East Africa Treaty Organization

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Afrika Mashariki Mkataba wa Ulinzi wa Pamoja
East Africa Collective Defense Treaty
  • The Parties to this Treaty,
  • Recognizing the sovereign equality of all the Parties,
  • Reiterating their faith in the purposes and principles set forth in the Covenant of the League of Nations and their desire to live in peace with all peoples and all governments,
  • Reaffirming that, in accordance with the Covenant of the League of Nations, they uphold the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and declaring that they will earnestly strive by every peaceful means to promote self-government and to secure the independence of all countries whose peoples desire it and are able to undertake its responsibilities,
  • Desiring to strengthen the fabric of peace and freedom and to uphold the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law, and to promote the economic well-being and development of all peoples in the treaty area,
  • Intending to declare publicly and formally their sense of unity, so that any potential aggressor will appreciate that the Parties stand together in the area, and
  • Desiring further to coordinate their efforts for collective defense for the preservation of peace and security,
  • Therefore agree as follows:


ARTICLE I

  • The Parties undertake, as set forth in the Covenant of the League of Nations, to settle any international disputes in which they may be involved by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not endangered, and to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent with the purposes of the League of Nations.


ARTICLE II

  • In order to achieve more effectively the objectives of this Treaty, the Parties, separately and jointly, by means of continuous and effective self-help and mutual aid will maintain and develop their individual and collective capacity to resist armed attack and to prevent and to counter subversive activities directed from without against their territorial integrity and political stability.


ARTICLE III

  • The Parties undertake to strengthen their free institutions and to cooperate with one another in the further development of economic measures, including technical assistance, designed both to promote economic progress and social well-being and to further the individual and collective efforts of governments toward these ends.


ARTICLE IV

  1. Each Party recognizes that aggression by means of armed attack in the treaty area against any of the Parties or against any Nation which the Parties by unanimous agreement may hereafter designate, would endanger its own peace and safety, and agrees that it will in that event act to meet the common danger in accordance with its constitutional processes. Measures taken under this paragraph shall be immediately reported to the Security Council of the League of Nations.
  2. If, in the opinion of any of the Parties, the inviolability or the integrity of the territory or the sovereignty or the political independence of any Party in the treaty area or of any other Nation to which the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article from time to time apply is threatened in any way other than by armed attack or is affected or threatened by any fact or situation which might endanger the peace of the area, the Parties shall consult immediately in order to agree on the measures which should be taken for the common defense.
  3. It is understood that no action on the territory of any Nation designated by unanimous agreement under paragraph 1 of this Article shall be taken except at the invitation or with the consent of the government concerned.


ARTICLE V

  • The Parties hereby establish a Council, on which each of them shall be represented, to consider matters concerning the implementation of this Treaty. The Council shall provide for consultation with regard to military and any other planning as the situation obtaining in the treaty area may from time to time require. The Council shall be so organized as to be able to meet at any time.


ARTICLE VI

  • This Treaty does not affect and shall not be interpreted as affecting in any way the rights and obligations of any of the Parties under the Covenant of the League of Nations or the responsibility of the League of Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security. Each Party undertakes not to enter into any international engagement in conflict with this Treaty.


ARTICLE VII

  • Any other Nation in a position to further the objectives of this Treaty and to contribute to the security of the area may, by unanimous agreement of the Parties, be invited to accede to this Treaty. Any Nation so invited may become a Party to the Treaty by depositing its instrument of accession with the Government of the Republic of Msumbiji. The Government of the Republic of Msumbiji shall inform each of the Parties of the deposit of each such instrument of accession.


ARTICLE VIII

  • As used in this Treaty, the "treaty area" is the general area of eastern Africa. The Parties may, by unanimous agreement, amend this Article to include within the treaty area the territory of any Nation acceding to this Treaty in accordance with Article VII or otherwise to change the treaty area.


ARTICLE IX

  1. This Treaty shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the Republic of Msumbiji. Duly certified copies thereof shall be transmitted by that government to the other signatories.
  2. The Treaty shall be ratified and its provisions carried out by the Parties in accordance with their respective constitutional processes. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited as soon as possible with the Government of the Republic of Msumbiji, which shall notify all of the other signatories of such deposit.
  3. The Treaty shall enter into force between the Nations which have ratified it as soon as the instruments of ratification of a majority of the signatories shall have been deposited, and shall come into effect with respect to each other Nation on the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification.


ARTICLE X

  • This Treaty shall remain in force indefinitely, but any Party may cease to be a Party one year after its notice of denunciation has been given to the Government of the Republic of Msumbiji, which shall inform the Governments of the other Parties of the deposit of each notice of denunciation.


ARTICLE XI

  • The Swahili text of this Treaty is binding on the Parties, but when the Parties have agreed to the English text thereof and have so notified the Government of the Republic of Msumbiji, the English text shall be equally authentic and binding on the Parties.
  • In witness whereof, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed this Treat
The Sultanate of Zanzibar
The Kingdom of Kenya
The Kingdom of Tanganyika
The Republic of Msumbiji
  • Done at Nampula, this eighth day of September, 2000.
  • The Kingdom of Rwanda deposited its instrument of ratification on November 1, 2000.
  • The Kingdom of Burundi deposited its instrument of ratification on January 15, 2001.
  • The Kingdom of Malawi deposited its instrument of ratification on May 3, 2001.