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112 THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE ARABIAN GULF STATES
necessary for her to accede to the convention as a new fully fledged
member under Article 11(2). This procedure was finally adopted when
Kuwait acceded to the convention in her own right on 18 January =
1963.1 J
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(c) Membership of international organisations
The Shaikhdom of Kuwait may be cited as an example of how an
Arabian Gulf Shaikhdom can, while still being under the protection of
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the United Kingdom, become, as a separate entity, a member of certain
i Specialised Agencies of the United Nations. It may be useful, there­
fore, for the purpose of ascertaining the extent of the treaty-making
_. power of the Gulf Shaikhdoms, to mention here some of the Inter­
national Organisations of the United Nations joined by Kuwait
when she was technically still a British protected State. In chrono­
logical order, these are: (1) International Telecommunication Union
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of 22 December 1952.2 (2) World Health Organisation of 7 April
1948.3 (3) International Civil Aviation Organisation of 7 December
1944.4 (4) Universal Postal Union of 5 July 1947 (as revised at Brussels
on 11 July 1952).5 (5) Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative
Organisation of 6 March 1948.6 (6) United Nations Education,
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Scientific and Cultural Organisation of 16 November 1945.7
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1 U.K.T.S. (1st. Suppl. List of Ratification, etc., for 1963), No. 51 (1963), Cmnd.
2070. Also for Kuwait’s accession to the Slavery Convention, as amended by the
Protocol signed on 7 December 1963, see U.K.T.S. (3rd. Suppl. List of Ratification,
etc., for 1963), No. 91 (1963), Cmnd. 2225.
2 For text, see Peaslee, A. J., International Organisations, vol. II, 1956, p. 394.
And see U.K.T.S., No. 76 (1950), CW., 8124. Kuwait’s accession to the Convention
of the Union on August 14, 1959. See U.K.T.S. (3rd. Suppl. List of Ratification,
etc., for 1959), No. 76 (1959), Cmnd. 866, p. 6.
3 For Constitution, see U.N.T.S. vol. 14, p. 185. And see B.Y.I.L., 24 (1947),
p. 451. Kuwait’s accession to the Constitution of WHO was on 9 May 1960.
See U.K.T.S. (3rd. Suppl. List of Ratification, etc., for 1960), No. 74 (1960),
Cmnd., 1186, p. 5.
4 U.N.T.S. vol. 15, p. 295. And sec U.K.T.S., No. 8 (1953), Oik/., 8742. Kuwait
acceded to the Convention of the Organisation on 18 May 1960. Sec U.K.T.S.
(3rd. Suppl. List of Ratification, etc., for 1960), No. 74 (1960), Cmnd., 11S6, p. 2.
It is to be noted also that Kuwait concluded with the United Kingdom on 24 May,
1960, an Agreement for Air services between and beyond Respective Territories.
See U.K.T.S., No. 6 (1960), Cmnd. 1168.
6 For text, see Peaslee, op. cit., p. 736. And sec U.K.T.S., No. 57 (1949), Cmd.,
7794. For Kuwait’s accession in June 1960, sec U.N. Press Release, New York,
I.C.A.O./426, 15 June 1960.
c U.N.T.S. vol. 11, p. 107. Kuwait joined the Organisation on 5 July 1960. See
U.K.T.S. (3rd. Suppl. List of Ratification, etc., of 1960), No. 74 (1960), Cmnd.,
1186, p. 6. It is to be noted also that, through the United Kingdom’s sponsorship,
Kuwait acceded to the International Load Lines Convention of 5 July 1930, and
the International Convention of Safety of Life at Sea of 10 June 1948, on 12 January
1059 See U.K.T.S., No. 39 (1959), Cmnd., 727, pp. 4-5. _/f.
7 For Constitution, sec U.N.T.S., vol. 4, p. 275. And see U.K.T.S., No. 50 (1946),
Cmd. 6963. Kuwait acceded to UNESCO as full member on 25 July 1960, having