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1949. But they withdrew from it in June 1950.1 The Shaikhdom's
application for both accession to and withdrawal from this Agreement
was made for them by the British Government.2
The Shaikhdoms arc now parlies to a number of multilateral con­
ventions which were applied to them by the United Kingdom under
the so-called ‘territorial application clause’, entitled ‘other non-
metropolitan territories for the international relations of which the
United Kingdom is responsible’.3 Although it is not practicable to
make an exhaustive list of all the international conventions to which the
Shaikhdoms have automatically become parties through this proce­
dure, it may be useful to examine the procedures under which some of
these conventions and agreements were applied to the Shaikhdoms:
1. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement
(IBRD) and International Monetary Fund Agreement (IMF) of 27 Decem­
ber 19454
The United Kingdom's signature and acceptance of the Articles of
Agreements of the IBRD and the IMF took place on 27 December
1945. By Article X!(2) (g) of the IBRD Agreement and Article XX(2)
(g) of the IMF Agreement, it is provided that by their signature of these
Articles of Agreements all States accept them ‘both on their own
behalf and in respect of their colonics, overseas territories, all ter­
ritories under their protection, suzerainty or authority. . . .’ Conse­
quently, the United Kingdom's acceptance of the Agreements extended
automatically to the Shaikhdoms in their capacity as States under her
1 See British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 153 (1950), p. 154.
2 Ibid. For the International Wheat Agreement, 1959, see Treaty Series, No. 28
(1960), Cnmd. 1074. United Kingdom’s acceptance of the Agreement was deposited
on 14 July 1959. This Agreement was extended to British Colonics on 25 Novem­
ber 1959. Among these, some British protectorates, such as Zanzibar, were in­
cluded. The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland acceded to it separately, on
9 July 1959. No mention of the Gulf States was made either under the list of
accession or under the list of extension.
3 In addition, the United Kingdom has, through the procedure of the ‘territorial
application clause', applied to the Shaikhdoms a number of bilateral treaties which
she has concluded with foreign governments. Examples of such bilateral treaties
arc: Consular Convention with Norway (U.K.T.S., No. 55 (1958), Cmd. 509); Con­
sular Convention with the United States (U.K.T.S. No. 37 (1958), Cmd. 524);
Consular Convention with Sweden (U.K.T.S. No. 70 (1954), Cmd. 9340); Consular
Convention with France (U.K.T.S. No. 4 (1959), Cmd. 617); Consular Convention
with West Germany (U.K.T.S. No. 2 (1959), Cmd. 607); Exchange of Notes with
Switzerland on the Abolition of Visas for British Protected Persons (U.K.T.S.
Suppl. List, No. 61 (.1958), Cmd. 642); Agreement with UNESCO on Aid to
United Kingdom’s Dependent Territories (U.K.T.S. No. 46 (1956), Cmd. 9873);
Agreement with UNICEF on Assistance in any Territory for which the United
Kingdom is Responsible (U.K.T.S. No. 75 (1953), Cmd. 8981); Agreement with
Special Fund on Assistance to Territories for which the United Kingdom is
Responsible (U.K.T.S. No. 15 (1960), Cmd. 995).
4 U.K.T.S., No. 21 (1946), Cmd. 6885; U.N.T.S. vol. 2, pp. 40, 134.