, ICSID provided, at the request of the parties and the tribunals involved, administrative support for 10 arbitration proceedings conducted under the Arbitration Rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). The services furnished by the Centre for these proceedings have ranged from limited assistance with the organization of hearings and fund-holding to full secretariat services in administration of the cases concerned. ICSID also acted as appointing authority of arbitrators in proceedings developing under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. Annex 2 provides details on the procedural developments in each of the proceedings conducted under the ICSID Convention and the Additional Facility Rules which were pending before the Centre in FY 2005.

also acted as appointing authority of arbitrators in proceedings developing under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. Annex 2 provides details on the procedural developments in each of the proceedings conducted under the ICSID Convention and the Additional Facility Rules which were pending before the Centre in FY 2005. I C S I D6PANELS OF CONCILIATORS AND OF ARBITRATORS As required by the ICSID Convention, the Centre maintains a Panel of Conciliators and a Panel of Arbitrators. Pursuant to Article 13 of the Convention, each ICSID Contracting State may designate up to four persons to each Panel; up to 10 persons may be designated by the Chairman of the ICSID Administrative Council. The completeness of the ICSID Panels is an essential pre-requisite for the selection of conciliators and of arbitrators in the substantially increased number of ICSID cases. During the year, the Secretariat continued to remind a number of Contracting States of the need to make or renew designations to the ICSID Panels. In FY 2005, fifteen Contracting States made designations to the ICSID Panels. These include Barbados, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Chad, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Indonesia, Ireland, Jamaica, Mongolia, Peru, Spain, Turkey and Uruguay. A listing of the designees appointed to the ICSID Panels of Conciliators and of Arbitrators in FY 2005 appears in Annex 3. A complete listing of all 491 current members of the ICSID Panels is available on the website of the Centre. PUBLICATIONS In the past fiscal year, the Centre continued its publication and knowledge dissemination activities. The 9th volume of ICSID’s loose-leaf collection of Investment Treaties was launched during the year. This collection, the only print version of its kind, was expanded by three releases containing 60 bilateral investment agreements concluded by some 63 countries. These brought the total number of the treaties included in the collection to 1,020. The Centre also continued to update its ten-volume loose-leaf service of Investment Laws

releases containing 60 bilateral investment agreements concluded by some 63 countries. These brought the total number of the treaties included in the collection to 1,020. The Centre also continued to update its ten-volume loose-leaf service of Investment Laws of the World. This collection contains basic investment legislation and contact information for the national investment agencies of the featured countries. The release issued for the Investment Laws of the World collection this year contains texts of investment legislation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jordan, Namibia, Turkey, Vietnam and the Republic of Y emen. T wo new issues of the ICSID Review—Foreign Investment Law Journal were published in the period. The Spring 2004 issue of the journal contains articles on aspects of investment arbitration under UNCITRAL and ICSID rules; on recent interpretations by A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 05 7arbitral tribunals of provisions on most-favored-nation treatment contained in investment treaties; and on selected provisions of the Chile-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. The Fall 2004 issue of the ICSID Review contains articles on aspects of indirect expropriation in international investment law; on the question of unilateral governmental statements as applicable law in investment disputes; and on aspects of arbitration in the new generation of U.S. investment treaties. The two issues also reproduce the texts of several decisions and awards rendered in recent ICSID proceedings. During the year, the Centre also published two issues of its newsletter, News from ICSID. The Summer 2004 issue reported on the results of the ICSID client survey and featured an article on the resolution of oil and gas disputes at ICSID. The Winter 2004 issue contained an overview of legal aspects related to provisional measures within the ICSID system of arbitration and provided a brief summary of the ICSID Secretariat’s discussion paper on proposed improvements of the framework for ICSID arbitration. In the course of the year, developments in the ICSID caseload and the Centre’s activities

an overview of legal aspects related to provisional measures within the ICSID system of arbitration and provided a brief summary of the ICSID Secretariat’s discussion paper on proposed improvements of the framework for ICSID arbitration. In the course of the year, developments in the ICSID caseload and the Centre’s activities were constantly reflected on the ICSID website, <www.worldbank.org/icsid>. The ICSID Secretariat has employed the website as a means for informing the general public and inviting a broad feedback on its proposals for improvement of the framework for ICSID arbitration, and for making the results of the 2004 ICSID client survey widely available. A newly established email account, <ICSIDideas@worldbank.org>, has opened a new channel of communication with the Centre and allowed for public comments on the Centre’s various initiatives. A complete list of ICSID documents and publications is provided in Annex 4. CONFERENCES In the fiscal year, ICSID co-sponsored, together with the American Arbitration Association and the International Court of Arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the 21st in the series of annual colloquia on international arbitration. Hosted by ICC, the colloquium was held on November 19, 2004 in Paris. The four panel discussions at the colloquium focused on multi-party and multi-contract arbitration, on issues of anti-suit injunctions and other measures interfering with the autonomy of arbitration, and on the rules of law applicable to disputes between State entities and private companies. I C S I D A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 0 58 9During the year ICSID organized, together with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a Joint Meeting on an Appeal Mechanism in Investor-State Arbitration (held on November 20, 2004 in Paris). T o commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the ICSID Convention and to honor Antonio R. Parra, Deputy-Secretary

Co-operation and Development (OECD), a Joint Meeting on an Appeal Mechanism in Investor-State Arbitration (held on November 20, 2004 in Paris). T o commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the ICSID Convention and to honor Antonio R. Parra, Deputy-Secretary General, on the occasion of his forthcoming retirement, the Centre arranged a roundtable discussion (held on April 26, 2005 in W ashington, D.C.). In addition, ICSID co-sponsored and hosted the 8th Biennial Conference of the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI), which was dedicated to discussions of key current issues in international arbitration (held on June 3, 2005 in W ashington, D.C.). The panel sessions addressed issues specific to arbitration involving State parties, questions relating to party autonomy and institutional rules, the ongoing work on amendment of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration and conflicts of interest. The staff of the Secretariat contributed presentations at several further conferences and seminars sponsored by other international organizations, arbitration institutions and professional organizations. These events included a Seminar on Translating for International Financial Institutions (held on September 11, 2004 in Washington, D.C.); a Special Session of the Investment Committee of the OECD with ICSID and governmental legal experts on an appellate mechanism in investment disputes (held on September 20, 2004 in Paris); a symposium on the implications of a possible bilateral investment treaty between Pakistan and the United States (held on October 12, 2004 in London); the Fourth Annual Meeting of Fellows of the College of Commercial Arbitrators (held on October 30, 2004 in Washington, D.C.); an ad hoc Expert Meeting on Investor-State Dispute Settlement organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (held on November 29-30, 2004 in Geneva); the 99th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law (held on March 30April 2, 2005 in Washington, D.C.); a seminar of the International Law Institute (held on

Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (held on November 29-30, 2004 in Geneva); the 99th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law (held on March 30April 2, 2005 in Washington, D.C.); a seminar of the International Law Institute (held on April 27, 2005 in Washington, D.C.); the Council Meeting of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (held on May 21, 2005 in Dublin); the Annual Research Conference of the Global Center for Dispute Resolution Research (held on May 24-25, 2005 in New Y ork); the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Conference on Investment Arbitration and the Energy Charter Treaty (held on June 10, 2005 in Stockholm); and a special session on ICSID organized by the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (held on June 16, 2005 in Dallas, T exas). On invitation by the organizing institutions, either in person or by means of video conferencing, ICSID staff also contributed lectures on the ICSID dispute settlement system I C S I D A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 0 58 9for academic audiences and practitioners. These institutions included the Judicial Research and Training Institute at the Supreme Court of South Korea (held on July 14, 2004 in Washington, D.C.); the Chamber of Commerce in Bogotá (held on September 20, 2004 by video conference); the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the U.S.-Vietnam Trade Council (held on October 28, 2004 in Hanoi); the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (held on January 17, 2005 in Kuala Lumpur); McGill University (held on March 17, 2005 in T oronto); and Minnesota University (held on May 12, 2005 by video

conference). During sessions organized by UNCTAD within an international training program, the Centre’s staff provided training on the ICSID dispute settlement system for government officials involved in the negotiation of international investment agreements (held on October 18-21, 2004 in Lima). THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL The thirty-eighth Annual Meeting of the Administrative Council took place on October 5, 2004, in Washington, D.C., on the occasion of the Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund. At the Meeting, the Council approved the Centre’s 2004 Annual Report and its administrative budget for fiscal year 2005. The Resolutions adopted at the Meeting are set forth in Annex 5. FINANCE The administrative expenditures were, again, entirely covered by the World Bank pursuant to the Memorandum of Administrative Arrangements concluded between the Bank and ICSID in February 1967, and by income from the sale of publications. It is therefore not necessary to assess any excess expenditures on Contracting States pursuant to Article 17 of the Convention. Expenditures relating to pending arbitration proceedings are borne by the parties in accordance with ICSID’s Administrative and Financial Regulations. The Financial Statements of ICSID for FY 2005 are set forth in Annex 6.

I C S I D A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 0 510 11ANNEX 1

CONTRACTING STATES AND OTHER SIGNATORIES OF THE

CONVENTION

AS OF JUNE 30, 2005

The 155 States listed below have signed the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States on the dates indicated. The names of the 142 States that have deposited their instruments of ratification are in bold, and the dates of such deposit and of the attainment of the status of Contracting State by the entry into force of the Convention for each of them are also indicated. Deposit of Entry into Force State Signature Ratification of Convention

of the 142 States that have deposited their instruments of ratification are in bold, and the dates of such deposit and of the attainment of the status of Contracting State by the entry into force of the Convention for each of them are also indicated. Deposit of Entry into Force State Signature Ratification of Convention Afghanistan Sep. 30, 1966 June 25, 1968 July 25, 1968 Albania Oct. 15, 1991 Oct. 15, 1991 Nov. 14, 1991 Algeria Apr. 17, 1995 Feb. 21, 1996 Mar. 22, 1996 Argentina May 21, 1991 Oct. 19, 1994 Nov. 18, 1994 Armenia Sep. 16, 1992 Sep. 16, 1992 Oct. 16, 1992 Australia Mar. 24, 1975 May 2, 1991 June 1,1991 Austria May 17, 1966 May 25, 1971 June 24, 1971 Azerbaïjan Sep. 18, 1992 Sep. 18, 1992 Oct. 18, 1992 Bahamas Oct. 19, 1995 Oct. 19, 1995 Nov. 18, 1995 Bahrain Sep. 22, 1995 Feb. 14, 1996 Mar. 15, 1996 Bangladesh Nov. 20, 1979 Mar. 27, 1980 Apr. 26, 1980 Barbados May 13, 1981 Nov. 1, 1983 Dec. 1, 1983 Belarus July 10, 1992 July 10, 1992 Aug. 9, 1992

Belgium Dec. 15, 1965 Aug. 27, 1970 Sep. 26, 1970 Belize Dec. 19, 1986 Benin Sep. 10, 1965 Sep. 6, 1966 Oct. 14, 1966 Bolivia May 3, 1991 June 23, 1995 July 23, 1995 Bosnia and Herzegovina Apr. 25, 1997 May 14, 1997 June 13, 1997 Botswana Jan. 15, 1970 Jan. 15, 1970 Feb. 14, 1970 Brunei Darussalam Sep. 16, 2002 Sep. 16, 2002 Oct. 16, 2002 Bulgaria Mar. 21, 2000 Apr. 13, 2001 May 13, 2001 Burkina Faso Sep. 16, 1965 Aug. 29, 1966 Oct. 14, 1966 Burundi Feb. 17, 1967 Nov. 5, 1969 Dec. 5, 1969 Cambodia Nov. 5, 1993 Dec. 20, 2004 Jan. 19, 2005 Cameroon Sep. 23, 1965 Jan. 3, 1967 Feb. 2, 1967 Central African Republic Aug. 26, 1965 Feb. 23, 1966 Oct. 14, 1966 Chad May 12, 1966 Aug. 29, 1966 Oct. 14, 1966 Chile Jan. 25, 1991 Sep. 24, 1991 Oct. 24, 1991 I C S I D A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 0 510 11China Feb. 9, 1990 Jan. 7, 1993 Feb. 6, 1993

Colombia May 18, 1993 July 15, 1997 Aug. 14, 1997 Comoros Sep. 26, 1978 Nov. 7, 1978 Dec. 7, 1978 Congo Dec. 27, 1965 June 23, 1966 Oct. 14, 1966 Congo, Democratic Rep. of Oct. 29, 1968 Apr. 29, 1970 May 29, 1970 Costa Rica Sep. 29, 1981 Apr. 27, 1993 May 27, 1993 Côte d’Ivoire June 30, 1965 Feb. 16, 1966 Oct. 14, 1966 Croatia June 16, 1997 Sep. 22, 1998 Oct. 22, 1998 Cyprus Mar. 9, 1966 Nov. 25, 1966 Dec. 25, 1966 Czech Republic Mar. 23, 1993 Mar. 23, 1993 Apr. 22, 1993 Denmark Oct. 11, 1965 Apr. 24, 1968 May 24, 1968 Dominican Republic Mar. 20, 2000 Ecuador Jan. 15, 1986 Jan. 15, 1986 Feb. 14, 1986 Egypt, Arab Rep. of Feb. 11, 1972 May 3, 1972 June 2, 1972 El Salvador June 9, 1982 Mar. 6, 1984 Apr. 5, 1984 Estonia June 23, 1992 June 23, 1992 Jul. 23, 1992 Ethiopia Sep. 21, 1965 Fiji July 1, 1977 Aug. 11, 1977 Sep. 10, 1977

Finland July 14, 1967 Jan. 9, 1969 Feb. 8, 1969 France Dec. 22, 1965 Aug. 21, 1967 Sep. 20, 1967 Gabon Sep. 21, 1965 Apr. 4, 1966 Oct. 14, 1966 Gambia, The Oct. 1, 1974 Dec. 27, 1974 Jan. 26, 1975 Georgia Aug. 7, 1992 Aug. 7, 1992 Sep. 6, 1992 Germany Jan. 27, 1966 Apr. 18, 1969 May 18, 1969 Ghana Nov. 26, 1965 July 13, 1966 Oct. 14, 1966 Greece Mar. 16, 1966 Apr. 21, 1969 May 21, 1969 Grenada May 24, 1991 May 24, 1991 June 23, 1991 Guatemala Nov. 9, 1995 Jan. 21, 2003 Feb. 20, 2003 Guinea Aug. 27,1968 Nov. 4, 1968 Dec. 4, 1968 Guinea-Bissau Sep. 4, 1991 Guyana July 3, 1969 July 11, 1969 Aug. 10, 1969 Haiti Jan. 30, 1985 Honduras May 28, 1986 Feb. 14, 1989 Mar. 16, 1989 Hungary Oct. 1, 1986 Feb. 4, 1987 Mar. 6, 1987 Iceland July 25, 1966 July 25, 1966 Oct. 14, 1966 Indonesia Feb. 16, 1968 Sep. 28, 1968 Oct. 28, 1968

Ireland Aug. 30, 1966 Apr. 7, 1981 May 7, 1981 Israel June 16, 1980 June 22, 1983 July 22, 1983 Italy Nov. 18, 1965 Mar. 29, 1971 Apr. 28, 1971 Jamaica June 23, 1965 Sep. 9, 1966 Oct. 14, 1966 Japan Sep. 23, 1965 Aug. 17, 1967 Sep. 16, 1967 Jordan July 14, 1972 Oct. 30, 1972 Nov. 29, 1972 Kazakhstan July 23, 1992 Sep. 21, 2000 Oct. 21, 2000 I C S I D A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 0 512 13Kenya May 24, 1966 Jan. 3, 1967 Feb. 2, 1967 Korea, Rep. of Apr. 18, 1966 Feb. 21, 1967 Mar. 23, 1967 Kuwait Feb. 9, 1978 Feb. 2